Tag: history

• How to Have an Amazing Birthday

  My 45th birthday was a couple of months ago, so I’ve had some time to really think about this.  Be born. Done, easy, check. (OK, this one is going to take a while.) Find a life partner as fabulous as XFE. Took me about, ummmm, 34 years and a couple of failed attempts. Agree to…

  thepoelog

  May 24, 2017

  travel, trip report

  beaches, Birthday trip, books, history, luxury travel, Paper Planes, Real Housewives of Whatever, Sri Lanka, trip prep, trip report, trip review, war, XFE

• Looking for Immortality (but will Settle for a Cold Beer) at the Angkor Temples

  During our three days of temple hopping in Siem Reap, we saw seven or eight temples in the Angkor complex and barely scratched the surface. No wonder I got templed out.

  thepoelog

  July 22, 2015

  travel

  Angkor, Beer, buddha, Cambodia, history, Siem Reap, Stately homes, Temples