Where are we?

we've been staring at various maps our whole trip, but an idea of where we are might be interesting to some of you....~> read more

 Here's a map of southeast asia to get a general orientation:



To review, we flew from Seattle to Bangkok via Tokyo Narita, then on to Chennai, India, returned to Bangkok from Chennai then flew to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. We took a bus to Siem Reap, Cambodia where the Angkor temples are, then flew from Siem Reap to Vientiane, Laos, which is the unlabeled star on the map. Then, we took a bus to Vang Vieng for a couple of days (not on map), then another bus on to Luang Prabang for 6 days, tomorrow is our last day here. Here's a more detailed map of Laos from the lonely planet website:



Next, We'll then fly from Luang Prabang back to Bangkok for a day and a half before our departure to New Zealand for a month. After we return from New Zealand, we'll fly down to Phuket, Thailand for about 12 days, then fly from Phuket to Singapore for 24 hours in Singapore, believe it or not. This saves us a bundle on our way to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) in the south of viet nam on the first of May. we'll head northward through viet nam for the whole month of may, all by bus, then fly back from Hanoi to Bangkok. We have more ideas after that but nothing finalized yet.