Thailand and Cambodia

So now that we have gone to the cold and survived, we are on to the hot. Tomorrow we leave via Thai Air JFK to Bangkok. They call NYC "the big apple", well they call Bangkok "the big mango". The flight is 17 hours plus nonstop , one of the longest flights you can take. I cannot imagine being pinned in economy for almost a day but I am excited to finally get to Asia and especially to see Ankor Wat in Cambodia. We will be gone for 3 weeks, first to "the mango" for 4-5 days meeting up with a group of 10 others on the 3rd day and then north to the hill country and the golden triangle. This is the former opium growing area now apparently home to the many hill tribes and rice paddies, tea plantations,etc.. We will see the Bridge over the River Kwai, visit an elephant camp and take several boat rides down the rivers. After we leave the group, Bert and I will fly on to Cambodia, to Siem Reap, home to the magnificent temples of Angkor for 4 days. Can't wait- well except for the flight- and maybe the heat-and maybe, well that's travel!