Today turns out to be a lot of driving. How much you ask? Probably about 4.5hrs total. So a lot. Yet that gives us an opportunity to see some things off the beaten path. We leave Angkor Wat, the reason for being here, for what it is and set course at 8am for Kampong Khleang. It's a village just off the large lake of Tonle Sap. We work through two villages to get to it: One that's built on stilts, and one that's floating. Neither has both, and most tourists stop a...

Our travels today are uneventful. To the airport in good time, to the gate with no lines, to Cambodia without a struggle. Upon arrival, I'm glad I got eVisa's ahead of time. It's a simple process you can complete online, and it let's you walk straight to immigration, instead of standing in a long line of people who did not want to pay for a small electronic submittal fee. Of course, once through immigrations, we wait with some of those same people for our luggage...

Today is about JJ Weekend Market. Opening at 9, we take the BTS train and get there right on time. It is large. It is already getting busy. And it is going to be a great day of wandering and shopping! We don't have anything particular in mind. After a few silk stops, we decide to go back to Pratunam this afternoon to buy those souvenirs. The quality is better there and so is the price. This sight, however, is amazing. This is a once in a lifetime shopaholic expe...

Today's a relaxed day. We walk to the Jim Thompson house, a short mile from our place of rest (i.e., hotel). Short story is, Jim, a Delawarean, joined the army, was sent to Bangkok, but before he got there the war ended. He loved it so much, though, he decided to move there full time. In the late 50s, he worked to rebuild the Thai silk culture. He did so using the traditional methods and tools, and was very successful. Amongst other things, he built a traditiona...