The Khemara Battambang I Hotel

... 8217;ve seen in months, and the circus acts were very well done. We were so impressed we asked if we could stop by the next day to observe some of the classes.<br><br>We did go back to Phare Penlau Selpak on Friday afternoon, and it was great to see classes in progress. But that morning we took a class of our own: Khmer (Cambodian) cooking! Our instructor took McNeill, me, and the other five students to the local market where we ...

... of water and a frenchie which got me alarmed at first until I saw the small baguettes on their trays and relaxed, 2 please! As well as the sellers there were a lot of men near the boat who, before our arrival, were doing not a lot. As our minivan stopped, doors were opened, bags grabbed and they were off. Followed my bag onto the boat and found a decent seat, It was then that I felt the looming presence of a Cambodian man near my precious seat. I looked at him ...

Here we are in Battambang, a 3 hour bus drive in from Siemp Reap. Battambang is Cambodias second largest city, although it actually feels more like a town. It's quite a nice place, full of old colonial buildings and dust, yes, lots of dust! <br><br>We spent the day today riding around town and managed to find the famous bamboo train. The bamboo train is quite literally a bamboo slat on top out a set of wheels ...

... impressed with the Bus Stop, the internet was fast, and we did hire 2 movies from Brett ('The Goonies' and 'Uncle Buck'), but the rooms weren't very clean, the food was all western heart-attack food and the downstairs loo - next to the kitchen, was disgusting. We don't often slag off hotels, so this is saying something.<br><br>After 3 days of not very much we hopped on an air conditioned bus and traveled 4 hours back to Phnom Penh. Back to the Indochine 2 hotel - feels like home.

... pour phnom penh. dans 2 jours , on retourne a bangkok pour ensuite partir se faire chauffer la couenne sur la plage. on adore notre voyage ici,. des gens sympathique, ravage par une guerre effroiable vivnant dans la pauvrete extreme, tout pour nous faire reflechir le soir en sirotant une petite biere. lexperience fut vraiment plaisante et on a pas hate de quitter se pays. donc on se reparle sous peu et on attend de vos nouvelles JS et annie, qui ont les fesses et le dos en compote

... and conical hats in the bright bright sunshine. We'd planned to spend some time templing in the afternoon but it was just too hot (and after 3 days of Angkor Watting the others had seen enough) so we hung out in the bank (best air-conditioning in town) in a bookshop and in a corner shop. Rock and roll kids, rock and roll! We did have a massages by blind people which was good if very very painfull! While buying stationary and glitter (don't ask) we stumbled on the ...

... pushed the bodies further into the cave and continued to throw people from the top. 4,000 people were killed at this one cave. Then we went to Wat Banan, which of course was on another hill. So up the 359 steps I went, to see five towers in a similar design to Angkor Wat. Apparently it's good to come here before Angkor Wat, build yourself up slowly. My driver also took me to see where rice ...

... midden op het water. Heel bijzonder. Het zijn een soort woonbootjes waarachter vaak een vlotje drijft met daarop de tuin. Er is ook een drijvende school, winkel en varkensstal met levende varkens!We hebben onze ogen uitgekeken hoe deze mensen leven. En het water dat wij nog met geen teen willen aanraken gebruiken zij voor de was, het koken, het baden. Alles. Afsluitende zijn we naar een voor anker liggende boot gegaan die vroeger diende om rijst te vervoeren over de Mekong ...

New author in town for the latest update...Master Hogarth!<br><br><br><br> The last news to reach you was we were heading up to Cambodia via most forms of transport available to man and beast. An early start for us meant arising at 6ish and heading for Koh Samet ferry. We duly arrived back on mainland Thailand with our trusted guidebook telling us to do such and such and we would arrive at the border. Slight issues were that ...

... to teach English to a class of about 30 Cambodians including several monks. Most were in the 16 to 25 age range. They go five nights a week after school from 5 PM to 6 PM. Tea outside in the garden of the restaurant. Paid four dollars for two meals! Then had a party game of guess the celebrity. After 16 days it was surprising how many people still didn't know each other's names.