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text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DwFyxCognLo/XgWN7cyUocI/AAAAAAAAge0/GMMvu63JqB4WloiyPGxV-12utdcPFevAQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B4.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1361\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DwFyxCognLo/XgWN7cyUocI/AAAAAAAAge0/GMMvu63JqB4WloiyPGxV-12utdcPFevAQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B4.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nOn my third day in Japan, I didn’t have to wake up early as I will only roam around Nara Park and see the different temples together with my tita. And as you might know from my previous blog post, my tita lives in Nara so going to Nara Park will only take about 10-15 minutes from their house.\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nMy head was really hurting from the night before maybe because of exhaustion from my Osaka exploration or partly because my body’s still adjusting to the insane low temperature but I really got a good night’s sleep. I slept at around 7-ish and woke up around 8am already so yeyyyy for catching up on sleep. Haha! I was really sleep deprived prior to this trip because of preparations and work and gym and juggling my social life all at the same time. Believe me when I say it shows on your skin when you’re sleep deprived. I am starting to hate my skin and I felt ugly. Ugh.\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yjADOFcuMtU/XgWNSAztbVI/AAAAAAAAgcs/oxRTM9RtsIsuxonXwNs-p2XXkko-t4tngCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B12.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1238\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yjADOFcuMtU/XgWNSAztbVI/AAAAAAAAgcs/oxRTM9RtsIsuxonXwNs-p2XXkko-t4tngCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B12.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DiEYuysqLBU/XgWOCUtAijI/AAAAAAAAgfQ/Dmhdjk3FnWobnHdx--NejD4D8tFJt-ZtwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B6.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DiEYuysqLBU/XgWOCUtAijI/AAAAAAAAgfQ/Dmhdjk3FnWobnHdx--NejD4D8tFJt-ZtwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B6.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nTito Takeshi brought us to Nara Park at around 1pm and I saw some tourists (or maybe not tourists?) wearing kimono and jokingly told my tita I also wanted to wear one. We were just talking about wearing kimono in Kyoto the other day because the vibes in Kyoto is like old Japan but we figured\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003ethere’s no one to take my photo because I’ll just explore Kyoto on my own on my last day. So, what’s a day with my tita around Nara without wearing a kimono, right? Haha! Tito Takeshi made a u turn and drove us to the kimono rental.\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nI gotta say, exploring Nara with my tita was such a lot of fun! I didn’t have any problems communicating with people because she’s there to talk to them for me. Haha! Really gotta learn Japanese now. The rental costs 4800 yen which covers the kimono and the hair arrangement. Yup, you can choose to just rent a kimono or have your hair arranged too for that added glam. And since I’m already wearing a kimono, why not make my hair suitable for the attire too?! Kimono rental is cheaper in Nara compared to Kyoto. We went inside the shop and my tita did the talking. After some time, we were escorted to another shop with all the kimonos and yukatas on display. I just learned that kimono is worn during winter and yukata during summer.\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sBqNkefZIHU/XgWNVlENueI/AAAAAAAAgc4/nEY5n3hFkw0f6mH8yvguvjtxlg1F57EuwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B15.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sBqNkefZIHU/XgWNVlENueI/AAAAAAAAgc4/nEY5n3hFkw0f6mH8yvguvjtxlg1F57EuwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B15.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zVnvYJCJnV4/XgWNbI_RotI/AAAAAAAAgdQ/cT0EoZRDf_UTG_hmkGJxQRAzhWno8C-EACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B2.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zVnvYJCJnV4/XgWNbI_RotI/AAAAAAAAgdQ/cT0EoZRDf_UTG_hmkGJxQRAzhWno8C-EACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B2.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eLook at all these colors!\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FT7LV9ZS_7U/XgWNwsor_1I/AAAAAAAAgeY/cS8r6VlejRoP_tRI13svAiiXdK-vL4tqACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B32.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FT7LV9ZS_7U/XgWNwsor_1I/AAAAAAAAgeY/cS8r6VlejRoP_tRI13svAiiXdK-vL4tqACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B32.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eChoosing the right kimono for me hehe\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MjmSekNca6w/XgWN-wNDRHI/AAAAAAAAgfI/PZfKbSrKbQAjdFHTkqTjf4_Md6tPX85ngCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B41.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MjmSekNca6w/XgWN-wNDRHI/AAAAAAAAgfI/PZfKbSrKbQAjdFHTkqTjf4_Md6tPX85ngCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B41.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eDetails\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iVzxDwSbE2Y/XgWNdn7jP2I/AAAAAAAAgdY/xulOMy238RI17uGM_WXJQjO_3Zx-04C6gCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B23.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1488\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iVzxDwSbE2Y/XgWNdn7jP2I/AAAAAAAAgdY/xulOMy238RI17uGM_WXJQjO_3Zx-04C6gCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B23.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nThere are just so many choices but trust me, the best kimono are those that pops in color. Safe colors don’t give justice so it’s really better to wear colorful ones.\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nWearing a kimono was also not easy. There are a LOT of wraps happening. My tita even jokingly told me that I am a lumpiang shanghai now because of all the garments wrapped around me. Well, it’s worn during winter so that’s probably the reason why there are so many layers. I don’t know how a person can wear a kimono alone without any help from someone. Wearing a kimono is an art in itself. I lost count on the layers. Each layer also gets tighter so I can barely breathe normally after the final layer. They also provide small bags to go with your kimono.\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Sn5y91aTD8/XgWNPLMMayI/AAAAAAAAgck/ml7ApEjkT7oyh9KnlXcAGD5wa0lIjZnHwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B11.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1079\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Sn5y91aTD8/XgWNPLMMayI/AAAAAAAAgck/ml7ApEjkT7oyh9KnlXcAGD5wa0lIjZnHwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B11.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nPeople are literally looking at me while wearing the kimono. I could pass as Japanese if I can just speak the local language. Haha! People were shocked when I speak in English.\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nSo yep, on to the business for the day. My tita is such a stage tita in a sense that she’s the one directing my poses and always game in taking my photos. She’s super bagets.\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nNara park is famous for its deers because the deers are just scattered in the area. They can go anywhere they want to be. There’s even an underpass that doesn’t have stairs so the deers and cross the street without any hassle. Heck, they can even sit at the middle of the road and cars will have to wait until they get off the road. In Nara Park, deers are king. How lucky is my tita to see this kind of scene almost everyday? She works near Nara Park so she’s already used to deers.\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--PI46PgdJEM/XgWODEBaeiI/AAAAAAAAgfU/gOAkyhyHCqkpR8jvJMxSIzlIvQUa-ndrACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B5.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1195\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--PI46PgdJEM/XgWODEBaeiI/AAAAAAAAgfU/gOAkyhyHCqkpR8jvJMxSIzlIvQUa-ndrACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B5.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDo I fit in the neighborhood?\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1MUmDhclM80/XgWN8IfdqHI/AAAAAAAAgfA/6_fczc__it0KM4pa_3u7_tbVREwHgiKFQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B39.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1256\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1MUmDhclM80/XgWN8IfdqHI/AAAAAAAAgfA/6_fczc__it0KM4pa_3u7_tbVREwHgiKFQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B39.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8jv30mSngpI/XgWN2KabrqI/AAAAAAAAgek/_nbNchBdCawJvPY6lqXWI9lgx5nXDOmUQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B36.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1382\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8jv30mSngpI/XgWN2KabrqI/AAAAAAAAgek/_nbNchBdCawJvPY6lqXWI9lgx5nXDOmUQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B36.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nThere’s probably hundreds or thousands of them and my tita told me someone counts them at the end of the day to know if a deer is missing. The best part? You can feed them and you can touch them! There are vendors who sell deer snacks for 200 yen. Just be careful though because once you get a hold of the snack, some deers will follow you and some can get quite aggressive. If you don’t have anymore snacks, you just have to raise your both hands to signal them you don’t have snacks anymore.\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-THdAERGeGMY/XgWN7d70KbI/AAAAAAAAge4/1F2ui-60AKQ_dP50eoU405l0ezZqOifFACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B38.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-THdAERGeGMY/XgWN7d70KbI/AAAAAAAAge4/1F2ui-60AKQ_dP50eoU405l0ezZqOifFACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B38.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nMy tita escorted me to see Todai-ji temple. I’m not following my itinerary because I know my tita knows this place far better than I do so I just go wherever she takes me. Hehe.\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nTodai-ji temple is freaking huge!!! And there’s a buddha inside which got me so curious. I didn’t know that Buddhism is one of the major religions in Japan. I was surprised to see a huge buddha inside the temple.\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;It's surprising because unlike the Southeast Asian countries I've been to that has pagodas almost everywhere, Japan seems to have shrines and no traces of pagoda.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mzek_S7eJoM/XgWNwMVbZGI/AAAAAAAAgeU/FzuaYcbvVe0hrPF7hxkOKg9H6jc43dGGACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B31.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1330\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mzek_S7eJoM/XgWNwMVbZGI/AAAAAAAAgeU/FzuaYcbvVe0hrPF7hxkOKg9H6jc43dGGACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B31.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe huge Todai-Ji Temple\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; 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There’s also this thing where you get a stick with number in it and you’ll now if you have good or bad luck. After reading the paper and what it states as your fortune, you have to tie it outside the temple. Girl, I only see these on animes so it was fun experiencing it! I was able to buy some charms for people too which is quite fun because again, I only see these charms on anime. 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At the time, they have this delicious croquet burgers with gooey cheese inside so that’s what I ordered. Yum!\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAfter eating at Mcdonald’s, my tita went with me to the mall to shop for some winter clothes and shoes in preparation for my work in AU. I was also able to shop for Christmas gifts for my loved ones here in Manila. Hehe. Most of the shops are already on sale for winter clothes so yey. Local Japanese brands are just sooo cool. I mean the clothes are just stylish. I hope I can shop for summer clothes too in Japan in the future.\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAfter shopping, went back to my tita’s place and ate dinner. We are all exhausted. Haha!\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere are some more photos:\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ATP0SEQeCjI/XgWNSiXYNJI/AAAAAAAAgc0/6WrwLR1t-m0fErXk7c9TE-1OEE4uEWzBgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B13.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ATP0SEQeCjI/XgWNSiXYNJI/AAAAAAAAgc0/6WrwLR1t-m0fErXk7c9TE-1OEE4uEWzBgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B13.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"900\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tUBc6kBVw-I/XgWNSnIV6eI/AAAAAAAAgcw/rRxDU2_myy0XSR7GkflMIYYWVQbf02nvwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B14.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4eff-uOhm8U/XgWNnBiQ64I/AAAAAAAAgdw/OxmsKioOKwY3-BNj11IZSX1-9kWexB2KgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B25.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1153\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4eff-uOhm8U/XgWNnBiQ64I/AAAAAAAAgdw/OxmsKioOKwY3-BNj11IZSX1-9kWexB2KgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B25.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WQj9owMwFEE/XgWNn6lr75I/AAAAAAAAgd4/j3MPx_arv4YrirxWYh3-aVm9y3ERaYN1gCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B26.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1192\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WQj9owMwFEE/XgWNn6lr75I/AAAAAAAAgd4/j3MPx_arv4YrirxWYh3-aVm9y3ERaYN1gCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Nara%2BPark%2B26.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nMy take away for this day is that Japan is soo freaking beautiful especially with that autum colors (but we all know that already) and that I want to see more of it. I hope they can preserve Nara Park and its deers but its Japan so I have nothing to worry about. Just by writing this made me miss Japan and wish I can go back in time and experience it again.