City Angkor Siem Reap

... 1000 U.S. to replace a pair of working water buffalo. That is a King's ransom in Cambodia. The family said the buffalo died from Salmonella, because they weren't vaccinated. They couldn't afford to consult a vet, so the buffalo could have died from anything. And those buffalo's dung had been liberally spread over the entire rice field where we were working. <br><br>I later rush back to the hotel to go online and check on ...

... there was, but I has impressed by one of the young girls who seems to be serious and very intelligent. One of the students in my group goes to Harvard. She knew about that school and asked very sensible question about it and said she wanted to study there too. I broke my habits of not buying any non-essential things while backpacking and bought 2 books from her. <br><br>The next day, I woke up to a heavy rain, so it was impossible to do the northern group as planned ...

... bedroom drinking, eating, watching Cambodian karaoke and slanging about Thai people who the Cambodian drivers seemed to despise. It was quite bizarre, especially considering Sunrise wife and two children were lying in bed at the time. It was one of those experiences that will live with me forever as they treated us as lifelong friends even though we had only known them for 24 hours!<br><br>Pnomh Penh tomorrow!

... later<br><br>After riding on the I-90 for some time now, we decided to take a side route to get to Yellowstone National Park. By chance, we turned west after Buffalo and the scenery just got more and more dramatic. It was absolutely stunning, no other words to describe it. You know how some things can look/hear/taste ...

... the Ten Sleep website has wrote about on how its name was derived:<br><br>"Nestled<br>in the base of the Big Horn Mountains in the Nowood Valley, 26 miles<br>east of Worland on US Highway 16, Ten Sleep long ago staked its claim<br>to a share of Wyoming&#8217;s and Washakie County&#8217;s colored history. Ten<br>Sleep received its name because of the method of measuring<br>distance that was used ...

... van is just scratched up a little, it really slowed us down...AND construction. The drive was beautiful through Teton Park though. We stopped in Dubois for a supper picnic at the Park and drove through rain around Riverton. We all saw a beautiful double rainbow. We came through the Wind River Canyon at dusk and the rocks were beautifully rosy. <br><br>We pulled into Thermopolis at dark and thanks to an excellent recommendation from Sharon, we stayed at the Eagle Rock ...

... tool. It's really just another way to procrastinate. No cooking from here on out though (actually fromn last night). Thank God friends have been feeding us so I at least don't have to clean up my kitchen, Thanks, guys! That tri-tip was delicious! Tonight it's grilled steak and shrimp. <br><br>Okay...first stop on the roadtrip is Thermopolis, WY where they claim to have the world's largest hot spring pools, although a review says some place in New Zealand owns that ...

That`s right, I`m gaining status over here in backwards Kampuchea as being the next best tomb raider. At least in my own head.<br><br>When we reached Siem Reap 5 days ago, I wasn`t about to blend in with all these bland tourist taking over the city, crowding one of the most stunning UNESCO World heritage sites. I wanted something different. I was a "girl on a mission". I found a moto driver that would take us deep into the heart of Cambodia, through the ...

... We get a little mud flung at us from the Mud Volcano, but we also survive, phew. We go to a couple other smelling things in search of bears, we find none, but it starts to rain so we start the 50 mile drive back to camp. The entire time we are talking about how great dinner is going to be. All we have to do is set up our tarp and cook the dinner. We get back to the campsite, its pouring, and our TARP IS STOLEN. We ask our neighbors and they claim they ...

... I arrived in Bangkok, I didn't know where I was. Left behind some touts and scammers as usual, I headed for a guesthouse to book a bus to the border of Cambodia. <br><br>At the border, I had to have lunch with other tourists on a table and it was awkward. Actually, some tourists headed back to Bangkok, because they just wanted to extend the valid term of their tourist visa and I found out "they" needed the lunch break to wait for their passport ...