{"id":622,"date":"2021-05-02T06:36:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T06:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?p=622"},"modified":"2021-05-02T06:56:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T06:56:04","slug":"wanderlust-my-crazy-travels-part-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?p=622","title":{"rendered":"Wanderlust &#8211; my crazy travels, part 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is the last part of my frenzied travel schedule from 2013-2020 March. It covers the period starting from May 2019 when I retired from  Kazakhstan and  moved to Kolkata and ends at March 2020 when lockdowns were imposed due to Covid-19. Since then, alas, all my travels stopped like everyone else&#8217;s!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 2019<\/strong> By this time, I knew that I was not coming back to KIMEP &#8211; I was retiring for good! Came back to India with all my clothes, documents, books and all. And immediately went to Phnom Penh . From Phnom Penh , two friends and myself took off to Koh Rong islands off the coast off Cambodia, near Sihanoukville. The island is beautiful, remote, undeveloped &#8211; no roads, no public transport. There are hotels on a sliver of a beach around the island &#8211; they get their supplies by boat. Most of the hotels have cottages or tree houses, there are a few restaurants and stores near the docks. The inside of the island consists of uninhabited forest.  A lot of &#8220;gap year&#8221; kids from Europe and Australia and some drop-outs,  they party hard till early morning. There are some regular tourists as well. If you have money, you can go to exclusive resorts on nearby tiny islands- one fancy resort on each uninhabited island &#8211; they cost $500-2000 per night!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48166945162_9611068f88_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"626\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=626\" class=\"wp-image-626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48166945162_9611068f88_o.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48166945162_9611068f88_o-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48178323372_e6b9f717d0_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"627\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=627\" class=\"wp-image-627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48178323372_e6b9f717d0_o.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48178323372_e6b9f717d0_o-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">My friends with two Chinese girls from Singapore<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48166943792_029e9e5c8b_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"637\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=637\" class=\"wp-image-637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48166943792_029e9e5c8b_o.jpg 381w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48166943792_029e9e5c8b_o-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48166944992_c21f4a6117_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"638\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=638\" class=\"wp-image-638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48166944992_c21f4a6117_o.jpg 609w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48166944992_c21f4a6117_o-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"406\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/50022913971_7970bd398b_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"639\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=639\" class=\"wp-image-639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/50022913971_7970bd398b_o.jpg 406w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/50022913971_7970bd398b_o-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48958592937_6ce06b3090_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"644\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48958592937_6ce06b3090_o.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=644\" class=\"wp-image-644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48958592937_6ce06b3090_o.jpg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48958592937_6ce06b3090_o-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48166869966_ec6e4dcacd_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"641\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=641\" class=\"wp-image-641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48166869966_ec6e4dcacd_o.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/48166869966_ec6e4dcacd_o-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Our Cottage<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><strong>Koh Rong &#8211; White sand on beaches<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 2019 &#8211;<\/strong> Went to Phnom Penh again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September\/October 2019<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a long trip. From Kolkata, I first went to Paris, stayed for four nights. Afterwards, went to Lawrence, Kansas for about a month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Took a side trip to Boulder, Colorado to visit my son<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally came  to Madrid , Spain for five days and then on to Kolkata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3970.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"651\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=651\" class=\"wp-image-651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3970.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3970-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Louvre<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3958.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"652\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=652\" class=\"wp-image-652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3958.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3958-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3949.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"653\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=653\" class=\"wp-image-653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3949.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3949-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Arc De Tromphe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3978.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"655\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3978.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=655\" class=\"wp-image-655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3978.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3978-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Inside Louvre museum<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><strong>Paris September 2019<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3998-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3998-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3998-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption><strong>With my ex-student Elena who now lives in France with her famil<\/strong>y<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4049.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"658\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=658\" class=\"wp-image-658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4049.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4049-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4045.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"657\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=657\" class=\"wp-image-657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4045.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4045-300x206.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4034.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"660\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4034.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=660\" class=\"wp-image-660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4034.jpeg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4034-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Boulder Hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4052.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"659\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=659\" class=\"wp-image-659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4052.jpeg 639w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4052-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><strong>Boulder, Colorado<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4093.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-664\" width=\"466\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4093.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4093-300x140.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4141.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"665\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=665\" class=\"wp-image-665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4141.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4141-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Royal Palace<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4106.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"667\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=667\" class=\"wp-image-667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4106.jpeg 639w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4106-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4154.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"669\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=669\" class=\"wp-image-669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4154.