River 108 Hotel Phnom Penh

... our breakfast is just $2 US each and its so good. - Cassie

We're staying at OK Guesthouse, where peoplke are coming and going everyday. The rooms are clean and bathrooms interesting but they do have a flushing toilet. However the food is great and so cheap. I've fallen in love with it already. Especially the banana milkshakes YUM. The weather is also good, tropical but not too humid. - Lauren & Laura

... here and they import almost everything. Inflation is rife (how much of an economics/finance geek do I sound?!!!?) It is quite interesting though, makes me kinda think I really want to something in development finance in the future. In Phnom Penh poverty slaps you in the face every two seconds, making Thailand seem so westernized in comparison.

I went to Phnom Penh in the afternoon (the girls didn't really fancy it), it was ...

... hardly 300 meters away from my hotel a lady with a baby in her arm came up to me asking for money, without any hesitation, probably due to the sight of the baby in her arm and it crossed my mind that the baby might be starving, I pulled some notes from my pocket and gave it to her.Within seconds, out of nowhere, about 20, I am not even sure of the number,men,women and children surrounded me.My first instinct was to ignore them and move on, but I couldn't see any ...

... me a bit nervous, especially as I keep a computer and other expensive electronic gadgets in my room and I can definitely not open the shades anymore as my window looks directly into their room.
So it was really unfortunate that that evening when I went to take my bike out from under my window for an evening ride it wasn't there. It had only been twenty minutes before when I went outside to collect some of my laundry from the line that I saw it and ...

... into the countryside and they attempted to provide basic rations to the peasants in the countryside. There were no medicines, no education, no weddings, no material possessions, no religion. They provided everyone with black trousers and black shirts, flipflops made of old tyres and a khrama - the checked scarf worn here. They executed 1.5million people who they thought to be a threat to their ideals, targeting the educated people - soldiers, government officials, as ...

... to Siem Reap which has one of the 6th wonders of the world called Angkor Wat. Basically it's a temple complex that was built for the king in the 12th century as his state temple. I've been told that it's quite the thing to see and I can't wait!

I've finally been able to upload my pictures from the rest of my time in Thailand so have a look at my past entries and enjoy!

... and evaluation”… When asked “researching what?” and “HOW would you monitor and evaluate?” he just seemed to repeat what he had already said using different words.

... gruesome.
After looking aroud the first block we headed over to the second which for me was worse, it had photographs of all the prisoners the prisoners that walked through the door, row upon row of innocent people - when you see the faces... i hated it, it really upset me. Whilst in that block i noticed that i never heard anyone speak. its such a powerful place i defy anyone not to moved by what they saw ...

I think that ...