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Cambochi Through my Eyes..

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Angkor Wat  was in my wish list for long time, it felt like some kind of calling**. It could be because I love temples not that I’m overly religious but more for my amusement to the structures and the stories and the whole history behind it. When you grow up in a country where history is taken for granted and you move to a country where History is only 150yrs old, you pretty much appreciate anything older than 200yrs .. To build a house, we compromise so much with our “Nice to haves” and “Wish lists”, sometimes just go with the bare necessity and add-on those “Nice-to-haves” later when possible or if you are lucky, you stretch yourself financially to build your dream home without any compromise. We are still talking about few square meters to few hundred acres of land, which costs few hundred thousands to few million dollars. PC:Google Images I’m seeing these larger than life temples with lot of creativity, fine workmanship, huge labour and their life dedicate...

Seoul - Bukchon Village

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Bukchon village( Subway line 3 orange line Anguk exit 2 ) is must see place if you coming to Korea mainly because this is one of the places people actually live in Hanok houses.. Tourism dept have put so much planning in to it for visitors to get hands on K-experience in one stop like trying Hanbok , K-dying, K-stamping, K-painting.. K- Painting: Stamp: Build you own Hanok Miniature: Kids getting their hands dirty at Dyeing: Hanbok experience: #SayYesToTheWorld More #Blinddate stories from my #blindlist: -  Lost and Found myself  -  A day with my date -  Seoul - Namsangol Village - Weekend in Seoul - Solo Travel -  Yeouido Park - Seoul (Popular for Cherry Blossom) -   Shopping in Seoul -  Busan(Korea) to Tsushima Island(Japan)