Third quarter done....wow!

As we travel on time seems to just go faster and faster. Already we are in our last quarter of the year. Here is the continued update per country. The countries are in the order that we went, the rest is in no particular order and is a mish mash of all of our thoughts.

South Africa
Best Food-Blts, but clts: burgers in Capetown
Best attraction -Sodwona Bay leatherback turtle laying her eggs; Kruger wild dogs; cape town African Penguins
Biggest Challenge- avoiding speeding tickets; finding lions in tall grasses

Thailand
Best Food: hocho at Niras; Mima's bday food; Bernie's buffet in AuNang; fishing village lunch Ko Chang; banana rolls
Best attraction- elephant bathing riding and feeding; spooning a tiger
Biggest Challenge-finding honest taxi drivers in Bangkok

Cambodia
Best food: Pot Ling;sugar cane
Best attraction-silk farm;trees reclaiming ancient wats
Biggest challenge-being pinned between seats on the sleeper buses

Vietnam
Best food-food we made in our cooking class with Blue Dragon
Best attraction- Hoi An; Hmong mountain people in Sapa ( we know the people aren't an attraction, this was a highlight); CatBa Island
Biggest challenge- dodging motorcycles in Saigon;staying clean in Sapa

Laos
Best food- chicken laap;night market eating in Luang Prabang
Best attraction- Muang Ngoi Nue; rope swing at the waterfall near LP
Biggest Challenge- pushing a bus one inch at a time through mud...11 hours and 120 kms later we arrived

Nepal
Best food-apple momos from Woodland; savory pumpkin pie at KC's
Best attraction- climbing to 4780m to the top of Kaijing Ri and looking at the glaciers and snow covered peaks surrounding us
Highlight : Nepali people are amazing
Biggest challenge- seeing the rivers in Kathmandu, they are an environmental disaster; breathing while playing with local kids at 3500m!