After a long flight we arrived in Siem Riep, until the 16th century the capital of Cambodia. This area is home to some of the most famous temples in Southeast Asia, with Angkor Wat being the best known. It is also the world’s largest religious site. The Angkor Archeological Park includes many other temples andRead more
En route to Australia, we learned more about this continent during an inflight lecture. Because of the continent’s isolation, it is home to an enormous number of unique plant and animal species. The indigenous peoples were also isolated, unlike what we have seen in Oceania; there was very little ocean immigration. Lee Berger commented thatRead more
Now back to our regularly scheduled travel posts! The next two will be fairly brief in comparison. Aren’t you pleased?! The afternoon of January 27 we left Easter Island for the 9 hour flight to Samoa, crossing the International Date line along the way. As we noted earlier, the flights don’t seem as long asRead more
We are just over halfway through this trip, even though my posts are not caught up yet. We just left Myanmar (Burma) after three fabulous days and are en route to Agra, India and the Taj Mahal. We’ve had almost no WiFi while there, so I haven’t been able to post Easter Island, Samoa, andRead more
That evening we had a cocktail party with the crew, a lecture from our island experts, and then a presentation of traditional Rapa Nui Islander dances. It wasn’t easy to capture the movement. The following morning there was a sunrise photo shoot at Tongariki, which I thought about doing but opted to pass because itRead more