Tag: Thailand
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The Great Indochina Expedition, Episode 10: Boating Around Bangkok
January 6 was another lovely day, though not quite as busy. We rode aboard the Party Van to the west bank of the Chao Phraya river for a visit to the Wat Arun temple complex in the Thonburi district. Wat Arun can be translated as “Temple of Dawn” and sits just across the river from…
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The Great Indochina Expedition, Episode 9: Around Bangkok Four Ways
On January 5 our guide Sita really put us through our paces. We met her at 8:00 a.m. for a brisk walk to the Lumphini metro station, where we learned how to navigate Bangkok’s subway. It’s a pretty impressive system, especially considering it’s dug deep under a swampy river delta. I can only assume that…
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The Great Indochina Expedition, Episode 8: The End of the Beginning
Our flight out of Siem Reap did not take us eastward across the Pacific toward North America. Quite the reverse: we headed west for the second half of our trip. Siem Reap has a brand-new airport, out in the middle of nowhere forty-six kilometers east of the city. It was built and is apparently run…
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The Great Indochina Expedition, Episode 1: Background and Back Pain
When Dr. Kelly and I were planning the Great Australian Expedition of April-May 2025, one idea which came up early on was to include a side trip to southeast Asia. I’ve always wanted to visit Angkor Wat, and while Cambodia isn’t exactly close to Australia, it’s a lot closer to Australia than it is to…
The Cambias Digression 