The ancient Buddhist site of Borobudur immediately attracted my attention when I first learned of it. It sat at the front of my mind willing itself to be. After careful consideration and planning, Briana managed to figure out how to make it be, and so we found ourselves at the biggest Buddhist temple in the …
I have been meaning to put up our Southeast Asia Ice Cream Review post for a while and after my grandma Eileen asked about it during our last Skype session, I decided it was time. You may remember our Korean Ice Cream Reviews in which we reviewed 39 different ice creams across four posts. We haven’t found as …
One of the biggest things we wanted to do in Ho Chi Minh was go to the Cu Chi Tunnels, made famous for the fierce fighting that took place during the Vietnam war (or the American War from their perspective). It took us a while to figure out how we were going to do it, …
Bangkok has a plethora of temples to explore. Many temples have visitors flock to them constantly, and the crowds begin to wear on you. It gets a little old paying entry to some of these places too, with some charging as much as 400 Baht per person. Looking at our options, I realized many of …
My toe was still hurting so we decided to make our first outing in Bangkok an easier one. We searched Google Maps to check out potential locations of interest near our Airbnb and found Wat Wachiratham Sathit Worawihan (quite the mouthful- give it a try!) Though on that note, the true name may be Wat Vachira Dhammasatit. I am …
I’ll admit that when we visited Wat Preah Prom Rath, we were experiencing a little bit of temple fatigue – we had just been seeing temples in Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and of course Angkor Wat. But even with that in mind, Wat Preah Prom Rath still shines as a serene and tranquil respite from the bustling activity …