by Kevin Spencer | Jun 29, 2010 | TOUR JOURNAL 2010
We had an amazing first day in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It was an easy flight from Phnom Penh. We first landed in Bangkok, picked up our bags, passed through immigration, and then had to circle back to domestic departures to catch our flight to Chiang Mai. It sounds...
by Kevin Spencer | Jun 27, 2010 | TOUR JOURNAL 2010
We arrived in Phnom Penh early on Friday morning. Chris Merritt, from New Future for Children orphanage, met us at the airport. We flagged down a tuktuk, negotiated the deal with the driver to get us to our hotel and then to NFC to meet the kids. Tuktuk is the...
by Kevin Spencer | Jun 24, 2010 | TOUR JOURNAL 2010
It has been a full day today. I woke up around 5am and talked with Cindy for a while before meeting Mike for breakfast in the dining room of the Jasmine Lodge. Our car arrived at 7:45am and we were on our way to the temple complexes of Angkor. As we drove through...
by Kevin Spencer | Jun 23, 2010 | TOUR JOURNAL 2010
DISCLAIMER: Forgive me if some of this doesn’t make sense or if you find my writing style not quite up to my usual standard. I’m still battling some minor jet lag but, mostly, we’re just taking it all in. Three countries and five cities in ten...
by Kevin Spencer | Jun 22, 2010 | TOUR JOURNAL 2010
I arrived safely in Ho Chi Minh City, with my traveling buddy Mike, late Monday night. It was one long flight – Roanoke to Chicago, Chicago to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to HCMC. All in all, about 30 hours of traveling. Our driver was at the airport to meet us,...
