Southeast Asia, September-October 2004

Including Singapore, Bangkok, and the Temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia

Seagate sent Heidi to their production facility in Singapore to work for three weeks in September, and we took advantage of the opportunity to see some new sights. It was quite a remarkable trip - if you ever want to see three completely different, yet distinctly Asian, cultures then you can visit these three areas all within two-hour flights of each other. We visited several countries in southeast Asia in September and October:

• Singapore and Bangkok (click here for more photos):
  
  
  (Singapore on left; Bangkok on right)
  
  Heidi was in Singapore for the last three weeks of September; I joined her for the last week. While she slaved over a hot disk drive production line during the day, I pretended to work on my laptop in the cushy Raffles hotel room.
  
  After Singapore, we had a week to visit some other parts of southeast Asia. Because it is very easy to get flights from Bangkok to the Angkor Wat area, we visited Bangkok, Thailand for a few days before venturing to Cambodia. Unfortunately we did not try to visit more areas of Thailand ... next time!
  
  
• The Temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia (click here for many photos of Angkor Wat and vicinity):
  
  
  (Angkor Wat on the left; on the right, Heidi holding up King Jayavarman VII ... or Vishnu ... or an aspect of the Buddha ...)
  
  Seeing Angkor Wat is quite remarkable, and easier than you might think. Click here for more details on Angkor Wat and what we saw.