Last Home Guest House Phnom Penh

... is a large hall containing various exhibits, such as information about the Khmer rouge and its senior members, medical analyses of the trauma suffered by the bodies of the victims, poetry, short pieces of prose, and various documents. The next building along, on the west side of the site, houses a series of rooms containing large boards arranged in rows, each of them covered in photographs of the victims that were taken at the time they were incarcerated. Thousands upon thousands ...

... it was not karaoke. It was a French movie called "Banlieu 13", with a French Vin Diesel smacking well-placed karate chops on everyone who magically forgets he has a gun and wants to do hand-combat instead. It's dubbed in VNese with a single female voice devoid of any emotion, for all of the characters in the movie. It was also subtitled in English that has been translated using a free internet translator. Let's jus say Oscar will never hear of this motion ...

... the Thai-Lao border, where we boarded a slow boat that would take us, after two days 'cruising the Mekong' to Luang Prabang, a pretty and cozy little town by the river. There we decided to rise our standard for two nights and stayed in a beautiful hotel, with river views and all facilities (including a bath). Really worth it! <br><br>After Luang Prabang we got a bus south towards the backpaker paradise of Vang Vieng, where loud cafes and swimming down the ...

... heeft gedropt op het platteland. Tot 25.000 Cambodianen verloren al ledematen tgv landmijnen. Op straat bedelen veel slachtoffers om geld, het onderwijssysteem en veel erfgoed van in de glorieuze Khmer-periode is vernietigd, immens veel mensen zijn ongeletterd en aangezien 80 procent van de slachtoffers onder Pol Pot mannelijk is, is vandaag de dag 70 procent van de Cambodiaanse bevolking vrouwelijk. Om nog niet te spreken over psychologische en posttraumatische gevolgen.<br>

... a travel buddy. It was great to have the time together and to share such an amazing experience! I'm back on my own again. Leaving Saigon tomorrow...thankfully! I'm over the chaos - way too many motorbikes! The noise is deafening and I would hate to see the insides of my lungs. Looking to catch a breather up in the mountains. Off to Dalat tomorrow morning - the "French alps" of Vietnam. Avior till then!<br><br>

... gave us a tour of all of their rooms. They were so sweet. Afterwards we stayed and played games with them, my friend taught them the banana dance and I think we did it with them almost ten times. <br><br>Later in the week I went to the killing fields. We arrived and I went in to walk around. When you first walk in your eye focuses on the giant white monument that houses the bones of many of the victims of the Khmer rouge at Cheoung Ek. I walked up to it with incense and ...

... leaf which is worn in the hair, not necessarily to be seen but to keep the hair smelling sweetly.<br><br>We were able to visit a large monastery in the area as well. There are about 400 monks there, although many of these are young boys doing their time in training. Because of the numbers, it is difficult for the monks to feed themselves by donation ...

... handcrafts to Europe.<br><br>So I am keeping busy - idle hands and all that - though after international telephonic diagnostic analysis, through my mamma, have determined that I perhaps have giardia which may explain my utter lack of appetite, energy and unsettled stomach. I am off to the pharmacy to deal to that tomoro!<br><br>My visa is up this week so I am making a sneaky return trip to Saigon then I shall return to PP and get the party properly started - stay tuned....<br>

... counted a maximum of seven people riding a single one, four of the riders being children. Hiring only one between us thus saved a bit of money which was instantly eaten up in the ticket price. It had taken us days to decide what type of ticket to buy. Should we buy a three day or a week long ticket ? Maybe three days was not enough but, on the other hand, a week might be too long. We eventually rested on three days. We had been told that all of the main temples and a few lesser ...