Category: RTW Travel
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A Night at the Cambodian Circus!
Read more: A Night at the Cambodian Circus!Cambodia is famous for their circus performers. It’s not the usual circus with animals and clowns – but rather more like Cirque de Soleil with acrobats and amazing use of the body. As Oliver mentioned in his Siem Reap post, this country is still recovering and rebuilding from its tragic past. Many of its children lived…
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Asia’s Beautiful Flower
Read more: Asia’s Beautiful FlowerThe lotus is an aquatic perennial that can be found throughout Asia. The seeds of the flower can last a long time – in some cases over 1000 years! We have seen this exquisite flower throughout our Asian explorations . The beautiful bloom is said to represent elegance, beauty, perfection, purity and grace and is…
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A is for Apsara
Read more: A is for ApsaraI love dancing, learning new dances and trying new food. These are just a couple of reasons why I liked going to an Apsara dance performance and dinner. Apsara dancing is a traditional Cambodian style of dance. When apsara dancers are on the stage, they usually have a slight smile with their mouths closed. Some…
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Siem Reap – More than just Temples!
Read more: Siem Reap – More than just Temples!It may sound weird, but nine months into our RTW trip and we are running out of time! After an “unplanned extension” in Hoi An, Vietnam, we actually discussed whether to visit Cambodia, or to bypass it “until next time”. In the end we decided that since we were in the region we should visit…
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Row, row, row your boat…
Read more: Row, row, row your boat…It used to be that the men of Hoi An would row, row, row their boats, gently down the stream…to the ocean! Hoi An’s proximity to the ocean, and the fact that it is a well protected harbour on the river made it an ideal trading port. Since it is so well preserved it makes the…