
I had been longing to go to SE Asia, ever since I saw some beautiful photos from Halong Bay and Angkor Wat ages ago on the internet. They went straight to the top of my list of places I wanted to travel to. Halong Bay was full of thousands of limestone mountains that randomly pop out of the water in crazy formations that are completely unlike anything you can see in the United States. And Angkor Wat was the master of all things ancient - a ruinous temple set in a far away land. I couldn't wait to explore it!