Way back in 2015, I wrote about this world-traveling family’s 20 Most Memorable Moments of 2014. But our journey had only just started — we continued hopping across the globe for a good portion of 2015. Here are the 35 things we experienced in 2015 that we regularly talk about.
› This summer we're packing up and hitting the road to experience that great tradition—the Epic American Road Trip. We'll be traveling the highways and byways of the United States, journeying through 17 states in three weeks. Join us, won't you?
After leaving England, we had a three-day layover in Iceland, a small island country the locals call a land of ice and fire. On our first day, we got the lay of the land in Reykjavik, along with a history lesson or two, and some delicious hot dogs.
Way back around the year 120, Roman Emperor Hadrian built a giant wall too keep the wildmen out of the northern border of the Roman Empire. Parts of that wall still stand today.
During our 333-day trip around the world, I filmed one second of video for each day we were traveling. Well, kind of. When it was all over, all that footage was turned into a six-minute video that nicely chronicles our journey. And you can see that video right here.
Over at Boing Boing, Tom writes about our first experience with Bees Unlimited as we went exploring the lesser-seen areas of Angkor Archaeological Park and saw the ingenuity and experienced the kindness of the Khmer people. Oh, and we had a few tense moments with some giant honeybees.
Dani from Bees Unlimited takes us on a walk deep into the forests surrounding Angkor Thom. We saw a lot of cool things tourists don't ususally see.
This was the last day our passes to Angkor Archaeological Park were valid, so once again we hired Dara to take us around the "Grand Tour Circuit," this time on his tuk tuk. He picked us up at 8:30 a.m. in front of the hotel, and in short order, we headed off to Angkor.
We hire a driver to take us 50 km north of Siem Reap to visit Kbal Spean, Banteay Srei (the Citadel of Women) and hte Landmine Museum. We only had three (very different) experiences today, but it was a lot of travel.
Our family loved Siem Reap and found numerous kid-friendly activities to keep our 11- and 8-year-olds captivated and the adults just as happy. These ten suggestions run the gamut from educational to heart-warming to just plain fun—all the things that make Siem Reap and the Khmer so amazing.
This book is sold at every temple in Angkor and was offered to us at least 10 times. Every conversation went pretty much the same.
We spend a long day exploring the temples of the Angkor Archaeological Park's "Small Tour."
We take our first tour with Bees Unlimited and see a side of Cambodia that most tourists don't experience.
