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Mad House Siem Reap

0658 Chongkaosou Village, Slakram Commune Siem Reap, Cambodia

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Happy New Year and a bit of drama-rama part one!

A travel blog entry by chasanddave

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... one of these things.

Waiting for our bus we had this thick mocha drink - it was so good, probably hideously fattening but sod it we're on our holibobs and it doesn't count!

The journey was long. Little man slept most of the way and then sat and played his DS. Then when he was bored with that flirted with the other passengers. At our refreshment stop Nat got some drinks, as I walked in Harrison had a can of beer, 'Emma wants ...

Merry Happy Christmas

A travel blog entry by marianner

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... boys were tired. Tola had skipped his studies to join us – normally he finishes at 9pm. We said our goodbyes. Tola and the boys went off on one moto and Narong and Monareach on the other. I crossed back to go into the book shop. I needed to shop for the classes later in the week… And as I left and jumped in a tuk tuk, I heard someone calling my name – it was Soria, he had just come to see if we were still all there. I felt awful that he had missed it but by now I ...

Wat up Angkor?

A travel blog entry by goontack

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... are restored by certain countries, eg France, India and Thailand.
Inside the temples were fine too, not as busy as I thought it would be, but because of the size of the grounds then everyone is spread out. Of course the most annoying are the big tour groups, mostly Chinese.

Next area was Angkor Thom and Bayon, a totally different style of temple with 216 faces protruding from 54 spikes within the temple. It was a lot smaller than Angkor Wat but equally as impressive. ...

Tonle Sap and the Dissabled Actor's Troupe

A travel blog entry by steve_julie

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... carry bags of things in the fields, hawk ******** in the tourist centers and give tours. While it's nice to live in a country where children can be children and aren’t expected to hone such skills, it is also impossible not to consider that western life does not allow them to be all that they can be. Even when kids are too young to work, they learn patience and skills by silently watching their parents fish, vend in the market or turn over drying rice ...

Old but lovely

A travel blog entry by marianner

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... been passed down the line! So funny. Welcome to a country where labour is cheap.

Next step is finger printing and then luggage - hoorah it has all made it. And then walk through to a very small gathering of drivers where I spot one grinning boy (Vachanak) and then up pops another (Vachana) with a bouquet of red roses. (You realise I will now be gutted if they ever don't do this) Gosh how Vachana has grown! He is almost as big as Vachanak. And then there is ...