Himawari Phnom Penh

... wild! Not much else in the town apart from the market... it's like a traders town where nearby villagers come to buy and sell etc...
In the afternoon we went to the gorgeous Yeak Lom lake... a volcanic crater lake nearby (they also think it might have been created by a meteorite as it's perfectly circular)... as it was the weekend there was lots of locals there and it was great to speak to some of the English-speaking locals about life in rural (poor) Cambodia..... although they ...

My travelling feels like it is coming to an end for a bit. I returned to Phnom Penh once again, to meet up with someone I am staying with in Kratie, which is about 7 hours North of here, I was introduced by a friend in November last year, and since then she has been my contact in Kratie, confidant in Cambodia, spotter on the horizon, Man on the frontlines. Like Kurtz she was here somewhere, operating outside the normal boundaries of acceptable human conduct, this ...

... to agitate me. He was tapping his foot on my foot rest, telling me that I was on his side and pushing me over and into the window, making goofy faces at me,... It was a long 6 hours. I did my best to cope by reading the first Scarpetta novel by Patricia Cornwell, Postmortem, and by napping. Bill eventually occupies himself with his Winston Churchill book and by worrying about the decline of the stock market recently. Apparently he is OK with it now... From ...

... ab*ut, *r c*v**ing ev**y*ne in wat** and talc (I g*t a talcing in the ch*ps, have a bit *f a travell**s beard at the m* s* it stayed in my beard until my evening sh*w**. It really is that simple), eating, drinking, being m**ry and *ff**ing things t* G*ds at the temple Stupa. It was a great feeling, felt nice t* be *ne *f *nly a few t*urists am*ng the natives celebrating, that's always a special feeling. Rain struck *nce again th*ugh and washed the place *ut, t*rrential ...

... Cambodia into an isolated, one class society that was totally self-sufficient. Anyone who it opposed were killed. Anyone educated and therefore a potential threat was killed. The executed were buried in mass grave sites all around the country. We visited a site that was outside Phnom Penh that had over 80 graves where approximately 17,000 victims were buried. Some of the graves have not yet been dug up as the present government would rather put the episode ...

... to koh samui, stopping off at loads of places on the way, hoping to stay in treehouses, do treks through national parks and all sports of activities... then we're gonna rest in samui and have a 3 week holiday and some beach time! a friend of corinnes who was out with us training last year is coming out for 2 weeks so she's meeting us in samui.. so we should have a good laugh While i'm in samui i'll scout the place for an idea of where i ...