21 November 2013 – Koh Lanta, Thailand
Rainy, rainy day on Koh Lanta. At least our bungalows — the Fruit Tree Lodge in Long Beach — are very nice.
Rainy, rainy day on Koh Lanta. At least our bungalows — the Fruit Tree Lodge in Long Beach — are very nice.
A look at Hue’s iconic Thiên Mụ Pagoda on the banks of perfume river. The pagoda is part of an active monastery complex, which among other things, displays a powder blue Austin Martin that the honorable monk Thich Quang Duc drove to Saigon in 1963. Upon arrival in the South’s capital, Thich Quang Duc immolated himself to protest…
Taking a 10 hour bus, right in the middle of the day from Egirdir to Goreme — on our way to check out the famous Cappadocia region of Turkey.
Back to the motherland for us — we flew via St Petersburg and got to spend a couple of exciting hours exploring the city with our new friend that we met in Georgia, actually. Here we are (sans the friend at that point) on the tram.
Founded: 1628 Pop: 974,000 Train station in Krasnoyarsk We rolled into Krasnoyarsk at 7:30 am local time / 3:30 am Moscow time. In just 6 days we conquered 4 time zones. Luckily train is conducive to sleeping so the jetlag was hardly noticeable. Notable fact: we shelled out the big bucks for our 34-hour ride…
We spent our second wedding anniversary cruising down the Volga river and visiting an island fortress town of Sviyazhsk in Tatarstan Republic, Russia.
Couchsurfing in Amer, right outside of Jaipur. Day 1.