\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/feeds/4857635998902627196/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/12/wearing-kimono-around-nara.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://draft.blogger.com/feeds/3760548448812987226/posts/default/4857635998902627196"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/feeds/posts/default/4857635998902627196"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/12/wearing-kimono-around-nara.html","title":"Wearing a kimono around Nara"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Maaya Legaspi"},"uri":{"$t":"https://draft.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BjOMHg0AVmLcjpZy8qmbyHpgkPV4x4Q0ibrw3T2WG035M3C-LPhQaxlHgzbpRR2yKGPoJvWQ2gQNBv9HYgnKtPki7fFwSbKW7zU8zCn2kYWN8CUhjWNo9iCX6IHMgQ/s220/IMG_5916.JPG"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DwFyxCognLo/XgWN7cyUocI/AAAAAAAAge0/GMMvu63JqB4WloiyPGxV-12utdcPFevAQCNcBGAsYHQ/s72-c/Nara%2BPark%2B4.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"georss$featurename":{"$t":"Nara, Japan"},"georss$point":{"$t":"34.685109 135.80480190000003"},"georss$box":{"$t":"34.47613 135.48207840000003 34.894087999999996 136.12752540000002"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-3572377692151842372"},"published":{"$t":"2019-08-05T09:53:00.001+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-08-05T09:53:05.451+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"featured"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ulun Danu Temple"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travel 2018"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Southeast Asia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bali"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Wanagiri Gate"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"25th Birthday"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indonesia"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bali Day 1: Hindu Temples and Instagram Places"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv dir\u003d\"ltr\" style\u003d\"text-align: left;\" trbidi\u003d\"on\"\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--RXJKjq52Nk/XUd2RyoP0cI/AAAAAAAAfic/EK3uvZdVAYQn7FO80Hu9nNy3JVC2TriVACLcBGAs/s1600/Bali%2B17.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"865\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--RXJKjq52Nk/XUd2RyoP0cI/AAAAAAAAfic/EK3uvZdVAYQn7FO80Hu9nNy3JVC2TriVACLcBGAs/s1600/Bali%2B17.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eThe photo was taken by Alesi Almario\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAhhhh, Bali. I miss Bali just by writing this here. Bali is my definition of chill and laid back.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nYou see, this Bali adventure is almost a year in the making. There is much stuff that we need to take care of just so we can finally push this travel through. One is if you know me, you most certainly know I don't book airline tickets with its regular price. I am always counting on seat sale because hell yeah, you can really save a lot of money with that sale and call me weird but finding promo tickets is fun for me. With all the website crashing, the heavy stress load on the website, with everyone on the hunt, it just feels satisfying finding tickets on your preferred dates. :)\u0026nbsp;\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nI actually booked this Bali trip last December 2017 and I remember patiently waiting for Piso fares because this would be my last stop and the last country to complete my Southeast Asia bucket list. It was not in my plan to visit everything (except Brunei) before I turn 25 but I did! And it also became a birthday trip because it coincided with my 25th birthday! And that's one reason why this trip is very special to me. 1. It coincides with my birthday. 2. My first international travel with boyfriend (I will not rant how hard it is for us to travel because of his work but you get the point right?) 3. It is the last country on my Southeast Asia bucket list.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_eDApiqFOLk/XUd2VWid57I/AAAAAAAAfkA/wy0KQDXo_QUW0kJdmKyIJQNAJDay29esgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B2.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1236\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_eDApiqFOLk/XUd2VWid57I/AAAAAAAAfkA/wy0KQDXo_QUW0kJdmKyIJQNAJDay29esgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B2.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjuImhmX9U8/XUd2Z23Mn_I/AAAAAAAAfjo/0wPuxO-JlXUhpLCTS_K3zkYV0dfCrYAmgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B22.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjuImhmX9U8/XUd2Z23Mn_I/AAAAAAAAfjo/0wPuxO-JlXUhpLCTS_K3zkYV0dfCrYAmgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B22.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nSo from now on, I'll be visiting other countries aside from SEA. My friends usually ask me why I don't visit Japan or Korea or Taiwan or other touristy places. And the answer is I just want to backpack around Southeast Asia while I can. I mean I know I probably won't be able to survive it if I'll visit it on my early 30s or maybe even late 20s. I saved those comfortable countries in that age bracket. It's also not fair to say I won't revisit SEA countries because I know I will. Who can resist the very beautiful SG? Or the very Manila like Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur? I am always looking forward to revisiting these cities.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nSo yeah... Back to Bali. I am not exaggerating when I say 4 days is not enough. And I mean it is REALLY REALLY not enough because the island is just so big that if you really want to enjoy it, I would say allot at least a week! Unfortunately for us, even though I want to extend our stay, we just cannot. So we just have to enjoy what's there to enjoy, right? I just made a promise to myself that I'll come back. Because also believe me when I say Bali is very chill and nice. \u0026lt;3 It is just the perfect blend of nature and city life.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-716C_an8JRo/XUd26vZ44rI/AAAAAAAAfko/nHqnRt2-NPE7yPpqQjeQpmPb42wJarqGgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-716C_an8JRo/XUd26vZ44rI/AAAAAAAAfko/nHqnRt2-NPE7yPpqQjeQpmPb42wJarqGgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nI booked our accommodation in \u003ca href\u003d\"https://caracarainn.com/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eCara Cara Inn\u003c/a\u003e and also booked a private villa somewhere in Ubud using Airbnb. If you like a cute and very cool hostel, I suggest go book Cara Cara inn. It's like Flotsam and Jetsam. They have a variety of rooms for different kinds of traveler. Very instagrammy and if you like meeting new people from all around the world, then this place is for you! The breakfast serving though is not filling so if you're a heavy breakfast eater, you might not get satisfied with the serving.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nOn the other hand, our Ubud accommodation is the bomb!!! Very peaceful, very close to nature, breakfast is very filling. Our stay is so worth it! If you want the exact place I booked, message me and I'll give you the link to our accommodation. :) I'll blog it about some other time.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ltSV60SQrms/XUd2JvPVQCI/AAAAAAAAfkE/nLv2ojy0-xskdRcloz-gEg1zlZnsLL5vgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B12.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ltSV60SQrms/XUd2JvPVQCI/AAAAAAAAfkE/nLv2ojy0-xskdRcloz-gEg1zlZnsLL5vgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B12.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eThe elevator in Cara Cara Inn\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nDid I also say that I am very excited for my boyfriend because this is his first passport stamp! Hurray! Haha. It's funny how he asks questions about airport stuff like immigration and checked-in bags. Lol\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nWe arrived at Ngurah Rai airport at around 8AM. We already booked a driver via \u003ca href\u003d\"https://www.klook.com/en-PH/activity/800-private-car-charter-bali/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eKlook\u003c/a\u003e and also paid for our \u003ca href\u003d\"https://www.klook.com/en-PH/activity/1236-sim-card-bali-indonesia/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003esim card\u003c/a\u003e. Everything was hassle-free and our driver Astika is very nice. Also, guys a piece of advice, if you are booking drivers for your Bali trip, book it in Klook. This is the cheapest I've come across with. Everything else is just so expensive.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nI told our driver to go to Cara Cara Inn first so we can leave our bags there and freshen up before the tour because you know.. 3:50 AM flight? I really don't have enough sleep so I looked like a panda. After checking in and freshening up, I told our driver to go somewhere we can have our breakfast and exchange our money. Our driver pulled over beside a small local restaurant where we first ate legit nasi goreng and mee Goreng.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uI0HQhAz7Fk/XUd24hO9laI/AAAAAAAAfkg/Ty8D_xDiRW0rleE_KVZVzZ7JaaxtftDSACEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B9.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1130\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uI0HQhAz7Fk/XUd24hO9laI/AAAAAAAAfkg/Ty8D_xDiRW0rleE_KVZVzZ7JaaxtftDSACEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B9.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eMee Goreng for me\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GqT-aSEX4Yo/XUd2pwKdNiI/AAAAAAAAfkY/0yIo0MIZV1wmNKqCvlNMxkdVJb48kwJTACEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B31.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1218\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GqT-aSEX4Yo/XUd2pwKdNiI/AAAAAAAAfkY/0yIo0MIZV1wmNKqCvlNMxkdVJb48kwJTACEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B31.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eNasi Goreng for the boyf\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nRemember when I say Bali is very big? Yup. Our travel time from Cara Cara Inn to our itinerary for the day was like 2 hours! Yup, it's like we traveled from Manila to somewhere in Pampanga (of course without the traffic). That's how big the island is. You might look at the map of Bali as something small but girl.. You have no idea how far these places are from each other.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nSo, our first stop after eating breakfast is Ulun Danu Beratan Temple. Entrance tix cost Rp50,000. The special thing about this temple is that it floats. But the thing is, if you come here when the water is low, then it will not obviously float. Just like during the time we went here. It isn't floating. Also, this is a breath of fresh air from the Buddhist temples I came across last 2018. Hindu Temples are also nice, isn't it? This Hindu temple is dedicated to the Hindu Gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAlso, aside from the temple itself, there are many other things to see in the vicinity. So yep, this one is a must when visiting Bali.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EFgWZGNszzY/XUd2ZZyGMtI/AAAAAAAAfjg/gpzDaZPLTb4jq6RlQ2bODjqyUGXlw30pQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B23.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1115\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EFgWZGNszzY/XUd2ZZyGMtI/AAAAAAAAfjg/gpzDaZPLTb4jq6RlQ2bODjqyUGXlw30pQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B23.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n-4cf_IIIBY/XUd2j3TVYZI/AAAAAAAAfkA/WI42PyEVdcYJrsNqeBOZfWTUA5jV2teNACEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B29.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n-4cf_IIIBY/XUd2j3TVYZI/AAAAAAAAfkA/WI42PyEVdcYJrsNqeBOZfWTUA5jV2teNACEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B29.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3nClZWtPr4/XUd2umyEEYI/AAAAAAAAfkg/10QFIfGM8PwGuvEq_h_O7-n_-ANooWo2gCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B5.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1190\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3nClZWtPr4/XUd2umyEEYI/AAAAAAAAfkg/10QFIfGM8PwGuvEq_h_O7-n_-ANooWo2gCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B5.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qG4YzqRr06Q/XUd2GzOqKBI/AAAAAAAAfkE/Q3gpZYQRJQspxk3bURyGwIxO9jVM8MoeACEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B10.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qG4YzqRr06Q/XUd2GzOqKBI/AAAAAAAAfkE/Q3gpZYQRJQspxk3bURyGwIxO9jVM8MoeACEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B10.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mCJmkW4EVVw/XUd2umOoeXI/AAAAAAAAfkg/Inf39P5Eg0keiGAWH_grtfvcRWL-WZSGwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B6.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mCJmkW4EVVw/XUd2umOoeXI/AAAAAAAAfkg/Inf39P5Eg0keiGAWH_grtfvcRWL-WZSGwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B6.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eSo sad it's not floating during our visit.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nMost of the places here are like a gold mine already because they will charge like a 100 pesos for a picture at certain place. And that is per head! Take these Wanagiri Hidden Hills for example. It's just a gate right? But we paid 30000 IDR each just to take a photo here! Insane! On the bright side, we met a Filipino photographer who took our photos for free. hehe. It's actually nice of him because when he gave his business card, he's associated with Tree House Story, which if you're not aware, is one of those big names photography and in covering events such as prenup, weddings, etc. The first photo on this post is actually his shot, say whutttt? I'll put his name at the end of the post for proper photo credit.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nnGIsS67vmI/XUd2uN2uUiI/AAAAAAAAfkg/bbNbyEQu0hAXCUn7FxEuoALHlIPMcOlLQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B4.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nnGIsS67vmI/XUd2uN2uUiI/AAAAAAAAfkg/bbNbyEQu0hAXCUn7FxEuoALHlIPMcOlLQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B4.