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Phnom Penh to Siem Reap, Cambodia
Okay everyone - here we are again. I last left you off on Thursday night in Phnom Penh. We walked out of our hotel, our driver was still there and drove us around all night for free. Said his wife was very happy with all the money he made today - $30 - and he still had to pay for a tank of gas! So we went to Raffles hotel, supposed to be incredible …
Hot, hot heat and the temples
Angkor, and all of its surrounding temples, is everything that we were promised. It is huge. It is magnificient. It is insufferably hot.
I've taken a million pictures of beautiful carvings and temples in various states of disarray and ruin. I don't think I've been able to do any of it justice. It's amazing and something I think you just …
Angkor, the place not the beer
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!
My friend and I took a 7 hour bus from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. It was incredibly long, full of squat toilets and Rambo movies spoken in Khmer. We arrived and our tuk tuk driver showed us a better place to stay than the one we originally wanted, it was nearer to the market and restaurants. We did some shopping and then …
Angkor Wat - small temples tour!
... So much so that even after a shower and a proper scrub the towel still got off dirt on drying. The best part of my day was interacting with the kids as they tried to sell us post cards! They wanted $1 for 10 and then counted them all for us! They may as well have tied a rope round my heart and pulled on them. I gave in.. Sunil had to get the wallet out and I gave them some money.. I was on a budget. My favourite were the 4 brothers at the remote temple who ...
Fancy dinner and snapshots of our Cambo life
... and gossip in the markets while decapitating fish and chickens and the kids run around, parents knowing they are safe because here there is still a sense of community.
There is still time for my big Ah-ha moment... this week I have bracelet making, pipe cleaner craft and tattooing on the agenda at the village. So stay tuned for all that fun plus details on the girls 10K Run (spoiler alert: they kicked ASS!!) and hopefully some funny stories.
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