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Cambodia, a country of contrast

Cambodia, a country of contrast(0)

August 17, 2010

We’d told Cristina, a friend of a friend living in Cambodia, that we’d be in Siem Reap around 1. After a 4 hour bus ride behind a pair of obnoxiously hungover Irish natives, 5 deliriously long and hot queues at the border, a taxi, a rickshaw (aka tuk tuk) and me dangerously close to ripping [...]

Cambodia, a country of contrast
Cairo: Climbing the World’s Most Famous Monument

Cairo: Climbing the World’s Most Famous Monument

When my boss told me a story of how he illegally climbed the Great Pyramids of Giza, I knew this was a mission for the Missadventures.  I asked Mihae if she was up for the challenge, “YES!” she quipped with no hesitation. And off to Cairo we were with our guys in tow.  We stayed [...]

Paris: No Wonder The French Can’t Stand Us

Paris: No Wonder The French Can’t Stand Us

Our trip to Paris was off to a bad start before we left U.S. soil.  We found a 4 star hotel in the hip Latin Quarter/St. Germain area of the city on Hotwire.com for only $100 per night.  Sound too good to be true?  It was.  Turns out, the hotel was just on the outskirts [...]


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