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jQBkf2UK4vU/XUd2UemtfHI/AAAAAAAAfjQ/QZ_t5L6MDVQ0USYlqrut7pUFVb_sRVuNACEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B18.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jQBkf2UK4vU/XUd2UemtfHI/AAAAAAAAfjQ/QZ_t5L6MDVQ0USYlqrut7pUFVb_sRVuNACEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B18.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nThen those hanging birds nest, swings you see on instagram? Oh yeah.. They all have entrance fees! I forgot the exact name of the place but it was our driver Astika who brought us there. I really had no idea they this place just for taking photos. But to be fair, the view is really good! Plus the staff will direct your poses, tell you what to do, will assist you in each \"station\" until you get your shot. Just in this place alone, you'll probably get a week's worth of Instagram post lol!\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pP9aVp_QqQg/XUd2odXNSMI/AAAAAAAAfkI/R9i512xIE2EtR5kDm0f0lDc-igbj56--gCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B3.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pP9aVp_QqQg/XUd2odXNSMI/AAAAAAAAfkI/R9i512xIE2EtR5kDm0f0lDc-igbj56--gCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B3.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UfBZLUcsnUU/XUd2L-ugUtI/AAAAAAAAfkE/E14uHc-VV_krDb8e1ILI0r3FOdL_ZKoTQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B14.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UfBZLUcsnUU/XUd2L-ugUtI/AAAAAAAAfkE/E14uHc-VV_krDb8e1ILI0r3FOdL_ZKoTQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B14.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k7ZFxujt3FY/XUd2GgAgB3I/AAAAAAAAfkA/3Zt6P_lmFAIkEWAdiW_yKgsEEqhGrzKQQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B11.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1184\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k7ZFxujt3FY/XUd2GgAgB3I/AAAAAAAAfkA/3Zt6P_lmFAIkEWAdiW_yKgsEEqhGrzKQQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B11.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0tYDj05pyk8/XUd2V5vLazI/AAAAAAAAfjg/EigO9p5ox8kkX4l3lNZTZFExfk3QfH-gACEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B20.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1325\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0tYDj05pyk8/XUd2V5vLazI/AAAAAAAAfjg/EigO9p5ox8kkX4l3lNZTZFExfk3QfH-gACEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B20.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uTjinVZ8jtk/XUd2XxyPadI/AAAAAAAAfjY/kh1HXrQ4xG0bo64sI865Q8Bd9HC0Hp_sQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B21.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uTjinVZ8jtk/XUd2XxyPadI/AAAAAAAAfjY/kh1HXrQ4xG0bo64sI865Q8Bd9HC0Hp_sQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B21.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ix_jmPg3Ruc/XUd2K_Xl-uI/AAAAAAAAfkE/lwufnaLpN_kvtn1f8pvtt-0-_o_RFZeqQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B13.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ix_jmPg3Ruc/XUd2K_Xl-uI/AAAAAAAAfkE/lwufnaLpN_kvtn1f8pvtt-0-_o_RFZeqQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B13.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nSo yep, all of those photos are taken in one place. :)\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAstika also brought us to a coffee place where you can sample different kinds of coffee. Their main product Luwak Coffee which for just tastes the same when compared to other coffee. Also, I would their coffee is good, only that is instant. I'm not a fan of coffee but I don't really like drinking 3-in-1 or instant in that matter because I believe it contains a lot of sugar and unknown chemicals/ingredients. They also sell different kinds of instant tea such as turmeric.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nOn the other hand, the location is nice. The place is serene.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OaC-WSRocBk/XUd26Ylz-hI/AAAAAAAAfkk/KZ0sqnkC4soz_Ke8K_Ke8fgmU78LqxH0gCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B8.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OaC-WSRocBk/XUd26Ylz-hI/AAAAAAAAfkk/KZ0sqnkC4soz_Ke8K_Ke8fgmU78LqxH0gCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B8.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t5L6h_dzpHs/XUd2kuKigbI/AAAAAAAAfkE/ywmmnZwmRGkBfZqXSOW_1algciHDck98wCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B28.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1077\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t5L6h_dzpHs/XUd2kuKigbI/AAAAAAAAfkE/ywmmnZwmRGkBfZqXSOW_1algciHDck98wCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B28.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eThe types/kinds of tea and coffee we sampled.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sl9H-5FUzco/XUd2qrbqF1I/AAAAAAAAfkY/84pyY3niaBo5wjSmo1ZaCD5B_S4OFGjmwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B30.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sl9H-5FUzco/XUd2qrbqF1I/AAAAAAAAfkY/84pyY3niaBo5wjSmo1ZaCD5B_S4OFGjmwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B30.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nnp9cFnIydg/XUd2P9w2tFI/AAAAAAAAfjg/6Ph5WM6jp4IOX3j9ajtoswYOUEOc9odkQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B16.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1067\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nnp9cFnIydg/XUd2P9w2tFI/AAAAAAAAfjg/6Ph5WM6jp4IOX3j9ajtoswYOUEOc9odkQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B16.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nOur last stop was supposed to be Tanah Lot temple but we ran out of time and our driver said it's another hour away so thanks but no thanks. Instead, he brought us to Taman Ayun Temple.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YACsFMsKWe8/XUd2df4NqOI/AAAAAAAAfkA/OM0OTELWmtwgjsLPUDirNTZKnsIpRrPcgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B26.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YACsFMsKWe8/XUd2df4NqOI/AAAAAAAAfkA/OM0OTELWmtwgjsLPUDirNTZKnsIpRrPcgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B26.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uytpFY9HHFM/XUd2Nb7dvBI/AAAAAAAAfjo/ItFnQ_BsTFUnVwCQ-7GgCQOoDVQ5j-VqwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B15.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1189\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uytpFY9HHFM/XUd2Nb7dvBI/AAAAAAAAfjo/ItFnQ_BsTFUnVwCQ-7GgCQOoDVQ5j-VqwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B15.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZkHli1y-sok/XUd2hIYkSjI/AAAAAAAAfkE/IDNjkdGOukkdaYIm2oqeBj2_DV9f7dcygCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B27.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1193\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZkHli1y-sok/XUd2hIYkSjI/AAAAAAAAfkE/IDNjkdGOukkdaYIm2oqeBj2_DV9f7dcygCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B27.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ah5Q2V51Zf0/XUd2zR0FiJI/AAAAAAAAfkc/2e3_xqEeU8Y_X-Z42W77Usg4sqlq8U8XACEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B7.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ah5Q2V51Zf0/XUd2zR0FiJI/AAAAAAAAfkc/2e3_xqEeU8Y_X-Z42W77Usg4sqlq8U8XACEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B7.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAfter a full day exploring, we headed back to the hostel to rest first before heading out for dinner.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nThere are a lot of nice restaurants in Kuta. This is the city area so there are a lot restaurants offering different cuisines. For our dinner on our first night, we decided to eat local food again because hello, are you really travelling if you don't sample different local food? The downside though is that since this is the city area and this is where tourists like us stay, the price is expensive.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0njMYKhZ_KI/XUd2G_Q4m5I/AAAAAAAAfkE/ork73yxp05sc8lFUQAPAuC9PuI1R0_6ZgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B1.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0njMYKhZ_KI/XUd2G_Q4m5I/AAAAAAAAfkE/ork73yxp05sc8lFUQAPAuC9PuI1R0_6ZgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B1.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eNasi Campur\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-COfLupLWh-o/XUd2dLDvEOI/AAAAAAAAfkA/f4MhxJOTPjIGl248B21PiU_-rWuLF0rrgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B25.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-COfLupLWh-o/XUd2dLDvEOI/AAAAAAAAfkA/f4MhxJOTPjIGl248B21PiU_-rWuLF0rrgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B25.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nOne of things I liked in Bali is the food. I certainly did gain a pound or two because everything has rice! \"Nasi\" means rice so when see you see something in the menu that has \"nasi\" in it, it is in fact a rice meal. Their food is actually nice. My boyfriend would agree Nasi Campur (read as Nasi Champur, they pronounce C as CH) is a must try! As well as their suckling pig!! My favorite is their suckling pig while my boyfriend fancy nasi campur more.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAnd of course, while you're at it, do not forget to try Bintang beer. ;)\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nSo yup, that's it for our first day. \u0026lt;3\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aUO0MQQ1FU4/XUd2SIfOsZI/AAAAAAAAfkE/QNezunkbjrAReBSakl_kOInOhKf8mSUMgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B19.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1203\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aUO0MQQ1FU4/XUd2SIfOsZI/AAAAAAAAfkE/QNezunkbjrAReBSakl_kOInOhKf8mSUMgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bali%2B19.JPG\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eFirst Draft: December 6, 2018. 7:08PM.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eEdited: August 4, 2019.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003ePublished: August 5, 2019.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" src\u003d\"http://i65.tinypic.com/veyq90.jpg\" title\u003d\"Bali, Indonesia\" /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/feeds/3572377692151842372/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/08/bali-day-1-hindu-temples-and-instagram.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://draft.blogger.com/feeds/3760548448812987226/posts/default/3572377692151842372"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/feeds/posts/default/3572377692151842372"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/08/bali-day-1-hindu-temples-and-instagram.html","title":"Bali Day 1: Hindu Temples and Instagram Places"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Maaya Legaspi"},"uri":{"$t":"https://draft.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BjOMHg0AVmLcjpZy8qmbyHpgkPV4x4Q0ibrw3T2WG035M3C-LPhQaxlHgzbpRR2yKGPoJvWQ2gQNBv9HYgnKtPki7fFwSbKW7zU8zCn2kYWN8CUhjWNo9iCX6IHMgQ/s220/IMG_5916.JPG"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--RXJKjq52Nk/XUd2RyoP0cI/AAAAAAAAfic/EK3uvZdVAYQn7FO80Hu9nNy3JVC2TriVACLcBGAs/s72-c/Bali%2B17.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"georss$featurename":{"$t":"Bali, Indonesia"},"georss$point":{"$t":"-8.3405389 115.09195090000003"},"georss$box":{"$t":"-9.3456764 113.80105740000003 -7.3354014 116.38284440000002"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-3227994954810352057"},"published":{"$t":"2019-06-30T01:32:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-06-30T01:32:18.598+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sule Pagoda"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Yangon"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"featured"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Shwedagon Pagoda"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travel 2018"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"South East Asia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Myanmar"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Myanmar: Yangon Downtown, Sule, and Shwedagon Pagoda"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv dir\u003d\"ltr\" style\u003d\"text-align: left;\" trbidi\u003d\"on\"\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-04VIfCiEfJE/XRdO3ftoYFI/AAAAAAAAfSU/t221R3zLdacRRi05Kqqg4Q7aQwXaha9HACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3408.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"The beauty of Shwedagon pagoda\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-04VIfCiEfJE/XRdO3ftoYFI/AAAAAAAAfSU/t221R3zLdacRRi05Kqqg4Q7aQwXaha9HACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3408.JPG\" title\u003d\"Shwedagon Pagoda\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003eI'm excited to share\nwith you the final stretch of my Southeast Asia bucket list!!! If you're reading\nmy blog way back 2016, you would know that I am trying to visit all Southeast\nAsian countries and guess what?! I've finally visited it all!! (Except Brunei\nand East Timor) Visiting it all (okay maybe not all but I'd like to think it was all, lol) wasn't really my plan when I got hooked up on\ntraveling. I just wanted to experience the culture and explore new cities until I\nrealized that if I wanted to connect the history piece by piece of these\ncountries, I really need to visit it all. My goal was to finish it all before I\nturn 30 but I was able to visit it all a week before my 25th birthday (Bali,\nIndonesia is the last location and Myanmar being 2nd to the last).\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cb style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e2018 was a year\nof traveling for me.\u003c/b\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e I got to visit 4 new countries and this is the year I've\ncompleted my SEA bucket list. And to be honest, I didn't expect to visit Myanmar\nlast 2018. For one, it doesn't have a direct flight from Manila, another reason\nis that it is not a popular destination among Filipinos. I got lucky because my\nfather has Burmese friends from when he worked in Mae Sot last 2013. Mae Sot, by the way, is the Thai border of Thailand and the other side is Myawaddy which\nis the Myanmar border.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nI was lucky enough to visit Mae Sot when we backpacked\nThailand last 2015 (Check out our experience \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.maayalegaspi.com/2016/02/thailand-2015-mae-sot.