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4154-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Plaza at night<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4115-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"671\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4115-2.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=671\" class=\"wp-image-671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4115-2.jpeg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4115-2-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Paella<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My friend from Kazakhstan agreed to come to Bangkok. I met her at the airport and we spent three days at Bangkok Riverside. After she left, I went to Phnom Penh for a few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4326.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"678\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=678\" class=\"wp-image-678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4326.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4326-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/84f38cf6-b150-4751-ae35-1a96d95c7d68-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"679\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=679\" class=\"wp-image-679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/84f38cf6-b150-4751-ae35-1a96d95c7d68-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/84f38cf6-b150-4751-ae35-1a96d95c7d68-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/84f38cf6-b150-4751-ae35-1a96d95c7d68-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/84f38cf6-b150-4751-ae35-1a96d95c7d68.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4329.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"680\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=680\" class=\"wp-image-680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4329.jpeg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4329-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4324.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"682\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=682\" class=\"wp-image-682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4324.jpeg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4324-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4345.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"683\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=683\" class=\"wp-image-683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4345.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4345-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4347.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"684\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4347.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=684\" class=\"wp-image-684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4347.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4347-256x300.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digha , near Kolkata<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 1<\/strong> &#8211; Phnom Penh,  again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4535-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"685\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=685\" class=\"wp-image-685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4535-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4535-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4535.jpg 918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4536.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"686\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=686\" class=\"wp-image-686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4536.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4536-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">French Restaurant, Phnom Penh<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4541.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"688\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=688\" class=\"wp-image-688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4541.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4541-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">German Restaurant , Phnom Penh<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4540.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"687\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=687\" class=\"wp-image-687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4540.jpeg 593w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4540-300x243.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Inside Night Market<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4361.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"691\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=691\" class=\"wp-image-691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4361.jpeg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4361-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Water Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3916.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"690\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=690\" class=\"wp-image-690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3916.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3916-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4367.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"693\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=693\" class=\"wp-image-693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4367.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4367-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4357.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"694\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=694\" class=\"wp-image-694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4357.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4357-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4357-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4357-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Water Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4537-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"706\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4537.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=706\" class=\"wp-image-706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4537-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4537-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4537-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4537-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4537.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">La Croisette, Phnom Penh<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><strong>Pics of Phnom Penh , August 2019 &#8211; February 2020<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 1 -Almaty again! I came back on March 7 . Lockdown started soon afterwards!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4556-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"696\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=696\" class=\"wp-image-696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4556-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4556-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4556-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4556-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4556.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Kebab plate, Almaty<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4563-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"697\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=697\" class=\"wp-image-697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4563-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4563-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4563-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4563-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4563.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fruit Stall, Almaty<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4582-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"700\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=700\" class=\"wp-image-700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4582-2.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4582-2-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Hotel Kazakhstan &#8211; Lobby<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4558-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"701\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4558.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=701\" class=\"wp-image-701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4558-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4558-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4558-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_4558.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, in conclusion, was it worth it? How much money did I spend on all this? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">I do not know, I am just glad I did it, and possibly will  not travel at this frenzied pace again. Well, as they say in Almaty &#8220;All Good Things must come to an End&#8221;!! <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ciao!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the last part of my frenzied travel schedule from 2013-2020 March. It covers the period starting from May 2019 when I retired from Kazakhstan and moved to Kolkata and ends at March 2020 when lockdowns were imposed due to Covid-19. Since then, alas, all my travels stopped like everyone else&#8217;s! June 2019 By &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?p=622\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wanderlust &#8211; my crazy travels, part 6&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[123,114,124,98,125],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=622"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":708,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}