The smell is terrible. It’s 5:30 am. I’m digging through my clothes in the dark for something to wear on our morning adventure: microlight flying over the Angkor Wat temples and Tonle Sap lake of Cambodia.
Explaining genocide to our kids: S-21 and the killing fields: Day 27 Asia – Cambodia
It’s simple to walk out the door of the hotel, grab a tuk-tuk and visit the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, along the Tonle Sap riverbank. It’s our first stop of the day. Such ease was unthinkable until only very…
It’s a Holiday in Cambodia! Day 26
Red-eyes suck the life out of you. Even though I sleep most of the 4 hour flight from Islamabad to Bangkok, I wake up older. At least a month of my life was lost tonight. You don’t feel it right…
Pakistan and Phuket: Asia – Day 22-25
Pakistan is one of my favorite countries. The people couldn’t be more different from me culturally, but they are open and inviting. Every person I meet shakes my hand warmly and smiles, from guards armed with MP5s to drivers, hotel…
A little kick in the ass on our way out: Day 20-21 – Asia – China – Beijing
Could there be a worse Monday morning? The milky haze that blankets beijing is hot and sour. It’s the worst weather we’ve seen in the past week. On the day we went to the wall, we could see the mountains,…