Thailand

We have now arrived in Thailand. We got here a couple days ago. Before coming here I didn’t know what to think of this place. Most people who backpack SE Asia come here. I know there are a lot of beaches and that the food is delicious. When you have been on the road for [...]

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Wat I saw: Angkor Wat, Part 2

After two days of looking at temples, not really getting too many shots I was too happy about, I went on the Internet and searched out what the best may have in store for us. I quickly saw how cool this place could be and got a little giddy. I committed myself to wake up [...]

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Angkor Wat: Part 1

While in Cambodia, one must go to Angkor Wat. So we did, we had the hotel booked for a couple of days so we opted for the 3 day pass. Using the strategy of saving the best for last, we say all the outer temple first, slowly making our way to the crown jewels of [...]

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Best of India

During our mulit-hour wait to catch the bus to Mysore, we came up with a list of some of the “Best Of” our trip: Best Riding Day: Cochi to Alleppy Best Dal: Hotel Raya’s in Kumbakonam Best Temple: Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Trichy Best Pizza: New Creation Pizzaria in Auroville Best TV show: No Reservations [...]

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Kumbakonam

Yesterday we took a rest day. We found a nice business hotel with room and checked out of our overpriced bad hotel and moved down the road to the nice AC room. The rest day was needed, as we were very tired  after having two days of intense temple trekking (life’s rough eh?). Distance: 43km [...]

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Trichy

We awoke to our alarm on our rest day, which is never really that enjoyable but we had a busy day ahead of us and we couldn’t spend it in bed. We got our sticky bodies out of the tent and put on our clothes. We ate some peanut jaggary snacks (kind of like peanut [...]

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A temple and a Palace

As you know from the last post, there is a Temple in Madurai. In order to make the most of our rest day, I went to the Temple early in the morning to check it out. Although the outside beauty is covered, there is still some neat things to see on the in side. I [...]

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Madurai

To Theni Distance: 62km Roads: good Traffic: light We awoke to the rain falling…really hard. We were a little apprehensive to get going, but as soon as we walked out of our room we were reminded of the nice temperature that is in India. Within in seconds we were soaked, but not cold….which was surprisingly [...]

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Daytrippin’

Since we were back in Mysore and wanted to make sure we were good and healthy before we left again we decided to do some day trips to some sights around Mysore. Chamundi Hill The summit of Chamundi Hill is 1062 meters, and on top of the hill is a seven story temple.  You can [...]

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Mysore

Distance: 6.5km (Mysore bus station to Gokalum) Roads: Great Traffic: Moderate (much better then a national highway) We left Hospet at 11:53, only 53 minutes behind schedule, which is pretty good…I think. The bus was pretty nice, only three seats in a row, and above each seat was a bed. We didn’t get out tickets [...]

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