Buenos Aires, Argentina: Today we headed out to “The City of Diagonals” – La Plata. So named for obvious reasons shown below, the city was designed to be the capital of Buenos Aires province – a province that, oddly enough, does not contain the city of Buenos Aires. As seen in the map, the city…
Buenos Aires, Argentina: We left the apartment this morning to visit La Recoleta Cemetery, Plaza de Mayo, Plaza Dorrego, and visit the Puerto Madero area. We headed in the opposite direction from where we went yesterday and saw all new parks. In addition to having lots of parks, it is also clear that Argentinians love…
Read more Cemetery, Plazas, and Puerto Madero: Week 13 / Day 88 / April 8
Santiago, Chile: We left our hotel this morning to do a bit of preliminary exploration of Santiago. Across from our hotel was a thin park that runs for a bit over a mile – Parque Forestal. The first thing we saw in the park was a fountain built by the local German immigrant community. From…
Hong Kong: Linda and I decided to head out to see the Giant Buddha before heading to the airport for our flight to LAX en route to Lima Peru. As before, the Buddha is, well, giant. The fog that rolled in and out as we were there lent the entire area a nice mystical quality.…
Read more Hong Kong Redux – Part Deux: Week 11 / Day 74 / March 25
Siem Reap, Cambodia: Due to technical difficulties I was unable to upload this video before publishing the post about Phnom Kulen. Below is a video that shows the area when we fist ascended the stairs to the temple. Also, as we are leaving Cambodia, I wanted to post at least one song about Cambodia. The…
Siem Reap, Cambodia: Rather than spend a third day at the Angkor Archaeological Park we decided to head up to Phnom Kulen, a park with a temple and waterfalls about an hour away from Siem Reap. Credit for this decision goes to our waitress at the restaurant the other night where we had the green…
Read more Phnom Kulen and Travel Day: Week 11 / Day 72 / March 23
Siem Reap, Cambodia: Our second day of the Angkor Archaeological Park takes us to Angkor Thom and Ta Prohm. The first is a large walled in area with a central temple. The second is most well known for its appearance in the Tomb Raider movie and is often referred to as the Tomb Raider temple.…
Read more Angkor Thom and Ta Prohm: Week 11 / Day 71 / March 22
Siem Reap, Cambodia: When we got dropped off at the hotel yesterday we arranged a tuk-tuk driver and guide for today. They picked us up at the hotel early so we could try and beat the heat (HA! fat chance of that – the overnight low is rarely below 80 F and the heat index…
Phnom Penh, Cambodia: We started our day with breakfast at the hotel. The breakfast area is up on the roof of the hotel where there is also a swimming pool (we went for a swim late last night to cool off before going to bed). The breakfast spread was quite good and had some fruits…
Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Linda and I met up in the Hong Kong airport after our respective arrivals from Boston and Sydney. We had to spend a few hours on our layover and then travelled on to Phnom Penh. Arriving in Phnom Penh, it was every bit as hot as Bangkok was when I left. We…
