Postcard: Anjy

Ringtail lemur, interrupted mid-scratch, in Anjy, Madagascar.

Postcard: Ranomafana

Green Velvet, in Ranomafana, Madagascar.

Alms in Luang Prabang

From Siem Reap, Cambodia, we flew to Luang Prabang, Laos, and spent 5 days there.  It is a very photogenic city, and one morning, we got up early to see the Buddhist monks collecting alms.

Postcard: Ilaka

Market day, in the village of Ilaka, Madagascar.

Banteay Srei, Preah Khan and Preah Ko

The day after visiting Angkor Thom and Wat, our guide drove us further from Siem Reap to three more temple sites.  We left some of the crowds behind, as bikes and tuk-tuks didn’t venture that far out.  Banteay Srei was our first stop.  While the section below looks like a ruin, it originally had a wooden roof, which has rotted away since the 10th century.

Postcard: Ambatolampy

Ambatolampy, Madagascar.

Frequently Asked Friday: Best in the World

It seems like most of the time what people ask us about is “What was the Best! of” anything and everything. So we thought we’d give you a rapid-fire rundown of some of the bests from the trip.

Best Accommodations

Lana: Orchid Garden Homestay in Hoi An, Vietnam.

David: Airbnb apartment in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Collection: Dogs

We are dog people.  We were in dog withdrawal on our trip, so any time we saw a dog, our eyes—and cameras—gravitated towards it.   We ended up with a lot of pictures of dogs.  Well, “a lot” is relative; we only have 231 pictures of dogs, which is less than one per day, and half a percent of all of our pictures.  And two-thirds of those aren’t worth posting.  Some regions had more dogs than others, and some simply had more photogenic dogs.  We thought we’d break the pictures out by region.

North America

Map and Itinerary Update

We’ve updated the existing map page, and posted a new page with our corrected itinerary (accessible from the links along the top of the page), including links to posts from each location, travel method, and accommodation.  Primarily this will be useful to the two of us for reference, but there’s no reason not to make it publicly visible.  It certainly highlights where we fell behind with updates (about one month in!), and how many locations we still need to post about--or at the very least, post pictures for.

Postcard: Andasibe

Red Bellied Lemur pair, Andasibe, Madagascar.