Cool and Awesome: Reply to J

Hi J, Everything is great right now! We are in Tokyo, Japan, and it’s a really big, interesting city! They have a lot of things here that you can’t find anywhere else in the world. Just last week, we saw robot boxing! We, too, think that the countries that we visited are pretty awesome. I…

Hariharalaya Yoga Room

He Says: Retreating

N and I brought in the New Year at an Integral Yoga retreat called Hariharalaya. For five days and five nights, we ate vegan, avoided caffeine and alcohol, limited our usage of electronic devices, performed Asanas, meditated, lounged around, and met a lot of wonderful new people. N already gave a great summary of the…

Hariharalaya Hut

She Says: Retreating

The Idea I do a lot of trip planning, so I don’t remember what I looked up in late December to get to this blog post, about a yoga and meditation retreat. Reading about it, I thought the place sounded unusual: I found the authors’ recollections amusing and the whole idea hokey – so I mentioned it to B, hoping for…

Angkor Wat

What We Saw in Siem Reap

We spent almost a week in Siem Reap, five days of it at the retreat. Angkor Wat: This is the famous temple of this city and this country: it’s even the central image on the Cambodian flag! They say it’s the largest religious complex in the world, actually. We didn’t go at sunrise, like many recommend, because we’re…

What We Ate in Siem Reap

Topsky Hostel: We didn’t stay here, but we did eat breakfast here, in the partially-open air restaurant. B had yogurt with muesli and fruit, as well as two eggs – gearing up for a long day of sightseeing. I had the Khmer fried noodles with beef, though I gave much of the beef and the egg on top…