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Wow, got to sleep in until 6am this morning! We rushed through breakfast and were whisked to the airport where we boarded our 7:40 flight. Arrived back in Phnom Penh, where we were met by the very nice guide, Sok (since Kim was at his brother’s wedding), […]

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(written with a wailing Cambodian situr-like instrument seeping in through the window)
Boy, that 5am alarm came quickly! We met Kim in the lobby and drove to the airport where we then boarded the 6:30 flight. (only here are there two flights to the same place in the morning: […]

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Ugh, a terrible sleep in this dump of an airport hotel. We heard every conversation in every language, including the flight attendants at 5am! (note: we’ve noticed that when people speak the local language around here their voices seem to go up an octave or two, […]

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Quite the leisurely morning as we relaxed in the room enjoying our view of the river, the longboats and the smokey haze, breakfasted at the buffet, then relaxed some more before meeting Nok in the lobby. We got to the airport and went to the VIP lounge (with […]

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We enjoyed some of their delicious local fruit before heading down to the breakfast buffet. The tangerines deserve special mention, as they’re sweet and juicy like none we’ve had previously!
We met Nok and Jeet in the lobby and hopped aboard the van. First stop was […]

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We again woke to the fragrance of jasmine emanating from the flower-leis we’ve been presented with at both hotels so far. Breakfast was in our palatial room, then we met our guides for the next three days.
We drove to the Chiang Dao (”city in the sky”) […]

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Still getting used to this time zone, so we were both up from about 6:15. We enjoyed another delicious Veranda breakfast of dim sum and herbed-potato hash w/poached eggs. While we were packing up, we checked the nightstand drawers and found, instead of The Gideon’s Bible, a […]

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Now that’s what we call a good night’s sleep! We breakfasted indoors, figuring we had plenty of time to be outside later today. Milton had a Thai omelette which was pretty bland, but Wendy had the dim sum, which was top notch!
We then met Tata, […]