Gili Meno - Indonesia

Gili Meno - Indonesia

We left Cairns heading north to Indonesia for a two weeks on a tiny little island called Gili Meno.  We were looking for a little beach time after what was a fairly fast paced month and half beginning in New Zealand, and Gili Meno proved to be exactly what we needed. 

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Phnom Penh & Koh Rong - Cambodia

Phnom Penh & Koh Rong - Cambodia

The main place to visit in Phnom Penh is the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields, which is actually a collection of sites where about 2 million out of the total population of about 8 million people were killed in the 1970s by the Khmer Rouge regime. In order to save ammunition, the Khmer Rouge executed this genocide by using all manner of horrific tools to try to kill as many people as quickly as possible. That included children, whose heads were bashed against the trunks of trees before they were tossed in mass graves next to their parents. 

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Pai and Chiang Rai - Thailand

Pai and Chiang Rai - Thailand

We had heard about some cool places in Northern Thailand to check out from some people we met along our way.  We knew for sure we wanted to go to Pai, about 3 hours north west of Chiang Mai, and also Chiang Rai, about 3 hours north east.  After doing some checking, it seemed like the best way to visit both would be to rent a car, which we did on our last day in Chiang Mai.  We had been warned by literally everyone we spoke to that had been that the road to Pai is a little bit crazy, which was one of the main reasons we decided not to rent mopeds and opted for the car.  It was a good thing we did. 

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Khao Sok National Park - Thailand

Khao Sok National Park - Thailand

Recharged, we traveled by bus 3 hours north to the remote Khao Sok National Park, complete with an ancient rainforest, limestone cliffs, waterfalls and rare flora and fauna. The massive national park is half lake, half jungle, and we wanted to experience both.

Our first two nights Charles really wanted to stay in a treehouse in the jungle! It was totally awesome!

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