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Coming Back for More

2/23/2015

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​While making plans for my Brothers visit to Cambodia I was pretty certain I would not be joining them for a day at Angkor Wat, after all, I had just been there a year before, I highly doubted much had changed in that time. After their arrival however, I realized that my time with my visitors was short and seeing these sights with someone would be a bit different from doing it alone. My only good reason for not joining was the $20 price tag on the admission ticket but I decided to suck it up and fork it over.  While at it I decided we should pay Dara the extra costs and utilize his skills as a tour guide, something I wasn't able to do last year and would ensure a slightly different experience.
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Playing Tour Guide

2/20/2015

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​After visiting and falling in love with this country a year ago I couldn't wait to share it with people close to me. My brother and his girlfriend Katie were willing to endure the 14+ hour plane journey to come to see me (okay, Angkor Watt and the country itself may have had something to do with their visit).  The only downside to their visit was that they only had a week to spare (stupid American jobs and vacation rules) but I was determined to help them make the most of it.  As much as I wanted to take them to Kampot, the city where I'd be teaching yoga, or visiting my friend Dara's hometown in Kampong Cham, I knew they'd really only be able to fit in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.  As I was eager for their visit I spent some time brainstorming what we must do, see, and most importantly eat, I wanted them to leave with a good impression of the country, as I had a year before.
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Motorbike Mishaps

2/12/2015

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​A few weeks ago I was thinking about one of the questions everyone LOVES to ask, "What's your favorite place in the world?".  While this question is generally proposed by other travelers and referring to a specific country or city, I began thinking about it on a much wider, yet simpler scale. As any traveler will know it's near impossible to pick one location as our favorite place so I realized I had to think of this question as something I could take with me, a place I could always be.  Of course, I still wasn't able to narrow it down to just one but I did a good job of finding a few answers, four to be exact.
1. Seat 24A in an airplane, okay it doesn't have to be 24A but window over the wing, up in the clouds, disconnected from the world is a.l.r.i.g.h.t. with me.

2. Rice fields or terraces, doesn't matter the country, or season but I absolutely love rice fields. Just planted little seedlings, lush rows of green or fading golden hues, I can't get enough.

3. Mountaintops, sure it's a bitch getting up there but that only makes the view from the top even more spectacular.
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4. The back of a motorbike, after months of traveling in Asia using motorbikes as my prime means of transportation it's only natural I've fallen in love with them.  That is until a few weeks ago when we had a bit of a falling out.

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    Cambodia

    Only recently has this country shown up on the SE Asia tourist route. With a dark, harrowing past it's amazing to see the smiles spread across the locals faces.  I've met travelers with mixed impressions, but if you're lucky enough to connect with a few locals I'm confident you'll fall in love.

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