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e) but we didn't cross the\nborder to Myawaddy as my father said there was nothing to see on the other\nside. So yup, I waited to this day we will visit Myanmar. HAHA! Just by\nthinking about it makes me miss backpacking, I'm so glad I did it at such an\nearly age. Good old days. Not all are lucky enough to travel with their\nfathers, let alone do backpacking in a foreign country. ;)\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nI got our tickets from\nas usual *drum rolls* ~*Air Asia seat sale*~. Even though it is a seat sale, it\nis by far the most expensive plane ticket I've bought. I'm already expecting it\nas tickets to Myanmar aren't really cheap knowing there is no direct flight. We\nhad a 12hr layover in Kuala Lumpur on our way to Myanmar and an 11hr layover in\nKL as well en route to Manila. How did we survive that long layover? That's for\nanother post! It's quite interesting though because even with that long\nlayover, never did once I got bored.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O6g4E1ztzdQ/XRdO1xJT7OI/AAAAAAAAfSY/T7s2sEdz2wcgUEB1J--9MhLGStz07e8vQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3406.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Sign of Welcome to Yangon\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O6g4E1ztzdQ/XRdO1xJT7OI/AAAAAAAAfSY/T7s2sEdz2wcgUEB1J--9MhLGStz07e8vQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3406.JPG\" title\u003d\"Welcome to Yangon\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003eThis is a 7-day\nbackpacking journey and boy it was not easy. You could say that this is the\nhardest of them all but I am glad I survived and finally ticked it off on my\nlist. We visited the 4 major places in Myanmar. Our route is Yangon -\u0026gt; Bagan\n-\u0026gt; Mandalay -\u0026gt; Inle Lake -\u0026gt; then back to Yangon. This means more\novernight buses and public toilets (my worst enemy, que horror) but all is\nworth it because Myanmar is one beautiful country.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nMyanmar, previously\nknown as Burma, was also once a colonized country. It was under Britain and\nJapan before it finally got its independence. Very much like us, they also have\nmany ethnic groups such as Burman and Karen. And although I've been wanting to\nvisit this country for the longest time now, I really don't have any idea what\nto expect in this country. I don't know how advanced they are but a friend of\nmine once described it as \"Manila in the 70s, 80s\". I would\nsay he is right.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zl2PEM70VAY/XRdOUiKB3wI/AAAAAAAAfRM/Vb1VLv98wSshr_p82Sovx4YWI5wC958IACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3379.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"houses and buildings in Yangon downtown\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1176\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zl2PEM70VAY/XRdOUiKB3wI/AAAAAAAAfRM/Vb1VLv98wSshr_p82Sovx4YWI5wC958IACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3379.JPG\" title\u003d\"Yangon Downtown\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eOld buildings in Yangon downtown\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gY9Uy2f4CuU/XRdOr_UJHII/AAAAAAAAfSI/4TQ5-RPaVg4Zdj6GEOURMzYNYR_Amyc0ACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3398.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"more old houses and buildings\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gY9Uy2f4CuU/XRdOr_UJHII/AAAAAAAAfSI/4TQ5-RPaVg4Zdj6GEOURMzYNYR_Amyc0ACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3398.JPG\" title\u003d\"Yangon downtown\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NuyPHKAwkvE/XRdOXaErQEI/AAAAAAAAfQ0/YsdS_sRB47omZQFE-lJT320Xrn4SRZ2ngCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3377.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Sule shangri-la entrance\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NuyPHKAwkvE/XRdOXaErQEI/AAAAAAAAfQ0/YsdS_sRB47omZQFE-lJT320Xrn4SRZ2ngCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3377.JPG\" title\u003d\"Sule shangri-la\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSule Shangri-la\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003eWe arrived early in\nthe morning at Yangon International Airport. Remember my father used to\nvolunteer/work in Mae Sot before? He was a teacher for Burmese kids back then\nand one of his students wanted to meet up with us and tour us around Yangon\nwhen we arrived. We first bought sim cards and changed money. One thing to note\nis that banks/money changers in Myanmar don't change Philippine Peso so if\nyou plan to visit Myanmar, it is better to bring US dollars. We took the bus\ngoing to the city and alight near Shwedagon Pagoda, in front of Sule\nShangri-La. This is where I, my father, and his former student, Lin Ko, met.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QlcWznr5XTs/XRdOb7G9uyI/AAAAAAAAfRE/KJtFkXTSgMMdcItOJEpq-pYBAIaQJ9XLgCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3383.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"inside their airport buses\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QlcWznr5XTs/XRdOb7G9uyI/AAAAAAAAfRE/KJtFkXTSgMMdcItOJEpq-pYBAIaQJ9XLgCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3383.JPG\" title\u003d\"on the way to yangon center\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eInside at one of their airport buses\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nHe first accompanied\nus inside Shangri-la to exchange money (the exchange rate at the airport is bad\nso we just exchanged money for sim card and transportation going to the city).\nI am an awkward kid so I just took photos of the city while they catch up\nwith each other. Haha. Lin Ko also accompanied us to a legit Burmese restaurant\nwith legit Burmese food. Okay, food. Let's talk about food. \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-egT6ec504Gc/XRdOz6EukmI/AAAAAAAAfSY/CU7NyUDGIl8JnlStnZzd1Vt7As1jKkioACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3405.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"entrance to one of yangon's restaurant\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1067\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-egT6ec504Gc/XRdOz6EukmI/AAAAAAAAfSY/CU7NyUDGIl8JnlStnZzd1Vt7As1jKkioACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3405.JPG\" title\u003d\"yangon food\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dUHiFW7TxLI/XRdOvySF95I/AAAAAAAAfSQ/PsbbhEltUIsrOmTFSCUoQcQaPLQnQ843wCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3401.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"food chosen by Lin ko to sample by us\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dUHiFW7TxLI/XRdOvySF95I/AAAAAAAAfSQ/PsbbhEltUIsrOmTFSCUoQcQaPLQnQ843wCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3401.JPG\" title\u003d\"food sampling\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSome of the Burmese food Lin Ko sampled for us\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yRiWbDcEjvc/XRdOnIVmgiI/AAAAAAAAfSM/_QwS1lm6iooQwrknDOoRccHsXWEtA8UGQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3391.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Legit Burmese food\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yRiWbDcEjvc/XRdOnIVmgiI/AAAAAAAAfSM/_QwS1lm6iooQwrknDOoRccHsXWEtA8UGQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3391.JPG\" title\u003d\"burmese food\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U58tbnS5N58/XRdOdkaFasI/AAAAAAAAfRE/xIbZ-35KBPYbPYlxWS7mHAU7X8ULarDFQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3384.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"more Burmese food\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U58tbnS5N58/XRdOdkaFasI/AAAAAAAAfRE/xIbZ-35KBPYbPYlxWS7mHAU7X8ULarDFQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3384.JPG\" title\u003d\"Burmese food\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zu72byS_574/XRdOkAFZnHI/AAAAAAAAfRk/qKEukRa0R30ZJShI5LMbouPwwwokF6hGQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3389.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Burmese curry\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zu72byS_574/XRdOkAFZnHI/AAAAAAAAfRk/qKEukRa0R30ZJShI5LMbouPwwwokF6hGQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3389.JPG\" title\u003d\"Burmese curry\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nThis isn't my first\ntime eating Burmese food because as I've said, we went to Mae Sot and there's a\nrestaurant there that sells Burmese food given that it is a border of Thailand\nand Myanmar. My favorite Burmese food -- Lahpet-thoke, called Tea Leaf Salad\nin English has a hint of salty taste because of the peanuts but is very\nsatisfying because of the fermented tea leaves. If there's one thing I could\neat every day in Myanmar, it is Lahpet-thoke. Burmese cuisine is mainly\ninfluenced by its neighboring countries Thailand, India, and China so it's no surprise that most of their food has curry for its base.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nI noticed is\nthat they like curry so much they have many variations. I am not sure though\nwhy, but I was very meticulous at what I eat when we were in Myanmar. I tried\nMohinga on this restaurant Lin Ko recommended and it was really good! Aside from\nMohinga, Lahpet-thoke, and the food we ate at President Café in Mandalay,\nthere's no other local food that stuck with me. Maybe we just didn't go to the\nright places for food. The food at President Cafe is Chinese-ish so its one type of food I really liked when went there.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WAfGaRhpVFM/XRdO6CYPhqI/AAAAAAAAfSY/NNb-7Jsn7QQzZh7o0c-bpp6TAohILz6GACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3411.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Lahpet-thoke at the local market\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WAfGaRhpVFM/XRdO6CYPhqI/AAAAAAAAfSY/NNb-7Jsn7QQzZh7o0c-bpp6TAohILz6GACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3411.JPG\" title\u003d\"Lahpet-thoke\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLegit Lahpet-thoke - so good I brought home a ready-made from their supermarket\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAfter eating, we went\nto one of my father's friends place. It is actually a printing press. He\noffered his place for us to drop our bags first before roaming around Yangon as\nwe don't have a hotel in Yangon for the day. We plan on going to Bagan via an overnight\nbus that day so we have no plans in getting a hotel. See, that's the thing\nabout backpacking, you have to carefully plan your itinerary to maximize the\ntime. The good thing is that my father has friends in this part of the world that\nit makes our traveling here much easier. \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAfter dropping our\nbags and some chitchat, we went to Shwedagon Pagoda. Burmese people are free of\ncharge when they enter temples in Yangon but foreigners are required to pay. We\ntried blending in with the locals but it seems that they can differentiate me from the locals because my father can go inside but the guards are always calling my attention.\nLOL. \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nIt was raining during\nour visit to Shwedagon but even though it is raining, the temple is still so\npretty. This is the most sacred Buddhist temple in all of Myanmar and it can be\nseen from all over Yangon day and night because of its golden roof that illuminates.\nOne must remove their footwear upon entering the temple (same goes for all\ntemples in Myanmar). Since it was raining the time we visited, the floors are\nkind of slippery. One interesting thing I came across here is that Burmese\nBuddhist takes note of the time and day they were born. Each day is split by 2,\nAM and PM, and there will be a certain Buddha for that where people can offer\nflowers while pouring in water then people can make a wish. \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sNg5gdR4txg/XRdOSBWvwUI/AAAAAAAAfRk/OEFUIDOnbtQGjDBVeYmx6EQ3FsYPIgxpgCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3378.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Shwedagon Pagoda\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1143\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sNg5gdR4txg/XRdOSBWvwUI/AAAAAAAAfRk/OEFUIDOnbtQGjDBVeYmx6EQ3FsYPIgxpgCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3378.JPG\" title\u003d\"Shwedagon Pagoda\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NF2uDDfO5WI/XRdOYmOQCVI/AAAAAAAAfRs/q9AhFlBiqgU6LIBBGuSgMP526sEeUETQwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3381.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e2JRgp8AZ7M/XRdOg2-3DXI/AAAAAAAAfRk/Aomhi553iukdfUlJQimB08p5f4MEKitiQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3388.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Entrance to Shwedagon Pagoda\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e2JRgp8AZ7M/XRdOg2-3DXI/AAAAAAAAfRk/Aomhi553iukdfUlJQimB08p5f4MEKitiQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3388.JPG\" title\u003d\"shwedagon pagoda\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eEntrance to Shwedagon\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--X1fX-tBdfI/XRdOnF87bsI/AAAAAAAAfRs/db-NAoIYZw8bW5miO1ns59BzskFTBS8NwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3392.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T_Sh-D3334c/XRdOv1UMtBI/AAAAAAAAfSM/cAdV38tUaCI8jc0yQZhQWZMA_2p3r1fXwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3402.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"shwedagon pagoda\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1067\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T_Sh-D3334c/XRdOv1UMtBI/AAAAAAAAfSM/cAdV38tUaCI8jc0yQZhQWZMA_2p3r1fXwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3402.JPG\" title\u003d\"shwedagon pagoda\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eHere is Lin Ko with my father :)\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uA3yzz7kjHo/XRdOxv1FsDI/AAAAAAAAfSQ/-Ag9H29Ln6QYHriHM-UqsFS7M66MlVk7QCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3403.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; 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What I liked the most is that they have an ASEAN section that shows different facts among different ASEAN countries. It's fun reading trivia about each country.