Green is directly related to color and after searching through our photos, most really are nature related. But, these 4 stand out. Top L. A little boy in Cambodia riding on the back of a bicycle. Top R. Halong Bay, Vietnam Bottom L. The Temples of Angkor, Cambodia Bottom R. A young boy selling coconuts … Continue reading »
As I was going through our pictures this morning, I came across Jeju Miniature Park which we went to in January 2010. So, I put together a collage of the very cool places we have been to in real life. I would say the park had some awesome replicas! On the flip side, looking through … Continue reading »
Where’s My Backpack’s travel theme this week is On Display. It mentions how items on sale in certain places really depict the culture, colors and feelings of the place on where you are shopping. Here are a few of our favorite displays: You can see our previous entries for the Travel Themes here. Related articles … Continue reading »
We spend a lot of time looking at the amazing photos in contests all the time but when our blogger friends at Thebudgetwanderers.net nominated us to take part in the “Capture The Colour” contest, we were excited o participate and share our colors. The contest challenges entrants to submit photos that capture 5 colors; blue, … Continue reading »
“One of the most extreme and distressing results of abject poverty is when desperate parents are forced to sell their children. With no state support, if parents are unable to work through illness or disability and there’s no supporting community, the choices available to people facing starvation are very limited and the unthinkable does happen. … Continue reading »
Transport around the world varies a bit when you consider geography, socioeconomic climates and practicality. Traveling outside the states you begin to notice a few rather distinct differences on the roadways. Take Europe where the largest thing they’ve got is a Land Rover and as Britishly cool as they are, you don’t see all that … Continue reading »
While spending time in Phnom Penh, my wife and I learned a lot. Most importantly we learned that life is more than the house you live in, the money you have in your bank account and the fancy clothes you wear. The growth you gain internally by experiencing other things in life will change … Continue reading »
With the two major Cambodia cities under our belts, Nicole and I were left with a day or so to make one more stop before heading north to Lao. After some lonely planet research we settled on the quiet town of Kratie about 8 and a half hours east. Kratie, which rests along the Mekong … Continue reading »
Most of you know, I used to teach Geography. I spent three years teaching 6th grade geography. I taught about Asia and Africa…most of the information I taught came from text books that I then researched to find a bit more knowledge. I taught my kids to draw maps…always freehand…and about the cultures and wonderful … Continue reading »
Yesterday was the kind of a day that started out with a minor stump and turned into a day where we just relaxed…to catch up with our minds and emotions. We were waiting for our Tuk Tuk driver to head to the temples and he ended up being an hour late. We decided that with … Continue reading »
We boarded a bus Saturday morning for a 7 hour ride to Siem Reap, which the driver told us we would arrive at 7 pm…leaving at 9 am we were a bit aggravated and unprepared, but whateva! There was a language mistake and really it was just 7 hours. But still, for some reason, no … Continue reading »
We left off with a pretty epic time in DaLat as our finale in Vietnam which left us at the doorstep of our next land, Cambodia. We had a pretty swift trip that left from Saigon to the border where we added a new visa to the passport and entered en route to our first … Continue reading »
