Southeast Asia '24

Southeast Asian Odyssey '24

Starting out in Kuala Lumpur, with our sights set on up to three months in Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and the northern part of Vietnam we couldn’t visit last year on account of the season.  (Also available without the blather, at anassandadonkey.com.)

OnAng canal, Bangkok, Thailand
Super markets and some damn fine finds
Well, we’ve pretty much done the main touristy bits of Bangkok, and we were also wary of the weather – once again, it was promising to be an absolute belter of a day, with...
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Siem Reap, Cambodia
Holiday in Cambodia
Great song by The Dead Kennedys, always comes to mind when I think of Cambodia. Which, to be fair, isn’t often. Anyway, with that dealt with, our last day in Thailand/first in...
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Angkor National Museum, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Many Buddhas, and much other beauty besides
Everyone says you need three days for Angkor Wat, and after reading up about it that sounds about right, so that’s what we plan to do. With five days/four nights booked here,...
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Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat complex, Cambodia
Ancient ruins...visit Angkor Wat
Forgive the gag, but I was in poor shape when we set off in the tuk tuk this morning. Aftermath of a night spraying rusty water in the great white telephone. I said to Virle, I’m...
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Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat complex, Cambodia
More wonderful temples, but where's me roots?
After my earlier grumbling about lack of monkeys, we’re so over it that when Virle saw a young Aussie getting excited about something in a tree, only to discover it was a monkey,...
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Angkor Wat, Angkor Wat complex, Cambodia
Lovely roots, shame about the sunrise
It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t what we’d been hoping for. Though it could have been worse. We’d been monitoring the weather, hoping for a promising day, but the...
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