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_DmhetWTI8/XRean6FDQKI/AAAAAAAAfTY/ubb-LlFy0Bw_4tDqhHuYsyt9UyxOU5TEQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3409%2B2.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_DmhetWTI8/XRean6FDQKI/AAAAAAAAfTY/ubb-LlFy0Bw_4tDqhHuYsyt9UyxOU5TEQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3409%2B2.JPG\" title\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Qto0BleXKc/XRealhWNHpI/AAAAAAAAfTQ/63kslo8oyCctjk6oxu_6ha7qaoG7xEnkgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3393.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1077\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Qto0BleXKc/XRealhWNHpI/AAAAAAAAfTQ/63kslo8oyCctjk6oxu_6ha7qaoG7xEnkgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3393.JPG\" title\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-27LRTQ2Hy1E/XReanSsusbI/AAAAAAAAfTU/ELArIKzcpGQDXhok8H4xlB9_mTcbLXR1ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3390%2B2.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-27LRTQ2Hy1E/XReanSsusbI/AAAAAAAAfTU/ELArIKzcpGQDXhok8H4xlB9_mTcbLXR1ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3390%2B2.JPG\" title\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qiew9wPvM6I/XRealXj2S3I/AAAAAAAAfTM/0_sV8vpU2k4MdxoShCz20fvoz9xz51EugCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3386.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qiew9wPvM6I/XRealXj2S3I/AAAAAAAAfTM/0_sV8vpU2k4MdxoShCz20fvoz9xz51EugCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3386.JPG\" title\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nMyanmar is also the\nmost conservative country I've been to. Men and women wear longyi so their skin\nis mostly covered. Even wearing shorts seems like not the norm here. Imagine\nhow much more strict they are when it comes to their temples. One must cover\nknees and shoulders.\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAfter Shwedagon, we\ndecided to roam around the public market to look for the good stuff that can pass\nas souvenirs. There are good local coffee shops and small shops that sell\nsnacks. I got myself a cup of iced coffee while we munch on Lahpet-thoke. \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAfter the afternoon\nsiesta at the local market, we headed to Sule Pagoda. If there are two temples\nyou need to visit in Yangon, it is Shwedagon and Sule. It is two of the biggest\nand most visited. Before entering Sule, we met with my father's co-teacher and\none of his students also went to see him. That's one thing I admire with my\nfather, he always knows someone and he socializes very well. Probably one of his\ntraits that I wasn't able to get that I wish I did get. LOL. Didn't take photos in Sule so now I'm regretting I don't have memorabilia of that temple.\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UPfEs75DJ_U/XRdOq6DCYlI/AAAAAAAAfSI/_KYtdJVIcR4GwiqRKPvopUJRR2DKiIwhwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3399.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Sule Pagoda\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UPfEs75DJ_U/XRdOq6DCYlI/AAAAAAAAfSI/_KYtdJVIcR4GwiqRKPvopUJRR2DKiIwhwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3399.JPG\" title\u003d\"Sule Pagoda\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ewith some of my father's students\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nSule Pagoda is much\nsmaller than Shwedagon but none the less, it is still pretty on its own. It is\nlocated in Downtown Yangon and it was said to be over 2000 years old. It was\nstill raining so we waited a bit for the rain to stop. I remember having the need\nto pee then since they don't allow slipper/footwear inside the temples, I have\nno footwear entering the comfort room. And while I still cringe remembering that moment, I can't help but be proud of myself that I survived it. LOL. One thing\nabout the public CRs in Myanmar is that it all have bidets, at least for the\nonce I got to use. But still, going to the CR without footwear? Oh my. \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x5uJWtn5wgc/XRebM6F4NnI/AAAAAAAAfTo/R8Frp-imrAYrZkacyd1VQA-6yim48mQZACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3397%2B2.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x5uJWtn5wgc/XRebM6F4NnI/AAAAAAAAfTo/R8Frp-imrAYrZkacyd1VQA-6yim48mQZACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3397%2B2.JPG\" title\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDolls wearing national costumes of each ASEAN country\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAs the afternoon\napproaches, we went to a nearby tea shop. Had some tea and went to the printing\npress to get our bags then off we go to the bus terminal going to Bagan. The funny thing was I left my umbrella in the grab taxi (yes, they do have grab but the cars\nare old models, to be expected though) and Lin Ko was kind enough to contact the\ndriver so he was able to get the umbrella. I got it on our last day when we met\nagain after we explored Inle Lake. Thing is, I don't have an umbrella when\nwe're in Bagan, Mandalay, and Inle Lake. The weather was quite a bipolar\u003ci\u003e pa naman\n\u003c/i\u003ethat time that it will suddenly rain then one minute, it gets sunny.\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAs for dinner, we just\nate at a small shop in the terminal. And that's how we explored Yangon on our\nfirst day. \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nYou can check my IG\nstory \u003ca href\u003d\"https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17929126525160932/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e during our visit to Myanmar so you could get a clearer view of what\nYangon is like. \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rkUZCDFxNJg/XRebMi4dDNI/AAAAAAAAfTk/lxDtBPkeNkAVhw_7NP9HsqmlZV8PNSVowCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3394.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1203\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rkUZCDFxNJg/XRebMi4dDNI/AAAAAAAAfTk/lxDtBPkeNkAVhw_7NP9HsqmlZV8PNSVowCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3394.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003eThe overnight bus, on\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003ethe other hand, is nice. Just like the ones in\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003eThailand. Comfy and it has reclining seats. By the way, it was Lin Ko\nwho bought our overnight bus tickets to Bagan, we just paid him when we got the\nticket from him. We also secured a bus ticket from Ngauw Shwe (Inle Lake) going\nto Yangon on our last night just so to be sure we won't have a hard time going\nback on time.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://i65.tinypic.com/veyq90.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/feeds/3227994954810352057/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/06/myanmar-yangon-downtown-sule-and.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://draft.blogger.com/feeds/3760548448812987226/posts/default/3227994954810352057"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/feeds/posts/default/3227994954810352057"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/06/myanmar-yangon-downtown-sule-and.html","title":"Myanmar: Yangon Downtown, Sule, and Shwedagon Pagoda"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Maaya Legaspi"},"uri":{"$t":"https://draft.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BjOMHg0AVmLcjpZy8qmbyHpgkPV4x4Q0ibrw3T2WG035M3C-LPhQaxlHgzbpRR2yKGPoJvWQ2gQNBv9HYgnKtPki7fFwSbKW7zU8zCn2kYWN8CUhjWNo9iCX6IHMgQ/s220/IMG_5916.JPG"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-04VIfCiEfJE/XRdO3ftoYFI/AAAAAAAAfSU/t221R3zLdacRRi05Kqqg4Q7aQwXaha9HACEwYBhgL/s72-c/IMG_3408.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"georss$featurename":{"$t":"Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)"},"georss$point":{"$t":"16.8660694 96.19513200000006"},"georss$box":{"$t":"16.379926400000002 95.54968500000005 17.3522124 96.84057900000006"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-3906549719851432449"},"published":{"$t":"2019-05-14T18:22:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-05-15T15:19:53.801+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"The Grand Palace"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"featured"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Thailand"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travel 2018"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Southeast Asia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Chao Phraya Dinner Cruise"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bangkok"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Temple of the Emerald Buddha"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Grand Palace and Chao Phraya Dinner Cruise"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv dir\u003d\"ltr\" style\u003d\"text-align: left;\" trbidi\u003d\"on\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"height: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cpifjSIEFt0/XNqQ7mEdpCI/AAAAAAAAa28/smK_J7TDJX8sNZj6cYPleMGexfXamZeowCLcBGAs/s1600/TKJQ2071.JPG\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"The Grand Palace\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cpifjSIEFt0/XNqQ7mEdpCI/AAAAAAAAa28/smK_J7TDJX8sNZj6cYPleMGexfXamZeowCLcBGAs/s1600/TKJQ2071.JPG\" title\u003d\"The Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eThis is our second to the last day in Bangkok. As for Ton, this is her last day because she'll be going back to Manila a day earlier than us. This is actually my second time now in the grand palace (\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.maayalegaspi.com/2016/01/thailand-2015-bangkok.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003efirst time here\u003c/a\u003e) and it still never fails to amaze me. I mean guys, if you have to visit at least one temple, then this is it.\u0026nbsp;\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eAs usual, there are a lot of tourists, especially Chinese people in the temples. And even with the high number of tourists, they are still strict in terms of dress code. For one, my mother was asked to cover her knees even though her shorts are just above the knee. And that's one thing I really admire about them, they really put the rules in effect and make sure everyone follows it.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eJust a quick background, Thailand's Grand Palace is one of the most sacred places for Thais. This used to be the home of the kings since King Rama I. Personally, the reason why I like this temple so much is because of how intricate the design of the temples is. The walls are carefully carved, the gigantic statues, even the ceiling was very much thought of. And even as a second timer, I am still in awe with every structure I see. I think the only downside on both occasions I visited the grand palace is that there are a lot of visitors that it is hard to go around.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eYou cannot really marvel at its beauty because there are just people in every corner.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lkDxKOSQhxI/XNqQvocJGCI/AAAAAAAAa2Y/hBYwMQYLd3UP55BCqQG0CpRjfZOyrIS4gCLcBGAs/s1600/FWBG3915.JPG\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Taking a photo in front of one of the biggest buildings\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1067\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lkDxKOSQhxI/XNqQvocJGCI/AAAAAAAAa2Y/hBYwMQYLd3UP55BCqQG0CpRjfZOyrIS4gCLcBGAs/s1600/FWBG3915.JPG\" title\u003d\"The Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kGuQJYNacAY/XNqQZYvy-uI/AAAAAAAAa10/nFJoDOedWpICEFknVtFl6UoVgAFVxnkowCLcBGAs/s1600/AQFF4616.JPG\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"gigantic statues\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1110\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kGuQJYNacAY/XNqQZYvy-uI/AAAAAAAAa10/nFJoDOedWpICEFknVtFl6UoVgAFVxnkowCLcBGAs/s1600/AQFF4616.JPG\" title\u003d\"The Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GROWHwAgTIo/XNqQnyv83CI/AAAAAAAAa2I/VVxW6KxItvUnQuoBZbocyXFOaDFBNHFhQCLcBGAs/s1600/FFPH1922.JPG\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"The Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1092\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GROWHwAgTIo/XNqQnyv83CI/AAAAAAAAa2I/VVxW6KxItvUnQuoBZbocyXFOaDFBNHFhQCLcBGAs/s1600/FFPH1922.JPG\" title\u003d\"The Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VSb9Q33J27I/XNqQtZUGpsI/AAAAAAAAa2Q/09HUDgUNGUkZ5dy3Kq6uuLCQMpHS5TcQQCLcBGAs/s1600/GRUQ3798.JPG\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"The Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"981\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VSb9Q33J27I/XNqQtZUGpsI/AAAAAAAAa2Q/09HUDgUNGUkZ5dy3Kq6uuLCQMpHS5TcQQCLcBGAs/s1600/GRUQ3798.JPG\" title\u003d\"The Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g4RWfDYvxvk/XNqQkDpPQeI/AAAAAAAAa2A/odyD13LfzesJ9tRngiMyvmiGNGdX3Q2egCLcBGAs/s1600/ENVR4941.JPG\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"The Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1067\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g4RWfDYvxvk/XNqQkDpPQeI/AAAAAAAAa2A/odyD13LfzesJ9tRngiMyvmiGNGdX3Q2egCLcBGAs/s1600/ENVR4941.JPG\" title\u003d\"The Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eOne of the reason too why this place is famous is because it houses the temple of the Emerald Buddha, which ironically is not really emerald but rather jade. The Emerald Buddha itself has a long history. It was originally found in Thailand with no artifacts as to who made or where it was originally from.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eFor 200 years, the emerald buddha was in Vientiane, Laos after it was taken by Lao invaders until it was taken back by King Taksin. And now, the grand temple is the permanent home of the emerald buddha. The Buddha was famous because it was known to give prosperity and luck among others. There are also beliefs that the Buddha originally came from India to Sri Lanka, to Angkor Wat in Cambodia.