Prasat Preah Vihear Temple
Thursday, March 6, 2014 Up early again to beat the late morning heat. We were only 40 kms from the temple entrance, so also planned to beat the other tourists. The drive to reach the temple was a bit challenging,…
Category The Big One
Beng Mealea and Koh Ker Temples
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 What a great day today. Alarm went off at 5:30 and we took breakfast just after 6am. We had a big day ahead and wanted to get a good breakfast and still get away early. At…
Angkor Wat and Siem Reap
Saturday, March 1, 2014 The road from Banteay Chhmar to Samraong was, despite being under construction, quite a bit better than the road under construction from the previous day. And from Samraong to Siem Reap it was fine – apart…
Sisophon and Banteay Chhmar
Friday, February 28, 2014 After a very good morning visiting 3 sites in the vicinity of Battambang followed with lunch there, we drove on to Sisophon. The town mostly acts as a travelers’s stop between Siem Reap (Angkor Wat) and…
Halfway. March 1st, 2014
Well, we made it halfway! That is, completed 277 days of travel with 277 days left in the plan. We have driven 26,531 kms with around 26,000 kms to go. Visited 12 countries so far and no idea how many…
Battambang
Thursday, February 27, 2014 Goodbye Thailand – Hello Cambodia!!! We left our border hotel in Aranyaprathet relatively early, and, after getting a coffee and spending the last of our Bahts on fuel, we headed towards the border. The whole process…
Cambodia: Border Crossing and Documentation
This post is about the government documentation we needed and obtained to bring our car and ourselves into Cambodia. Cambodia in General There is not a lot on the Cambodian customs website on the process to temporarily import a vehicle…
Pattaya and to the Thai-Cambodia Border
Monday, February 24, 2014 Back in Thailand after our flight from Belgium. Landed at 6:30am and headed immediately south to Pattaya and our Junior Suite at the fabulous Amari Orchid Hotel, where we promptly crashed for the rest of the…
Unexpected trip to Eeklo, Belgium
February 18-24, 2014 We traveled to Eeklo, Belgium, to attend the funeral of my beloved aunt Annie, who passes away rather suddenly. She will always have a special place in my heart. And I will miss her. It was good…
Bagan
Saturday, February 15, 2014 The train to Bagan was special. Hard to tell exactly how old the train carriages are, probably from the 50’s or 60’s. It sort of had an old world charm, until the train started moving. And…
Yangon
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 Travel day today. Up early for maybe our last western style breakfast for a while. Brendan was awefully nice to give us a ride to Bangkok’s new airport, where we got a free shuttle to Bangkok’s…
Pattaya
Saturday, February 27, 2014 We left the Khao Yai NP and this time opted for ‘fastest route’ to our next destination, which put us on highways (with even more manic drivers, truck and others). Also, somehow we found this part…
Khao Yai National Park
Thursday, February 6, 2014 The morning started with a failed search for the local Starbucks. We may have found the mall with the Starbucks, but it did not open until 10:00. So we pressed on without breakfast or coffee. Which…
Phimai and Nakhon Ratchasima
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 Said goodbye to the lovely owners of P. California. They made us feel very welcome, almost like staying with family. Before heading out of town, we went back to the coffee spot we found yesterday. We…
Nang Rong and Region
Monday, February 3, 2014 It was meant to be a short drive to Nang Rong along fast roads. Instead we started late, eventually found the Starbucks, visited some temples which weren’t really on our way, took a route that was…