ctmayowski

Hi All! After we arrive back on solid ground we stayed at the same resort in Khao Lak, Nangtong Bay Resort, we even got the same room! Our room was covered in orchid blossoms, a nice touch. The day after we got off the boat (Oct.23) we definitely felt like we were still sloshing around for most of the day. Ugh, vertigo. We spent the day relaxing by the pool...ahhh, so nice. The next day we had to get up super early (4 am) to take a cab to the airport in Phuket. It was about an 1.5 hour ride, but we were in a super-nice minibus. We had big comfy leather seats with footrests...where were the minibuses like this all along? We arrived into Bangkok nice and early. Now that we had already experienced the ... read more

So Trevor (Me) is starting first.... So last night I couldn't sleep while my darling wife fell asleep to the movie we were watching on my iphone in 5 min as per the usual. So, I stayed up and watched the whole movie then did some reading. Then I heard some bag rustling.... then again, I am like oh no a mouse or worse a rat, if im lucky a cockroach got into something we left in one of our shopping bags. So I get my headlamp and creep towards the bag, open it up, and there is a gecko about as long as my middle finger chomping down on one of oreos (vanilla cookie with a chocolate centre), so I left one out for the little guy (he eats bugs most of the time after ... read more

Hi Family and Friends! We haven't updated for a while because we were on a really remote beach on Koh Phangnan, called Bottle Beach. We took the afternoon ferry from Koh Tao after a morning of diving. The weather was really windy that morning and the ocean was really rough. I felt seasick within minutes, despite the Gravol. My first dive was a 30m dive at Chumpon Pinnacle. Everything went really well, despite the seasickness...did you know you can puke into your regulator and everything still works? Well, now I do! The second dive was in a much calmer location and I did a navigation dive. My buddy and I also got to go off on our own to explore. Yay scuba adventure! Anyhow, the diving was great, Trev had fun too but he won't get ... read more

We left Sihanoukville on October 1 and took the bus back to Phnom Penh. No break-downs this time, so the ride was good. We got in around noon, had lunch then set out for the Russian market. We managed a few more souvenirs and gifts. That night we went out for one final dinner with our tour group and said goodbye to everyone. The next morning we met with our guide for breakfast at the local market. It was pretty good food, and the locals laughed at us when be pulled out our big camera to take pictures of ourselves. We wandered around a bit more, then headed back to the hotel for a little rest. For the last 2 weeks we've been so busy, I feel like I need a holiday from my holiday! We ... read more

We boarded the public bus at 7:30 am bound for Phnom Penh. The ride was fairly uneventful and I slept most of the way. There wasn't even crazy karaoke. We arrived in Phnom Penh at around 11, so we went to Romdeng for lunch. It's an NGO organization that helps with vocational training. The restaurant we went to specializes in Cambodian food and teaches young staff how to work in the restaurant business. The food was delicious. Trev bought a cookbook from them, it's called "From Spiders to Water Lilies". We don't think we'll be able to prepare fried spider treats for you at home though, unless we buy tarantulas at the pet store... We did a little more wandering around Phnom Penh then met our group back at the bus station at 1:15 to catch ... read more