Category Temples
Myanmar (Burma) Part II: the Bagan
After a few days in Yangon, we headed north to the Bagan! The Bagan was the site I was most excited to see before going to Myanmar – it’s an enormous complex of Buddhist temples which are often compared to Angkor Wat. Even though I had read a bit about the complex before we went, […]
Myanmar (Burma) Part One: Yangon
I started off my summer with an amazing trip back home to New York! It was so great to get to see my family and friends… the two and a half weeks went by waaay too fast!! I was really sad to leave America, but coming back to Asia was a little easier because I […]
Singapore
Singapore was the last Asian country I was able to visit before my trip home (in less than a week!) Singapore is completely different than any other Asian city I’ve been to – it’s modern, organized, and absolutely the cleanest city I’ve ever visited. To me, I felt like I was at an Asian themed […]
Malaysia Part Two: Batu Caves
One of the really great things about Malaysia (or at least the area around Kuala Lumpur) was the cheap and extensive public transportation. Even though I only spent four days in Malaysia, I was able to do two day trips outside the city. It was nice because I felt like even though my trip was […]
Bali – Part One
This year, the first two weeks of February were Tet, or the Vietnamese New Year (Chuc Mung Nam Moi!). In Vietnam this is a huge celebration – most of my Vietnamese co-workers traveled back to their home towns to see their families. For my break, I was incredibly lucky and my friend Cara was able […]
Back in Phnom Penh!
Last weekend I went back to Phnom Penh with a group of my co-workers! It was really neat, because even though I went to the same place two times so close together – I had a completely different experience both times. My more recent trip was really relaxing – Phnom Penh moves at a much […]
Siem Reap
Last weekend was Vietnamese Independence Day (independence from the French), so I got my first three day weekend! Over the weekend, I left Vietnam for the first time since I’ve been here to go to Siem Reap, Cambodia to see the Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat was probably the site I was most excited about seeing […]
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