southeast asia oct-nov 2006
three week holiday to vietnam, cambodia, and thailand
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(8) picturestook some pictures on the last day of our journey, well only at koh samui airport, didn't bother at bangkok airport.... -
(12) picturestook a few pictures of the island, mostly near our hotel room.... -
(4) picturestook a couple of pictures from the pier, and on the boat, when we headed to koh phangan.... -
(17) pictureswe were in the area, so it would've been a waste not to go.... -
(16) picturesalf saw an ad for the local bungy establishment in a brochure from out hotel....
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(6) picturesthat's what the speaker guy (or recording) kept saying, see the "real muay thai", well, we went along to see what all the fuss was about.... -
(21) picturesi didn't really want to go, as i heard that the monks are trying to turn the tigers into buddhists (
), but everyone else was going, and also, supposedly money raised, goes to building a new sanctuary for the tigers.... -
(8) picturesthe place where the movie is based, and location of some world war ii atrocities.... -
(30) picturesthe former home of the king, this is a very large complex, filled with heaps of interesting pagodas, temples, spires, and statues.... -
(4) pictureshome of the giant reclining buddha, and next door to the grand palace in bangkok....
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(17) picturesafter seeing all we could in siem reap, we were to head to battambang in the north of cambodia for the last part of our trip.... -
(5) pictureswe had just enough time after banteay samre, to catch a sunset.... -
(12) picturessecond last stop of the day, we got here about 4.30pm, so there wasn't much time before sunset, but the light was quite nice at this temple.... -
(21) picturesthe famous pink sandstone temple, it's pretty small, and was not built by a cambodian king.... -
(6) picturesa small temple, we visited this one just before heading to banteay srei....