A key factor in our decision to move to Doha was the opportunity we hoped that this experience would offer us to see more of the world. This week we finally had the chance to take that opportunity and travelled to Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Being the Eid Holiday break we all had a week off of school and work. However, we did not know if we would be able to travel or not because we had to send Maryn's passport to Kuwait (the closest Canadian Embassy) for renewal in anticipation of our Christmas trip to Sri Lanka. Fortunately her passport arrived on October 25th so we took that as a green light to book our first family trip.
Because we were so late in booking, we struggled to find a trip that was available and reasonably priced. We'd hoped to do Turkey, but found it to be far to expensive considering how short (relatively speaking) the flight was. We looked into a packaged tour to Egypt, but it involved a lot of moving around and we just weren't sure the kids were up to it. At the suggestion of Justin Walsh, we looked into Cambodia - Siem Reap - a place I'd never heard of prior to October 27th!!
In doing my research, I quickly learned that this was the home of Angkor Wat, the fascinating temples, a place that Andrea as well as Andrew and Shauna had visited. When we started asking around we learned of a few more ASD families that had visited Siem Reap and everyone raved. One family had een stayed at the same resort we were looking at, and that really sealed the deal Relyingo n Expedia we found a decent flight/hotel package and finally "pulled the trigger" on booking.
Then a sweet coincidence occurred. The day after we booked our trip (both Pat and I justifying it from every possible angle in the way only we can) we learned that my long awaited income tax return had come through. And wouldn't you know it, the return was the same amount as the trip!!! A wonderful omen to begin our first big trip.
Thank you Government of Canada!
Being the Eid Holiday break we all had a week off of school and work. However, we did not know if we would be able to travel or not because we had to send Maryn's passport to Kuwait (the closest Canadian Embassy) for renewal in anticipation of our Christmas trip to Sri Lanka. Fortunately her passport arrived on October 25th so we took that as a green light to book our first family trip.
Because we were so late in booking, we struggled to find a trip that was available and reasonably priced. We'd hoped to do Turkey, but found it to be far to expensive considering how short (relatively speaking) the flight was. We looked into a packaged tour to Egypt, but it involved a lot of moving around and we just weren't sure the kids were up to it. At the suggestion of Justin Walsh, we looked into Cambodia - Siem Reap - a place I'd never heard of prior to October 27th!!
In doing my research, I quickly learned that this was the home of Angkor Wat, the fascinating temples, a place that Andrea as well as Andrew and Shauna had visited. When we started asking around we learned of a few more ASD families that had visited Siem Reap and everyone raved. One family had een stayed at the same resort we were looking at, and that really sealed the deal Relyingo n Expedia we found a decent flight/hotel package and finally "pulled the trigger" on booking.
Then a sweet coincidence occurred. The day after we booked our trip (both Pat and I justifying it from every possible angle in the way only we can) we learned that my long awaited income tax return had come through. And wouldn't you know it, the return was the same amount as the trip!!! A wonderful omen to begin our first big trip.
Thank you Government of Canada!
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