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_WZSGW73SSg/XNqQiJq3kMI/AAAAAAAAa14/okIFWKmImBEV26v8S7bll4jJ2EU2uMSDQCLcBGAs/s1600/EALS2481.JPG\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"The Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1578\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_WZSGW73SSg/XNqQiJq3kMI/AAAAAAAAa14/okIFWKmImBEV26v8S7bll4jJ2EU2uMSDQCLcBGAs/s1600/EALS2481.JPG\" title\u003d\"The Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eImagine, this is just the history of the emerald buddha, what more of the whole Indochina. Indochina's history is just very complex that visiting these countries is not enough to understand. But as to what I always say, I like learning history through visiting the country. It's face to face with history itself.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003ePhoto ops inside the temple of the Emerald Buddha are prohibited, so yeah... 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I am excited about this dinner because this is my first time to do this in Bangkok even with countless visits. What can I say? The food is just okay. I mean not really exceptional but let's just say above average. The desserts though is not that yummy. But what I liked the most aside from the food is the view. You can see some of the temples being lightened up. Even the grand palace! Too bad I wasn't able to take a good photo of it at night because it gets blurry.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2cUPxKTHe6k/XNqQ-P4FfdI/AAAAAAAAa3A/AANkEnn04HoDu0Mnvq64pT9OlgjaQSJ5ACLcBGAs/s1600/VAEJ4860.JPG\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Chao Phraya Dinner Cruise\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2cUPxKTHe6k/XNqQ-P4FfdI/AAAAAAAAa3A/AANkEnn04HoDu0Mnvq64pT9OlgjaQSJ5ACLcBGAs/s1600/VAEJ4860.JPG\" title\u003d\"Chao Phraya Dinner Cruise\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uBJYzm62yGA/XNqRDwkdq3I/AAAAAAAAa3M/4kHSIdA3k7o5Do-OYaxw6K6nQ13E5Kl7wCLcBGAs/s1600/WWVW1032.JPG\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Chao Phraya Dinner Cruise\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uBJYzm62yGA/XNqRDwkdq3I/AAAAAAAAa3M/4kHSIdA3k7o5Do-OYaxw6K6nQ13E5Kl7wCLcBGAs/s1600/WWVW1032.JPG\" title\u003d\"Chao Phraya Dinner Cruise\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LoWqE4ifwzs/XNqQivp3efI/AAAAAAAAa18/19pa92iAqzMJ6bAfYhHlxO5Jnu2YJWMXwCLcBGAs/s1600/EOVA2775.JPG\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Chao Phraya Dinner Cruise\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LoWqE4ifwzs/XNqQivp3efI/AAAAAAAAa18/19pa92iAqzMJ6bAfYhHlxO5Jnu2YJWMXwCLcBGAs/s1600/EOVA2775.JPG\" title\u003d\"Chao Phraya Dinner Cruise\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eThe grand palace at night is so stunning. It's sad we can only see it from the outside because it closes at just about 3pm-ish so entry to the palace at night is not permitted though even with just the façade being visible, it is still so beautiful.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eThere are also singers and entertainers on board who are serenading the guests. All in all, I think it took us almost 2 hours? In the dinner cruise.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eAnd that's it. If you're interested in booking the Chao Phraya dinner cruise too, we got our tickets from \u003ca href\u003d\"https://www.klook.com/en-PH/activity/375-chao-phraya-princess-cruise-bangkok/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eKlook\u003c/a\u003e. 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style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Siem Reap: Real Life Temple Run\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1258\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OzsnV63U8xQ/XGyki4d3MEI/AAAAAAAAYyE/1w8dgbLOMxgGcMA3GUA5bAOF1H4ewQgPACLcBGAs/s1600/LJMM3629.JPG\" title\u003d\"Siem Reap: Real Life Temple Run\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n If you read my Singapore travel, you would know that I am on my 6/10 of my Southeast Asian bucket list. And visiting Siem Reap Cambodia means I'm on my 7th country! Sooo sooo close in completing all of it. \u0026lt;3\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nSo yeah, for this trip, I am with my mother, my sister, and my high school friend Ton. Hi, Ton! :)\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIt was fun because I think we planned this like for a very \u003c/span\u003ea long\u003cspan style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e time and now it is here.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nThe plan is we will be backpacking from Siem Reap to Bangkok, meaning border crossing and all that stuff. I really have to plan this well because I am with my mother and my sister and they really are not the people who do backpacking.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nI need to make this travel as comfortable as possible for them.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Siem Reap sign in Siem Reap International Airport\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1275\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PpW6S9kFHkA/XGyxWgYKGFI/AAAAAAAAYz8/kWela_wzqVsBidpeydglbX7Bb467j4uVwCLcBGAs/s1600/VOHW0881.JPG\" title\u003d\"Welcome to Siem Reap!\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAs for me, I really did backpack a couple times already, all of it are with my father, and I am not exaggerating when I say backpacking is not for the faint-hearted and \u003ci\u003e\"maarte\"\u003c/i\u003e people. And unfortunately, I am the \u003ci\u003e\"maarte\"\u003c/i\u003e type so I have endured it and lived like a local. LOL.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nBTW, I am writing this on Feb. 16, 2019, and these events happened May last year so forgive me if I miss or forgot some details already. I am trying to catch up on my backlogs. 2018 just happened so fast I really don't have time to update the blog as often as I can. But yeah... Enough with the introductions.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"tuktuk pick up from the airport\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y_L_jRvD6RA/XGykdjDQA6I/AAAAAAAAYzw/NRuSU3vuaVEtcY6ZrLMJgorOZu-bJassACEwYBhgL/s1600/DHED2879.JPG\" title\u003d\"Our tuktuk airport pick up - blending in with the locals\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eOur\u0026nbsp;tuktuk\u0026nbsp;airport pick up - blending in with the locals\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nI have always wanted to visit Siem Reap because of the well known Angkor Wat. Siem Reap or \"sometimes\" directly translated as \"Defeat of Siam\" is very popular among backpackers from Western countries and from people in Southeast Asia. Siam is actually an old Thai kingdom and going to Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries, I am pretty much aware of their history and old kingdom. This is also one reason I wanted to visit Cambodia so that I can finally fit the pieces of history from the Khmer perspective.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e*See my posts from \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.maayalegaspi.com/search/label/Thailand\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eThailand\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.maayalegaspi.com/search/label/Laos\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eLaos\u003c/a\u003e, Myanmar, and \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.maayalegaspi.com/search/label/Vietnam\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eVietnam\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nI was never a fan of history but it is fun learning it by visiting the places where it happened. Trust me, it's fun to finally see places in real life.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nWe arrived at Siem Reap international airport around 9:10PM. I coordinated with the hotel if they can pick us up at the airport since it was late already. Upon arriving, we waited patiently for the airport pick up guy and guess what? The pick up wasn't a car but rather a tuktuk!! It was very funny at that time because they had to fit our pieces of luggage at the tuktuk and the ride was like 15 minutes to 30 minutes. And since it's a tuktuk, I felt like I just caught all the dirt on the way to the hotel. LOL. Also, 1 tuktuk can only accommodate 2 people so we had 2 tuktuks driving us to the hotel.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nThe hotel was just so-so. I mean it was one of the cheapest with decent amenities that I could find at Agoda at that time. The room we got also is so spacious and can accommodate 6 to 8 people I think.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nSo we before we retire for the night, we had to plan our tour for the next days. I think we have 3 days in Siem Reap before going to Bangkok so we have 2 full days exploring the temples and ruins.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Inside Banteay Srei\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tMeskxqoSBg/XGykpNt94EI/AAAAAAAAYzo/KfNppDGfLOw8tsuZL4upoONOjukW-UdLgCEwYBhgL/s1600/WQPY1444.JPG\" style\u003d\"text-align: center;\" title\u003d\"Banteay Srei - Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva\" /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBanteay Srei - Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eTour packages in Siem Reap are divided according to the location. If you only have 2 full days like us, I suggest you take the so-called \"Big Circuit\", \"Small Circuit\", and \"Angkor Tour\". This tour package includes all the must-see temples. Also, before seeing everything, you need to buy a ticket first at their tourist center or APSARA (Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap) office. Your guide will drop you off here first to get tickets.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"People lining up to get tickets from APSARA\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rKKzys38ec4/XGykmKjvOmI/AAAAAAAAYzg/ewzMQ-h6P0cXOd_ZAwftAVfebGwv1sl0QCEwYBhgL/s1600/RGCQ4287.JPG\" title\u003d\"APSARA - Tourist Center\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003ci style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAPSARA - This is where you will get your tickets. They will take a photo of you and include it in the ticket itself. I guess they have trust issues :)\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Siem Reap Temple Ticket\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RW6zmdZ3-Qk/XGyknHruPwI/AAAAAAAAYzs/2ybQtdna1SMQneIsidpBwS61TNFFhg_sQCEwYBhgL/s1600/TFDZ7508.JPG\" title\u003d\"Siem Reap Temple Ticket\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAnd here is the ticket, excuse my face \u003d))\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eYou can choose for 1-day pass, 3-day pass, and 7 days pass. You need to show this ticket to all the temples you'll be visiting. Without this, you cannot go inside the temples.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eSo the next day, we decided to take the \"Big Circuit\" tour package first. This includes the following temples:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cul style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;\" type\u003d\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eBanteay Srei\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cul style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;\" type\u003d\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003ePreah Khan\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cul style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;\" type\u003d\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003ePre Rup\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cul style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;\" type\u003d\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eTa Som\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cul style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;\" type\u003d\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eNeak Pean\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cul style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;\" type\u003d\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eEastern Mebon\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cul style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;\" type\u003d\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eBanteay Samre\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cul style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;\" type\u003d\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eSrah Srang\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eAs for us, we didn't actually visit all because as time goes by, you just get tired of seeing all of it. Lame excuse I know. Also, the weather is just too hot and remember we arrived late at night so we are definitely tired and didn't get enough sleep.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eThankfully, we had the best guide/driver for this trip. He is very accommodating and would ALWAYS give us wet wipes and a bottle of water every after\u0026nbsp;temple\u0026nbsp;we visit. He makes sure we are comfortable and hydrated. Very friendly. If you're reading this Sophat, hello! :)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eSince this happened almost a year ago, I cannot remember exactly the exact order of temples we visited but here are the photos hoping this would encourage you to visit Siem Reap too. :)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Me inside Banteay Srei\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cEkEIC7j9to/XGykg_a-2OI/AAAAAAAAYzo/j-95Cx81a8cxLbcSXRGGzhkNoap0Jv1iACEwYBhgL/s1600/JJAE7361.JPG\" title\u003d\"Me inside Banteay Srei\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSomewhere along Banteay Srei\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"\u003eThis is actually our first stop for the day so we were all amazed at the carvings on the stone. Very detailed and I am impressed on how they were able to preserve it.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"The squad inside Preah Khan Temple\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"875\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uXP9DBxWeDo/XGykdi2sShI/AAAAAAAAYzs/G7kJqkQHqZQZV-Jd4X6Vx1LC4RRLFQlGwCEwYBhgL/s1600/CNGY9494.JPG\" title\u003d\"Inside Preah Khan\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe squad at Preah Khan - This photo was taken by someone who is I think a tour guide? Nothing comes free so a tip is a must. Also, his tricks in taking iPhone photos\u0026nbsp;are\u0026nbsp;to the highest level.