A Guide to: Harbin Ice and Snow Festival
If vacationing to Northern China during the coldest part of the year doesn't sound like a fantastic vacation, you'd be so wrong! ;) This is one of the coolest (quite literally) things we've ever done. The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China runs December - January. The dates vary by year, so be [...]
Angkor Thom Again
After visiting Angkor Wat this morning for sunrise, knowing this would be our final day in the park, we wanted to do all the things we haven't done yet and take the iconic pictures we hadn't taken yet (basically, the pictures you see on the postcards). The first thing we hadn't done yet is climb [...]
Sunrise at Angkor Wat
Today was our last day in the park, so we wanted to do all the things that we haven't had a chance to do yet. First things first, sunrise. Sunrise is early. Like, crazy early. Even earlier considering we rode our bikes up there. Sunrise was at 6:15am, so we left our hotel room at [...]
Angkor Thom
We spent the entire day today in Angkor Thom. This is a walled city just north of Angkor Wat. ("Angkor" is the name of the ancient Capitol city. "Wat" means temple, so Angkor Wat was the main temple for the city of Angkor. "Thom" is Cambodian for big. Angkor Thom was the actual city where [...]Welcome to our blog!
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