As our time in Asia came winding down we planned for the last few days to be spent relaxing on … More
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Elephant Riders
Elephant domestication has a long history in southeast asia. We tried out elephant transport on a trek in northern Thailand. … More
Laos
A boat down the Mekong brought us to the Pak Ou caves, a shrine filled with hundreds of Buddha figures. … More
Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang in Laos is a peaceful, picturesque town on the Mekong River. The alluring wats (temples) with distinct sloping … More
Halong Bay
Despite the hordes of tourists and the boats that shuttle them crowding the polluted waters of the bay, the limestone … More
Inner sanctum
My friend brought me to his wife’s village, Tinh Bien, in remote southwestern Vietnam, in An Giang province near the … More
More Angkor
More Angkor… because, well, it’s that fucking cool. The Baphuon is a colossal pyramid structure on top of which the … More
Angkor
At the heart of the Khmer empire lies an astounding accretion of monolithic temples. The scale of Angkor is mind-binding… … More