\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Peaceful Neak Pean\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oH95xMUOzZA/XGykfKcg5FI/AAAAAAAAYzc/8xPxKeyQrMEyTfs4LlNfK4_bmC0wE_j-ACEwYBhgL/s1600/FOSA6166.JPG\" title\u003d\"Peaceful Neak Pean\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eNeak Pean - En route to this is a very long shallow pathway without side railings. Must be very careful so you won't get derailed and fall on the water ;)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ugdvy72znSY/XGykgHU6YKI/AAAAAAAAYzc/y8RGvVpeNEQcR6VDyOIr0GXkeMWDpQHXgCEwYBhgL/s1600/GYXP8966.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Fried ice cream from Pub Street\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_vkklrlbJEo/XGykdkEaSCI/AAAAAAAAYzo/PIAUjtRxrxwstjZhpF_mU8Vp9DbQwBVfACEwYBhgL/s1600/FEYD8559.JPG\" style\u003d\"text-align: center;\" title\u003d\"Fried ice cream from Pub Street\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFried ice cream from Pub Street\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Hand paintings at Ta Som Temple\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SvH1PoJDIp0/XGykiiGkK2I/AAAAAAAAYz0/L8WGfMuAjtsSk1kSSKDDtPHwL5cFqiFdACEwYBhgL/s1600/LDLL6448.JPG\" title\u003d\"Hand paintings at Ta Som Temple\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eLook at how exquisite the hand paintings are!\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Squad posing for photos\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7P5fodnngEQ/XGykfEsGPUI/AAAAAAAAYzo/N8v5LapuMcMH6fwmaBukqyRL9Xdy4TsRwCEwYBhgL/s1600/FYXQ2320.JPG\" title\u003d\"Siem Reap Cambodia\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"People inside Banteay Srei\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nGpy2kSUlnw/XGyxnaZy3jI/AAAAAAAAY0I/qWwJnReoDAcv0VnpwkclPtAIGRUtBWG2QCLcBGAs/s1600/VAZD8894.JPG\" title\u003d\"People inside Banteay Srei\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Vietnamese fresh spring roll for lunch\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kbr3yJHQjfA/XGykf-9uJ4I/AAAAAAAAYz0/FcDVxWvp9RABltzOwJ-cqYU4FIQRigncwCEwYBhgL/s1600/GDWK5580.JPG\" title\u003d\"Vietnamese fresh spring roll\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eVietnamese fresh spring roll\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eNot sure if this is happening always but if you are hiring a driver and then it is almost lunchtime, they will bring you to an expensive restaurant where they get commission from bringing customers. Thing is, the food is very plain but expensive and there are a whole lot other good places to eat at. Just be firm with the driver that you want to eat somewhere else. Better if you have a place in mind so they can bring you to that place instead.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"On the lower left is an authentic Khmer food while the rest are western food\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"900\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5trSDvUhWjo/XGykgI9-ZCI/AAAAAAAAYzw/JBUdMDsAKPwt3NlMzm0vd4fd-VVYoA--QCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_9793.JPG\" title\u003d\"Lunch and dinner food\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eOn the lower left is an authentic Khmer food while the rest are western food\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Early dinner at Pub street\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xYBJP2Ib7tU/XGykhDOEmrI/AAAAAAAAYzg/9Im-KGLTxbQWi8Jb3K7zOJmvZL0RjkiwACEwYBhgL/s1600/KJTR4781.JPG\" style\u003d\"text-align: center;\" title\u003d\"Early dinner at Pub street\" /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDinner somewhere along Pub Street\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg alt\u003d\"People inside Banteay Srei\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zXT5LVvCfds/XGyknxJdKfI/AAAAAAAAYzo/i3gFeI17RhEBMTqRourGHEKXRuaG_Wi5ACEwYBhgL/s1600/VAZD8894.JPG\" style\u003d\"font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;\" title\u003d\"Banteay Srei\" /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Siem Reap Cambodia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VcOLGtUP1FE/XGykod81YMI/AAAAAAAAYzo/P0cWxnFvRqQOKzat97yt33rqlnoKtGsSgCEwYBhgL/s1600/VHJH8257.JPG\" title\u003d\"Siem Reap Cambodia\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Siem Reap Cambodia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1067\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sc7Lq0aHu1A/XGykqDNEq1I/AAAAAAAAYzw/XS3KCpuOp0I2DD7iv-HyDh99UhNZ2IskQCEwYBhgL/s1600/XZXZ7911.JPG\" title\u003d\"Siem Reap Cambodia\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Smiling inside Banteay Srei\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6nM72IBOOUg/XGykpYrpr6I/AAAAAAAAYzs/6f14EENZS_sv3Ftd8cbMHYBRCT3O9gg0ACEwYBhgL/s1600/XBOU6291.JPG\" title\u003d\"Siem Reap Cambodia\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFun times :)\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Entry to Ta Som Temple\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1429\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TkHbThHJF9c/XGykj4Rd5KI/AAAAAAAAYzk/87iGPNI8Iyge2FMClF_PW8eJ4I_tj6LPwCEwYBhgL/s1600/NOAB7283.JPG\" title\u003d\"Entry to Ta Som Temple\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntry to Ta Som Temple\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: 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style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Ton posing inside Neak Pean\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZtbdHHZ8K7Q/XGyxnbjUryI/AAAAAAAAY0M/Pysjl3Jg6oAB708tYDECaiDGF4k69kx6QCLcBGAs/s1600/PKDB2696.JPG\" title\u003d\"Neak Pean\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Ton posing inside Banteay Srei\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jOGzMfFAqQo/XGykkEo6f_I/AAAAAAAAYzo/kWv6LgSDFNM6Msm7edeJ4M-aBy_ovCEHgCEwYBhgL/s1600/OASO7125.JPG\" title\u003d\"Banteay Srei\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Singers from Banteay Srei\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1043\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JVbVKE5YxiM/XGyknWQGKFI/AAAAAAAAYzg/3SeMyhatIT0ULmBB9aMEL9VX-Fq0LpXRwCEwYBhgL/s1600/UBAS3651.JPG\" title\u003d\"Singers from Banteay Srei\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eWhen you reach the end of Banteay Srei, there is a group of people who\u0026nbsp;sing, not sure if it's their folk song but they are using local instruments and sings different melodies. It rained a little bit so we took the chance to sit in the shade for awhile while listening to them and waiting for the rain to stop.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Siem Reap Cambodia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wAbF-xlEo0g/XGykngFeweI/AAAAAAAAYz0/vDqVU5jBb5Ezru50BKYx2PyO2bggiNUDwCEwYBhgL/s1600/UVCI2187.JPG\" title\u003d\"Siem Reap Cambodia\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Pub street sign\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s_J1iCfiX8Y/XGykmGHsHAI/AAAAAAAAYzc/HefmCPG4xwo0p0DzavH5oE2Piz8DI78tACEwYBhgL/s1600/RUIR5257.JPG\" title\u003d\"Siem Reap Cambodia\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Siem Reap Cambodia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1067\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tf1d1zvKXoA/XGykk-ILHZI/AAAAAAAAYzg/5ZSPQdi7NKEIhn1F1vA6Ka8-JM1vto6cgCEwYBhgL/s1600/QFHQ9682.JPG\" title\u003d\"Siem Reap Cambodia\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eAlways, always, always be mindful of how the way you dress. Khmer is as conservative as other Southeast Asian countries. I had to buy a scarf and cover my shoulders so I can enter the temples.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Siem Reap Cambodia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jTL4DvDuUYo/XGyke8fEWyI/AAAAAAAAYzw/SGVHVnOLRZcs4k6o1UFoeebSGMwzisgoACEwYBhgL/s1600/FKVO2546.JPG\" title\u003d\"Siem Reap Cambodia\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Siem Reap Cambodia\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rySyhtKLBGw/XGykpsZpWqI/AAAAAAAAYzs/rAR6F6I8DnoJaBVUyCk4aYVHTUuoE9kzwCEwYBhgL/s1600/XGPS8450.JPG\" title\u003d\"Siem Reap Cambodia\" /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eAs for the food, either you go big by eating at touristy restaurants like the ones in Pub Street or try out the street food/cart scattered in the area. The difference in price is huge.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eAs for money changers, it is highly recommended you bring in US dollars instead of PH peso. You will get your money's worth much more. That's the mistake we made because we didn't have USD that time so our money lost its value big time.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eIt was a very tiring day. We retired early for the day because we plan to catch the sunrise over Angkor Wat the next day. :)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i8cqDQERH1k/XGykhLe4uUI/AAAAAAAAYz0/KZqjc76PzS4ZPGnod_9fj1Jj00GFo0bWwCEwYBhgL/s1600/KVQP6371.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"979\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i8cqDQERH1k/XGykhLe4uUI/AAAAAAAAYz0/KZqjc76PzS4ZPGnod_9fj1Jj00GFo0bWwCEwYBhgL/s1600/KVQP6371.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eSo that's it on our first day. I am just happy that I finally visited this amazing place.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003eTrivia: Did you know people in Cambodia are called Khmer? :)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\nWatch my \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.instagram.com/ayawillgoplaces\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eSiem Reap IG stories\u003c/a\u003e for more photos and real time videos! :)\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n \u003cimg src\u003d\"http://i65.tinypic.com/veyq90.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/feeds/4437160490233573022/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/02/siem-reap-real-life-temple-run_20.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://draft.blogger.com/feeds/3760548448812987226/posts/default/4437160490233573022"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/feeds/posts/default/4437160490233573022"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/02/siem-reap-real-life-temple-run_20.html","title":"Siem Reap: Real Life Temple Run"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Maaya Legaspi"},"uri":{"$t":"https://draft.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BjOMHg0AVmLcjpZy8qmbyHpgkPV4x4Q0ibrw3T2WG035M3C-LPhQaxlHgzbpRR2yKGPoJvWQ2gQNBv9HYgnKtPki7fFwSbKW7zU8zCn2kYWN8CUhjWNo9iCX6IHMgQ/s220/IMG_5916.JPG"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OzsnV63U8xQ/XGyki4d3MEI/AAAAAAAAYyE/1w8dgbLOMxgGcMA3GUA5bAOF1H4ewQgPACLcBGAs/s72-c/LJMM3629.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"},"georss$featurename":{"$t":"Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia"},"georss$point":{"$t":"13.3550091 103.85517299999992"},"georss$box":{"$t":"13.1078061 103.53244949999993 13.602212100000001 104.17789649999992"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-319577770216785414"},"published":{"$t":"2018-04-07T15:49:00.001+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2018-04-07T15:49:31.912+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Universal Studios Singapore"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Universal Studios"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"featured"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travel 2018"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Southeast Asia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Singapore"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"USS"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Universal Studios Singapore"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv dir\u003d\"ltr\" style\u003d\"text-align: left;\" trbidi\u003d\"on\"\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qc7DaGyqsAc/Wshu8yZ6KtI/AAAAAAAAX0c/X9YUmRp4Z9wsv0PS6z3XjDmEyY00mWu1ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1242.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Universal Studios Singapore\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"900\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qc7DaGyqsAc/Wshu8yZ6KtI/AAAAAAAAX0c/X9YUmRp4Z9wsv0PS6z3XjDmEyY00mWu1ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1242.JPG\" title\u003d\"Puss in Boots - Universal Studios Singapore\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n Last blog post on our Singapore getaway last January. And yes, it took me 2 months to complete the blog posts. \u003d))) Our last day before we depart for Manila is spent on the famous USS. We also planned on going to Singapore Flyer but unfortunately, it was closed and we weren't notified. Take note that we already bought our tickets from Klook.\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n Universal Studios Singapore isn't that big. I mean if you really put your head into it, you can see, roam, and even ride everything in a day. We're also lucky that it didn't rain on our visit! If you will compare it to Disneyland (HK Disneyland at least), more of the rides are intended for adults. Well, there are rides for kids but if you're looking for that adrenaline heart-stopping rides, then you came into the right place!\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n We started our day with\u0026nbsp;the usual. Breakfast at the hostel - which is the same every day (toast, cereals, pancakes which are limited only, and fruits). haha! Not complaining though, at least we got free breakfast. Rode the usual MRT and alighted at Harbourfront. Universal Studios is actually on the premises of Resorts World Sentosa. Universal Studios is just one of the many stuff you can do on Sentosa island. If we just have more time on our hands, we will also roam around Sentosa island.