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Last night I was looking at the Toronto skyline and I couldn’t shake the Hong Kong Skyline out of my head… when I think about three skylines….the CN Tower dominates The NYC skyline from on top the Brooklyn Bridge Then there is the Hong Kong skyline and the light show that accompanies it And a typical Old City European skyline with …

Sometimes we pick up travel magazines and they paint these wondrous images in our minds of far off exotic places all drenched in mysticism and light. So for instance, while on my way to meet D* tonight in Halifax, I pick up the Travel & Leisure magazine and I read about one of the trips that they describe as one …

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It has been a long hot day. Tara and I had to take a break back at the hotel in order to recharge for our journey to the highlight of our Cambodian sidetrip: Angkor Wat. After a long day of going through the temples within Siam Reap, nothing really prepares you for the magnificence and opulence of Angkor Wat. There …

So after getting into Siam Reap from Hong Kong, we checked into the Le Meridien Angkor Wat. The transport to the hotel in taxi was 7 USD and takes about 20-30 minutes. The hotel seems to be brand new and the welcoming was great. We were greeted and asked to sit down in a sofa. After handing over the passport …

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Travelling from Tokyo to Hong Kong was actually pretty long.  In my mind’s eye, I thought that it would hopping the distance between Trinidad and Barbados, but the flight is about 4.5 hours, which is almost the time it would take to get from Toronto to Trinidad (which is about 5.5 hours).  Flying on an upgrade on Japan Airlines though …

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