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Days 55-61: Generic
We decided a while ago to cut out a lot of our Thailand travel plans because they were overly ambitious. Instead we were going to use the time to relax on the beach in Southern Thailand. After arriving in Phuket we rented a motorbike and headed to Rawai to meet up with Jon-Eric. We spent Read more
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Hoi An – The Emporer’s New Clothes
After having caught up on some much needed beach time at Hoa’s Place we made our way to Hoi An in an unofficial taxi driven by one of Hoa’s friends. We planned on staying at the same hotel as a couple of new friends so we got dropped off there. We went into the hotel Read more
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Days 53&54: BKK? No thanks.
We eventually arrived in Bangkok Thursday evening after switching between a bus, a pickup truck and a minivan. We didn’t accomplish anything other than finding a place to sleep and eat after that. Friday we had hoped would be a little more successful. We walked down to the Grand Palace to check out the King’s Read more
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Day 51: Blood Siem Reap and Tears
Traveling in SE asia is cheap. It’s cheap because the majority of the people live at a level that most developed countries would conside severely sub-standard. Since we have been spending so much time taking advantage of this we figured it was time to give something back. Cambodia seemed like the perfect place for it. Read more
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Sidetracked en route to Hoi An
When we were finally able to leave Hanoi we took an overnight bus to Hue. The bus was a good experience. It was clean and a newer style bus than our previous overnight bus experience in China. I slept well. We arrived in Hue on schedule and were impressed by the town – we were Read more
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Day 50: Angkor Wat
No trip to Cambodia is really compete without paying a visit to Angkor Wat so like every other Cambodian tourist we went to take a look. I’d like to say that I was blown away by the ruins but I’d be exaggerating. Don’t get me wrong they were impressive and definitely worth seeing but not Read more
Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids 
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