Saphir Hotel Phnom Penh

... big deal right, but, this was four lanes total, two of which oncoming, and we started out on the sidewalk of the oncoming side. The beauty is that one feels entirely safe during this kind of maneuver... just remember what the coaster taught you: "Please keep your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside the vehicle at all times".<br><br>Too much writing, not enough eating and drinking. See you in Kampot (near the southern coast... and the beach! and fresh crab!).<br><br><br>

... you want. $1.00 for each album, $2.00 for each movie. They load it directly onto your ipod or flash drive, it&#8217;s a beautiful thing. We finished up there, had lunch, and went back to the house to watch a movie before the rain caught us out. We were to meet Mike at Metro at 7, after meeting up with him, we took it a Mexican place. I had a burrito that was pretty close to something that I would have back home. It beat the hell out of the Mexican food that I tried at Chiang Mai ...

... at the UN General Assembly until 1991, in essence letting the murderers represent their victims. <br><br>Traveling are not always pleasant, especially when one faces something as tragic and ironic as this.<br><br>Despite what happened in its recent history, Phnom Penh looks normal. Just like other big cities in this region, it has shinny new buildings amid old and dirty ones; traffic is crazy (the only rule is that there is no rule); air is polluted ...

... some people are bumping heads and there's frequently quite a negative vibe brewing. I had begun to think it was mainly the way I was viewing the truck as a whole but I go away and come back and, as the SE Asians put it, it's all same same but different. It felt like it was time for some retail thereapy and some ice cream.<br><br>Anyway for my birthday meal we went to Friends restuarant which is a training place for young Cambodians who used to be street kids ...

... didn't have any for us, and they wanted our help - we felt we couldnt refuse to travel as it would be refusing to help them with a request). It was really very scary, and we are able to recall a slow-motion vision of the crash, which still seems quite unbelieveable to me.<br><br>We felt low, and left quietly the next day, as planned. We had a happy and loving send-off from a good many residents, but a couple of noticable absentees from the farewel party (the driver of the bike ...

Ken Svey is a resort area with food markets about 45 minutes outside Phnom Penh, although traffic problems can easily extend that to 1 1/2 hours. The road is shocking and very crowded but we had Mr Rich as our tuk-tuk driver taking good care of us. The usual set-up of gazebos over the water surround the lake and you can pay to laze in a boat or go fishing if you want to. The lovely Soriya and I ...

... Walking around S-21 I noticed heaps of people brought to tears, the whole place just had a horribly sad energy about it.<br><br>Then, it was off to the Killing Fields. 14km's out of the centre of city the Killing Fields is now what I would describe to be as a park. Lots of trees, green grass, a monument and paths etc. It's not until you walk to the back of this 'park' and see the mass graves dug up, with signs saying how many 100's of people were all dumped naked on top of ...

... funniest cockney accent (he'd learnt English from a cockney!)<br>We made the right choice... lush, peaceful Tree Tops lodge, just minutes from the town centre and only a pound each per night for the comfiest bed and pillow I've had on my travels! <br><br>The next day we hired a car and driver (cheaper than mopeds etc) - he took us to see an amazing waterfall that we could walk behind... cool!<br>Then another waterfall (boring!)... lots of rubber trees on the way with locals bagging ...

... t afford to use bullets. Roughly 9000 bodies, including women and children, were exhumed in 86 mass graves in 1980. There are believed to be at least 43 mass graves that have not yet been exhumed. <br><br>On a completely separate note, after going to the Genocide Museum the previous day, Sarah and I needed to unwind and headed out for a night out on the town. We went to a bar/club and danced the night away with a bunch of Cambodian ...

... USD. I felt this was unfair for the hotel to take so much and I expressed this to them. My advise would be for anyone is to go on the street and get a tux tux, this way you know all the money goes to the driver<br><br>I was not tired so I decide to take a walk and check out the area on foot. I ended up at Buddhist monk temple, I was just looking around the temple. I got talking to a couple of monks who wanted to practice their English, we talked about of ...