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Backpacking across South East Asia: Bangkok
Day 1 Puru: BerT and I took a cab to reach the Cambodia- Thailand border. At around 9:00 AM we crossed the border from the Poipet town of Cambodia and entered into Thailand. This was the first time when I crossed an international border on foot. 🙂 After...
Backpacking across South East Asia: Pattaya, Thailand
The first thing which came to my mind while roaming in the streets of Pattaya was that it was the city of Nirvana for loser gringos with a fat wallet. But then, that’s just one side of it.
Backpacking across SE Asia: Banteay Srei & Preah Khan
Siem Reap -Day 2 Banteay Srei After Puru and BerT took the land route to Thailand, I had until the afternoon to explore the man-made wonders around. I planned to see Banteay Srei and Preah Khan, and squeeze in any other spots en route. En route to Banteay Srei, we...
Backpacking across South East Asia: Angkor Wat
Lit golden by the setting sun, the magnificent Angkor Wat shone majestically in its waters. Its image will linger in my memory forever, the pinnacle of my dream of seeing it with my own eyes someday.
Backpacking across South East Asia -Ta Prohm, Angkor
If Angkor Wat, the Bayon and other temples are a testimony to the genius of the ancient Khmers, Ta Prohm reminds us equally of the awesome fecundity and power of the jungle.
Backpacking across South East Asia: Angkor Thom, Cambodia
s I sat there reading Amitav Ghosh's 'River of Smoke', I could see lights of some distant city from the window of the aircraft. Suddenly it struck me that I was going over the same places, both in fiction and reality. My plane was flying over the...