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Seattle, Washington, United States

We arrived back in the states yesterday just in time to celebrate our friend Mike's 28th birthday.

What an amazing trip it has been. We cannot believe how fast these last six months have flown by...

Thanks to all for being loyal fans to this travel blog.

(Side Note: Benny's cell phone is now turned on although he is not too excited about that.)

Until the next tour......

----Benny and Max----
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Bangkok, Thailand

Yes, we both have sad faces on right now as we leave for the airport in 3 hours for our journey back to the states.

Please enjoy these random pics of Bangkok and sawasdee kah for being fans of this travel blog....
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Pai, Thailand

Pai is a totally chilled out little town just a 3 1/2 hour bus ride from Chaing Mai. The road is curvy curvy with over 700 twists and turns on the way.

We spent a few days trekking in the jungle with our guide, Kohn (like "cone"), our German friends, Franz and Christine, and our mascot/guard dog Snoop. The scenery was incredible and we were even able to hold off the rain for most of the trip.

The pics of the Pai Treehouse are taken at a "resort" where you can actually rent out the treehouse for the night. We didn't find this until our last day, but if you are ever in Pai it would be really fun to stay there.

We've done a lot in Pai.....

But what we love most is to do nothing.
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Chiang Mai, Thailand

We've landed in Chiang Mai after a long day of travel from Kampot, Cambodia.

Modes of travel included: tuk-tuk, bus, tuk-tuk, tuk-tuk, airplane, airplane and taxi, for a total of 15 hours of travel. Those airplanes sure are nice....

We're off to Pai for the next few days for some trekking.

Pics are mostly from our dinner boat cruise and an afternoon of bowling....

Enjoy.
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Kampot, Cambodia

A few pics from our two day visit to Kampot.

The rains continued for most of the time but we still had fun exploring the city....
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Sihanoukville, Cambodia

We spent the last few days in Sihanoukville trying to stay dry.....

After riding our motor bike south, we got stranded at Otres beach for hours until the monsoon rains stopped. We did find time for a swim.

The day after we took a boat trip to some nearby islands to snorkel and check out a local fishing village.

In between we were able to hit the casino a few times and visit a crazy restaurant, The Snake House, which has snakes and lizards all too close to where you eat....

We did not eat snake.
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Sihanoukville, Cambodia

OK, so its about time that we had a break from our hard, busy schedules of hanging out, eating, bus riding, sleeping, napping, laughing, boat riding, temple touring, swimming, shopping and watching movies....

We headed down to Sihanoukville in southern Cambodia for some hard-earned beach time. We've shacked up in our own private bungalow on Serendipity Beach and have been soaking up the sun whenever it is not storming so hard that the power goes out in the entire city. It is the monsoon season after all.

Jenny has been getting various salon treatments on the beach whenever she feels like she has been working too hard! Also, we are having a blast with our new camera (as you can see below).

Tomorrow, maybe we will get a motorbike and tour around. There is also a crazy snake restaurant here.

Stay tuned....
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia

We spent a few days in Phnom Penh seeing the sites as well as hanging out with Max and Sue for pool time and amazing dinners.

We visited the National Museum, Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda on day one.

Day two was a somber day as we visited the Killing Fields of Cheung Ek and the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum to learn more about Cambodia's past and show our respect to the many Cambodians whose lives were lost during the war and struggle.

We stayed riverside and had an amazing view from our hotel. We also managed to get on a boat for sunset; and had it all to ourselves....
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Siem Reap, Cambodia

We decided to visit some of the more remote temples on our last day. These were between 1-1 1/2 hours by tuk-tuk from Siem Reap. The temples we visited were Kbal Spean (which included a 1 1/2 hour hike in the jungle), Banteay Srei and Banteay Samre. These proved to be some of the most impressive temples we saw during our visit.

The day after, we got on the bikes again and headed south without knowing exactly where we were headed. We ended up at another temple called Phnom Krom and enjoyed amazing views from the top.

After a hard days work, you definitely need to relax by the pool...even if it is not your pool!

Enjoy...
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Siem Reap, Cambodia

We hopped on the bikes again to explore some of the other sites of Angkor.

These included: Sras Srang, Banteay Kdei, Ta Prohm, Angkor Thom and Phnom Bakheng.

This place continues to amaze us....
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