Over Christmas, Hubs and I took a two week vacation to Thailand and Cambodia, our first trip to Asia. It stemmed from The Amazing Race when, a few seasons ago, the teams were sent to Cambodia. When I heard Cambodia, my only association was the grainy black & white photo of a man kneeling, the blade already in motion, about to be beheaded. Who would want to go there?
But TAR had the contestants running through the most amazing, enormous ruins, unlike anything I'd ever seen. And then there were monkeys running all around and it looked like a fever dream. Hubs and I looked at each other at the same time, we have to go to there.
So, our trip was planned around Angkor Wat. We didn't want to fly halfway around the world just to spend a week there, and decided Thailand would be a good place to divide up our time. We made the decision to stay in northern Thailand and have more of a jungle trip rather than a beach trip.
This was the itinerary:
-Fly into Bangkok, fly directly to Chiang Mai
-3 full days in Chiang Mai
-Fly to Siam Reap
-4 full days in Siam Reap
-Bus to Phnom Penh
-1 full day in Phnom Penh
-Fly to Bangkok
-3 full days in Bangkok
We try to not travel to places during their peak seasons, but I had two weeks off of work and Thailand and Cambodia are countries with soaring temperatures. Going at the coolest time of year, when temperatures were in the upper 80's, low 90's, was a good decision for us.
You don't need any guidebooks. If you're going to any of the places on our itinerary, buy a Groovy Map, a guidebook and a map all in one. We went to many sites and restaurants recommended by Groovy and we were never disappointed.
At the time of our trip, $1 = 30 Thai Baht.
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