Best of Cambodia & Vietnam

I have left the comfy confines of the 4 star Rembrandt in the Sukhumvit area of Bangkok. I've only been gone a hour or so and miss it all ready. I'm now in the Chinatown section and will venture out to explore it in a bit. In the meantime, I'm getting checked in to my digs for the night and later will meet and greet the new group and group leader for my tour through Cambodia and Vietnam. In just my short visit to Bangkok, I know that I very much want to return to Thailand for two main reasons. First, to visit the beaches. Any and all other travelers I've met who have been or are going to Thailand talk about the beaches. I won't get to see them on this trip. The other reason is to compare the rest of the country to Bangkok which is clean and modern and very congested. I'd like to visit the countryside and small towns, too, but again it's not on this trip.

I did pry myself away from the Rembrandt for a little while the other day and visited the temple of the Reclining Buddha. If that temple is an example of the kind of places one can expect to visit throughout Thailand then there's another reason to visit. The temple grounds are extensive and include almost two hundred stupas, no two decorated alike and then of course there's the Reclining Buddha itself. It's massive...and my time is up.