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n The entrance was a breeze. Having your tickets purchased before your trip is really a good practice. As for us, as usual, we booked our tickets via Klook. We got the \u003ca href\u003d\"https://www.klook.com/activity/4537-singapore-flyer-flight-universal-studios-singapore/?krt\u003ds20\u0026amp;krid\u003d92853ee8-33ea-455f-5ebf-bf2bc2e9be2a\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eSingapore flyer + USS ticket\u003c/a\u003e which is discounted compared to when you buy those tickets separately. We skipped the queue and went inside without hassle! And guess what? We managed to see Gru from Minions walking and have our photos taken with him! Yay!\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4fruNoUEAVk/WshtUh_gagI/AAAAAAAAXzE/-Llc3GHIcWYY966uWW2DZXAOvtMV-5ICACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1222.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Universal Studios Singapore - Gru from Minions and Despicable Me\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1397\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4fruNoUEAVk/WshtUh_gagI/AAAAAAAAXzE/-Llc3GHIcWYY966uWW2DZXAOvtMV-5ICACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1222.JPG\" title\u003d\"Gru from Minions and Despicable Me\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eFangirling moment w/ Gru \u003d)\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xaz1NHWF_wo/Wshtp9NP5sI/AAAAAAAAXzc/ECMb2tS_eEgcAqpzE7UBEx9Rl-etfvdCgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1229.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Elmo's TV Time - Universal Studios Singapore\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xaz1NHWF_wo/Wshtp9NP5sI/AAAAAAAAXzc/ECMb2tS_eEgcAqpzE7UBEx9Rl-etfvdCgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1229.JPG\" title\u003d\"Elmo's TV Time - Universal Studios Singapore\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\nAnd then the whole USS experience begins. It's a best practice to plan your visit. Maps are always scattered around amusement parks so better get one and plan on how you will see the attractions within the time you have. As for us, we managed to almost see everything! Meet and greets with characters, rode different rides, and watched different shows all throughout the day!\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n If you're the type who's looking for intense rides, I suggest you try TRANSFORMERS The Ride: The Ultimate 3D Battle. It's one of my favorites!! And if you're into roller coasters, there are many ones you can try. Try the Mummy too! It's an indoor roller coaster and the inside is actually pitch black! It's like a normal one but will never know when it will go up or drop! Prepare your brave hearts. Lol.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n As for food, there are a lot of restaurants around. But as usual, prices are way higher.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L9fymgV5IuA/WshtDoVoLKI/AAAAAAAAXy8/b4SVXdoBDrMuugUJ-OYTNSM6hb4vPs08QCLcBGAs/s1600/BSGS9921.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Minions! - Universal Studios Singapore\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L9fymgV5IuA/WshtDoVoLKI/AAAAAAAAXy8/b4SVXdoBDrMuugUJ-OYTNSM6hb4vPs08QCLcBGAs/s1600/BSGS9921.JPG\" title\u003d\"Minions! - Universal Studios Singapore\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hBCyCBSMHD8/WshtTtRXthI/AAAAAAAAXzA/dj7_rMfYxxAtYMBa1GZJ2CEDMeyY2KDoACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1219.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"The entrance - Universal Studios Singapore\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1067\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hBCyCBSMHD8/WshtTtRXthI/AAAAAAAAXzA/dj7_rMfYxxAtYMBa1GZJ2CEDMeyY2KDoACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1219.JPG\" title\u003d\"The entrance - Universal Studios Singapore\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-anXXAxXPsZ8/WshtbNfUpLI/AAAAAAAAXzI/vfzqgKmfGoAyh7Iv2yFrWW1WVZVqA-qwwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1223.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"A decent pic with Gru! Lol - Universal Studios Singapore\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1067\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-anXXAxXPsZ8/WshtbNfUpLI/AAAAAAAAXzI/vfzqgKmfGoAyh7Iv2yFrWW1WVZVqA-qwwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1223.JPG\" title\u003d\"A decent pic with Gru! Lol - Universal Studios Singapore\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n4wKm1s-aKs/WshthVT-LjI/AAAAAAAAXzQ/ZbtuJoD5fTkQVabtdPQxr-DmGJEpDq2mgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1225.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Madagascar - Universal Studios Singapore\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1399\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n4wKm1s-aKs/WshthVT-LjI/AAAAAAAAXzQ/ZbtuJoD5fTkQVabtdPQxr-DmGJEpDq2mgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1225.JPG\" title\u003d\"Madagascar - Universal Studios Singapore\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PvaptGzzWu4/WshtglMpBcI/AAAAAAAAXzM/xur0udOaGPYCM1jxx3yZPmIa3uUhGxYrACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1226.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Shrek's Castle - Universal Studios Singapore\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1067\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PvaptGzzWu4/WshtglMpBcI/AAAAAAAAXzM/xur0udOaGPYCM1jxx3yZPmIa3uUhGxYrACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1226.JPG\" title\u003d\"Shrek's Castle - Universal Studios Singapore\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bMS4ncX05do/WshtmV5kyAI/AAAAAAAAXzY/k7gESoWbT2EFHBJpP1sZgQe6SXQIQqjkACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1228.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Universal Studios Singapore\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1311\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bMS4ncX05do/WshtmV5kyAI/AAAAAAAAXzY/k7gESoWbT2EFHBJpP1sZgQe6SXQIQqjkACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1228.JPG\" title\u003d\"Universal Studios Singapore\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SLiAk51RaZM/Wshttrt_v4I/AAAAAAAAXzg/fQdekkM01CgTw-WGHImvPz-uNxCoUbN2QCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1230.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Mel's Drive In - Universal Studios Singapore\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SLiAk51RaZM/Wshttrt_v4I/AAAAAAAAXzg/fQdekkM01CgTw-WGHImvPz-uNxCoUbN2QCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1230.JPG\" title\u003d\"Mel's Drive In - Universal Studios Singapore\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe burger is actually dry.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QRlP8v9vKXQ/Wsht1xlAnUI/AAAAAAAAXzw/y7NtYXUQGSgUFrarnCnfM5rFsM-yi71OQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1231.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Minions - Universal Studios Singapore\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1184\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QRlP8v9vKXQ/Wsht1xlAnUI/AAAAAAAAXzw/y7NtYXUQGSgUFrarnCnfM5rFsM-yi71OQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1231.JPG\" title\u003d\"Minions - Universal Studios Singapore\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThere are a lot of people waiting in line to take a picture with the Minions so this is like pose then go. No time to think what pose. lol.\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vRzW-76OReA/Wsht1cb-goI/AAAAAAAAXzs/V0A5k1FXmpMEvN1d8N3sek7FIEzwvAo2gCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1232.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Universal Studios Singapore\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1067\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vRzW-76OReA/Wsht1cb-goI/AAAAAAAAXzs/V0A5k1FXmpMEvN1d8N3sek7FIEzwvAo2gCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1232.JPG\" title\u003d\"Universal Studios Singapore\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2FUEI3DTTsw/Wshubu2HjTI/AAAAAAAAX0I/vt0OKzzp-H4mP3yVISH7BEZjZ3QTnW6LACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1234.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Universal Studios Singapore\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2FUEI3DTTsw/Wshubu2HjTI/AAAAAAAAX0I/vt0OKzzp-H4mP3yVISH7BEZjZ3QTnW6LACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1234.JPG\" title\u003d\"Universal Studios Singapore\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nAlso, just like Disneyland, USS also has a parade every afternoons which showcases different shows. This, I think is at par with Disneyland. I'm kids and kids at heart enjoyed the parade.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lRY4HKNyx_g/WshuhHKIg5I/AAAAAAAAX0M/rZXMcZphW1Ye-WhPZ-HDd_Klp7BwsXGmACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1238.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Parade - Universal Studios Singapore\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lRY4HKNyx_g/WshuhHKIg5I/AAAAAAAAX0M/rZXMcZphW1Ye-WhPZ-HDd_Klp7BwsXGmACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1238.JPG\" title\u003d\"Parade - Universal Studios Singapore\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-92noYQ7snZQ/WshujKO3hMI/AAAAAAAAX0Q/_bzQgfMx3h41fpJZ3McA6md-mf64jYy7ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1239.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; 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I really love Sesame Street back then.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lK2ejrm1fLQ/WshvGqs3ZQI/AAAAAAAAX08/VXwvHf-OGtsMSZf4Z80CU77CSS__yYlQwCLcBGAs/s1600/UNLD5212.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Universal Studios Singapore\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lK2ejrm1fLQ/WshvGqs3ZQI/AAAAAAAAX08/VXwvHf-OGtsMSZf4Z80CU77CSS__yYlQwCLcBGAs/s1600/UNLD5212.JPG\" title\u003d\"Universal Studios Singapore\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n Overall, the experience was fun! It is definitely a must visit when you're in Singapore. My tita told me though that USS is nothing against USJ! The entrance alone in USJ is enough to make you go wow. I'm excited to experience it soon. :)\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n Before I forget, there's also a fireworks display before the closing! But it's a mehhhh. It's nothing compared to Disneyland and UST. \u003d))))\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n To avoid the crowd going home, we went out before the fireworks ended. We headed straight to Singapore Flyer but again, to our dismay, it was close. It feels like the whole area of Marina Bay Sands/Gardens by the Bay doesn't like us! First, it rained on our visit to gardens by the bay.. then when we came back same day at nighttime, it was closed. Merlion statue was also down for maintenance/renovation. And now this? Lol.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n No worries about the ticket though as we got a refund from Klook.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n And that's it. That's how we ended our Singapore getaway. The next day, we decided to come early to the airport to you know, see what the world's best airport has to offer. And girl... it did not disappoint! I can lounge all day. their terminal 4 is relatively new so it is the best one. Good food choices too!!! \u0026lt;3\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n ------------------\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n So there... I didn't actually think I'd visit Singapore the soonest but this experience actually opened my eyes and I saw how different our country from theirs. I mean Singapore is just small but look at how they managed to be a first world country. Best passport holders. Singapore is the best image of my frustration about the Philippines. Disciplined people, good transport infrastructure.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n In terms of skilled workers, I think we are not behind... But look at how different the salary range is! For the same skills, they are getting paid way higher than ours! I know they also consider the cost of living but setting that aside, they are still being paid very good for the same skills we have.\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n Sad but it's true. A little side story.. a week after, I went back to SG for a day trip. Yup, day trip. Arrived in the morning then went back to Manila that same night. There's this event I attended and all my realizations are just being validated again. I will not go into detail but the school you graduated from is still one of the factors most multinational companies look into. I had an encounter with a NUS graduate and I saw how companies fought for her. LOL!\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n And although most companies will tell you it won't matter where you graduate, they will certainly favor those graduates of the leading universities. Won't mentioning school names but you get the point. There's still a discrimation on the international level.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n -----------------------\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n \u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n If you guys are wondering where we stayed.. we stayed at \u003ca href\u003d\"https://www.agoda.com/partners/partnersearch.aspx?cid\u003d1762335\u0026amp;pcs\u003d1\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;hid\u003d1193642\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003e7 Wonders Hostel\u003c/a\u003e around Little India. It's a capsule hostel, perfect for the budgets travelers that we are. No Klook account yet? Sign up through this \u003ca href\u003d\"https://www.klook.com/invite/EA58C?c\u003dPHP\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003elink\u003c/a\u003e and get P165.7 credits that you can use to book activities! Also, if you want a sample itinerary, drop me an email so I can send it to you. :)\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-878EahuokIM/Wshu-5F_-PI/AAAAAAAAX0k/4VBHRcKGfnU8dg1tKHmvxrY0e_WlpFY4wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1243.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"900\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-878EahuokIM/Wshu-5F_-PI/AAAAAAAAX0k/4VBHRcKGfnU8dg1tKHmvxrY0e_WlpFY4wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1243.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eI'm 6/10 to my SEA\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003ebucketlist\u003cspan style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e! 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