Vietnam & Cambodia

Travel week 3ish... my winter holiday 2008 travels began in northern Vietnam with Clint and Dale. We made our way down the coast and then in Saigon they flew back and I crossed over to Cambodia to make my way to Thailand. Pics, in reverse order of my trip. Starting with Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia...


Bayon, near Angkor Wat...

Street vendor in Battambang, they were good carrying stuff on their heads like that...

My motorbike and driver for the day in Battambang. I'm now officially addicted to biking around the countryside on motorbikes...

A Cambodia cockfight which evidently takes place every Saturday and Sunday. We were the only females watching...

The boat ride from Battambang to Siem Reap...

Traffic in Phnom Penh, everyone rides bikes here...


Tuol Sleng Museum, what used to be a prison camp during the civil war in the late 70s...
Skulls of prisoners at Choeung Ek killing field outside Phnom Penh...


Waterfall in Dalat (Vietnam)...
Local children in a minority village in Dalat...

Nha Trang beach...



Dale, me and Clint by the lake in Dalat...

Dalat countryside, the mountains behind are supposed to look like a lady...

Local kids...

Scenes from our bike ride in Hoi An...




Me, the Buddhist statue, at some ruins in Vietnam...

Vietnam &

Summer 2007 Travels Part I

Travel pics from the summer. I started in Yantai and just made my way south and west. The best part of traveling in China is that you don't really have to make plans in advance. You can just wait till you get where you're going and then decide where to go next. The first place is Hangzhou. It's outside of Shanghai and the Chinese claim it's one of the most beautiful places on earth.


At a park called Lushan, a couple hours to the north of Nanchang.


Me with the group of Chinese students I met along the way. They volunteered to be my guide for the day.

A big temple in Nanchang. Nice from the outside although I have to admit I was templed out at this point so I didn't bother to go in.

In Yangshuo, a really nice area to the south of Guilin.

One of my biking days in Yangshuo. Beautiful area to just rent a bike for the day and go.



Dinner time. One of the many night markets across china. You simply sit at one of the "restaurants" and order something that they've got laying out. Then they cook it for you and there you go. And usually very tasty.




I took a wrong turn one day biking and ended up biking up the side of a mountain. Tiresome at the time but great views.

Some caves and natural mud baths. I don't know if it's really good for your skin or not but it's definitely hard to get off your skin and clothes.


Hiking back after the caves and mud baths.

Temple in Kunming, Yunnan province.


Some hand carved doors in Dali. They were everywhere so I'm assuming this is something Dali is famous for.

The lovely displays of vegetables available at each restaurant in order to entice you to come in and eat.

One of the gates surrounding the old town of Dali.

The famous three pagodas in Dali.



High-5s with the great buddhas in Dali.

And this means???... Stay off the grass?

The lake area in Dali. Louise and I took a detour biking and ended up in the area.

Local Bai minority person.

More street bbq. More or less you can get anything put on a stick and cooked for you.

Overlooking Lijiang.

Louise and I at a park in Lijiang.