Arrived in Munich
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We´re in Munich ahead of schedule, as we were transferred to a Lufthansa flight from Bangkok to Munich, instead of flying from Bangkok to Helsinki, staying there for 12 hours, then flying into Munich. Believe it or not, the Finnair flights we were booked on were overbooked (apparently those Finns like to get out…)and we were asked to transfer to a direct flight. Groovy with us – so here we are, ahead of Chris Soyk, who we´re meeting for a couple of days of goofing off.
Hoi An to Hanoi
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We’ve just made it to Hanoi on time for a huge rain storm – it is rainy season. We flew here this morning from Hoi An.
We just loved Hoi An. It’s a small town (pop. 80,000) with a vibrant artistic community of painters, potters, wood carvers, silk weavers and tailors. The old section of town is full of beautiful little shops selling the most colorful array of hand crafted goods. The shops are all little one or two story ancient houses with beautiful colorful Chinese lanterns and caged birds at every entrance, and flowering vines climbing the outside walls or falling from the roof line. It’s wonderful. We finally feel like we’re on vacation after the worthwhile, but emotionally difficult tour through Cambodia.
Phnom Phen – Chau Doc – Ho Chi Min
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The last few days have been an absolute whirlwind of emotions and travel.
We visited the Teoul Sleng Prison and the Killing Fields in Phnom Phen – places of such recent horrific history that it takes a few days to recover from the shock of the brutality humans are capable of towards each other.
Ayutthaya
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The last two days have been a whirlwind of activity, as we left the city and checked out sights further afield.
Yesterday, we hired our buddy “Mr. T” the taxi driver to take us out to the ancient capital of Thailand, Ayutthaya.
One Day to Departure
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Well we leave for Thailand tomorrow. It will be an extremely long two day starting with a 3 hour drive to Thunder Bay from Marathon, fly from Thunder Bay (3:30pm July 5) to Toronto (5:08pm July 5), Toronto (8:30pm July 5) to Helsinki, Finland (11:35am July 6), Helsinki (11:35pm July 6) to Bangkok, Thailand (1:40pm July 7). We have a 12 hour layover in Helsinki which we plan to use by touring the city.
Our first order of business in Bangkok is to arrange a visa for Cambodia with may take a day or two. We will keep posting information about our trip here as often as we can.
Geo & Noel
