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A Weekend in Siem Reap: Temples by bike & more

A Weekend in Siem Reap: Temples by bike & more

by alongcamealex | Apr 24, 2018 | Asia, Cambodia, Travel

Siem Reap, Cambodia has been on my bucket list since the first day I saw a photo of Angkor Wat. I only had two days in Siem Reap so I had to make it count! In order to effectively see as much as I could the first day, we booked a bike tour from Viator. Honestly, one...

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Happy Fall, Yโ€™allโฃโฃ โœŒ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‚ โฃโฃ Iโ€™m Happy Fall, Yโ€™allโฃโฃ โœŒ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‚ โฃโฃ Iโ€™m really grateful for the new season weโ€™re entering and a fresh perspective. Sounds corny, but Iโ€™ve been really enjoying learning and brain fuel lately. Here are some of my favorite ways:โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐ŸŽง๐€๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌโฃโฃ โฃโฃ Iโ€™m ridiculously back on my audiobook game, having listened to three this week! Iโ€™m on Jim Mattisโ€™ Call Sign Chao now, but right before: I finished Big Magic by Elizabeth Gibson, which is a must read. Itโ€™s all about how to take the pressure off creativity and provides such a beautifully unique perspectiveโฃโฃ โฃโฃ โœˆ๏ธ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ & ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโฃโฃ โฃโฃ Speaking with my boyfriend last week about the Panamanian conflict in the late 80s, I was surprised he knew about it. Not for lack of intelligence, but because most Americans our age do not. His response: โ€œWell, Iโ€™ve been to the area.โ€ Travel=knowledge.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐Ÿ–ฅ๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒโฃโฃ โฃโฃ Can be tricky if youโ€™ve seen Social Dilemmaโ€ฆ but there are tons of non-bias tools. Did you know LinkedIn has hundreds of free classes through their โ€œLearningโ€ portal? Anything from a 4-hour โ€œMaster Excel Courseโ€ to figure drawing.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ Recently started a side project that has so much to do with the fashion world and itโ€™s so alluring watching YouTube video fashion shows and videos discussing this seasonโ€™s trends.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐Ÿ“–๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ I learn about myself when I write down my ideas & emotions. Sometimes, I donโ€™t even understand what Iโ€™m thinking until I see the words on the page. Introspective learning can sometimes be more valuable than you realize.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง? I hope this new season brings you fresh perspective & opportunity for growthโœจ ๐Ÿ“ธ @the_dragonfruit
*wears white after Labor Day* ~ the rebel in me w *wears white after Labor Day* ~ the rebel in me will never die ~๐Ÿคช๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐Ÿ‘ป (itโ€™s funny because 1: who cares but 2: Iโ€™m actually not a rebel at all) http://liketk.it/2W7SB #liketkit @liketoknow.it #LTKswim #LTKunder50 #LTKsalealert
breathe, trust, & let go ๐Ÿ” breathe, trust, & let go ๐Ÿ”
goodmorning, I love you, say it back ๐Ÿค goodmorning, I love you, say it back ๐Ÿค
Left the state of Idaho for the first time since M Left the state of Idaho for the first time since March this weekend ๐Ÿคฏwent on a girlโ€™s trip to Oregon & came back feeling so replenished & refocused. Just a crap load of gratitude radiating from over here, hope yโ€™all can feel it. Have a good week! โ˜€๏ธ
โฃThis is a post totally out of the norm, but I t โฃThis is a post totally out of the norm, but I think someone might benefit? These photos were taken recently on the same day, one hour apart, in the same room. โฃ โฃ At 19, I went from 100% clear skin to โ€œtextbookโ€ severe cystic acne out of nowhere in two weeks. By the time I made it to a dermatologist, it was already too late: I had permanent scar damage. โฃ โฃ It was actually a pretty long, expensive journey, and since then, Iโ€™ve learned to embrace the scarring as much as I can. One thing people fail to realize about acne scarring though: ๐˜๐˜›โ€™๐˜š ๐˜“๐˜๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜ˆ๐˜“๐˜“๐˜  ๐˜ ๐˜–๐˜œ๐˜™ ๐˜๐˜ˆ๐˜Š๐˜Œ. At times, I felt like I was been spending the last 8 years of my life trying to get my own face back. Iโ€™m not confident all of the time because itโ€™s natural to me, Iโ€™m confident because I have to remind myself. โฃ โฃ Even if I let these scars get me down for five minutes, that was five minutes too long. I can throw money to painful dermatological treatments (and trust me, I have), but theyโ€™re a part of who I am now! And I love who I am! โฃ โฃ The scars are my โ€œthingโ€ ; That one thing I lowkey hate about myself. The whole purpose of this post was to tell you not to let your โ€œthingโ€ get to you because it makes you who you are. ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ.โฃ โฃ Iโ€™m published my entire journey on Isotretinoin (aka Accutane) and my treatments on the blog tonight, but Iโ€™m also working with a nutritionist colleague to publish an article on the best foods you can eat for healthy skin from the inside out. Let me know if skin talk is more of something youโ€™d like to hear about and I can share more. โฃ
๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐ˆ๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ & ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ.โ€ -๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘:๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ” โฃ โฃ Itโ€™s easier said than done. With the last remaining summer embraces upon us, itโ€™s hard not to realize autumn is quickly approaching. โฃ*cries in summer girl* โฃ Ya know what though? ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ.โฃ โฃ If the Lord is so clearly leading me on a path to up & 180 my entire life, I think thatโ€™s him โ€œmaking them straight,โ€ as the verse states.โฃ โฃ Although beyond my comprehension, I have got to listen. Even if I donโ€™t listen, the leaves will change color and start to fall anyways, so I might as well lean in, right? โฃ โฃ โ€œ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ.โ€ -๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
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