It’s nearly 1am and I am with my group of friends on Pub Street trying to carry on a conversation in spite of the ever-increasing volume of music from the competing bars. The place is buzzing as travelers drink and socialize, tuk tuk drivers buzz anxiously outside the entry of every establishment like moths to a…

Seeing an Apsara dancing show is high on the to-do list of any tourist visiting Cambodia. The classical Khmer dance incorporates ancient stories into the performance, making it into a hybrid dance/drama. For visitors to Siem Reap, there are many options for seeing Apsara, from a casual free show at a dinner restaurant to brand new…

…but seriously. As much fun as Mark and I are having in Cambodia, our visas are coming to an end. While we originally had ambitious plans to hit up Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, but we spent so much time in this lovely country that we only have time for one more before heading back to Thailand…

So it turns out neither Mark or I won our wager over last week’s Photo of the Week. I had secretly been rooting for Photo D, of the gecko and the fruit, whereas Mark was gunning for Photo A, of the boy on the Tonle Sap river. The real winner? Photo C, of the monkey on…

Soooo. We’re back to catching up on the Monthly Roundups that I dropped the ball on. Since we are fast approaching the dawn of the Month 5 Roundup, I better wrap up 3 and 4 here.  So now for a little Alex in Wanderland time machine action… Months 3 and 4 were blissfully spent living the…

There are many ways to tour the temples of Angkor: by tuk-tuk, by moto, by air-conditioned coach, with a guide or without. During my 2009 trip to Angkor Wat, my Dad and I bought three-day passes and toured by tuk tuk, with my Dad and his encyclopedic memory of the guidebook serving as our guide. This…