Sunset and Sunrise Mission 2015! (Part 1)

I thought it would be nice to have a Sunset and Sunrise Mission for the year. (Okay, if I am honest, it was initially just a Sunset Mission but I thought I'd make it more enjoyable/easier.) The aim is to see a sunrise or sunset in every country we visit. Here is our progress so far:

Malaysia
We have already blogged on our failed attempt at finding a sunset spot in Kuala Lumpur, and we really did not have many other tried at it. Luckily, on our trip to Pulau Selingan we caught the below sunset before we were ushered off the beach in case the turtles arrived to hatch. It was not spectacular but at least we have one to show. (And we will always remember Rob hacking at a coconut for half an hour while I did laps on the sand!)

Pulau Selingan

Nepal 
Nepal likes to turn on the fog or up the pollution in time for sunset. From Kathmandu you cannot see much at all and Pokhara sunset was rather disappointing. We enjoyed a beautiful sunrise at Poon hill but I really like this shot from Chitwan National Park. (Taken around the time Rob was looking for a brown crack.) 

Elephant in a Chitwan sunset

Vietnam
Phu Quoc purportedly provides the best sunsets in Vietnam. Whilst we did enjoy saying goodbye to the sun from the beach with cocktails there, we think our Mekong sunset took the cake for Vietnam:

Phu Quoc March sunset

Mekong fishing village

Cambodia
As it was severely hot in Siem Reap, we got up before dawn and rested during the middle part of the day. On our second morning at the temples we visited Banteay Kdei and Srah Srang and I captured this couple a bit after sunrise. 

Sunrise from Banteay Kdei looking towards Srah Srang

On our third day at the temples we spent some time trying to capture the beauty of Angkor Wat. 

Angkor Wat

Hopefully there are more sunsets and sunrises in our future- stay tuned!

It’s a three-way!

Though not everyone has heard of it, the game “It’s a three-way!” has a long and proud history. Here is how it works:

Players: 1 or more people

Location: most places

Equipment: eyes, ears and a certain level of brashness

Aim: to locate three particular items at once thus creating a ‘three-way’.

Instructions to play:

Any player must spot the following items and say the required phrase:

1. Dog                        Say “Zitch dog” – credit to “How I Met Your Mother”

2. Postal box              Say “Do you need to post anything?” (Other players answer)

3. Yellow vehicle        Say “Spot it motorcycle/car/scooter/bike”

When all three are located in the same vicinity the player/s must yell with pride:

“It’s a three-way!” (causing embarrassment/confusion/excitement to those around them.)

“Three ways” happen a lot in Melbourne but rather less as we have plodded around South East Asia. When Rob and I landed in Hanoi we started to notice the postal boxes were more conspicuous that other places. This had often been the missing link. Every country has had oodles of dogs (even dogs shaved to look like lions or dogs in Winnie the Pooh costumes) and at least some yellow motorbikes/cars, but postal boxes have been harder to come by. 

I told Rob on our last day in Hanoi if we didn’t “get” a “three-way” then I would manufacture one for the blog. Around 5 minutes later I found a post office to send a painting home from. There was the post box, next-door was a small dog and flying past I found a yellow scooter!

“IT’S A THREE WAY!” I yelled on the busy streets of Hanoi.

Noone really noticed too much…

As I took the photo of the dog, the owner probably thought that I mustn’t have seen a dog before! Success…was mine..and Rob’s! We live in anticipation of our next three-way. What country will it be?