I am loosing track of where I am now. We have done so much travelling, seen so many different things and stayed in so many different places it is a bit of anjumble in my head. This blog was suppose to help me keep track of it all but I haven't had time to write anything. Though I can't really complain as every thing has been breathtaking.
Whilst in Siem Reap we got to watch the sun rise over Angkor Wat, visit all the surrounding temples, and take a balloon ride to get a panoramic view of the temples. In the evening we went to Temple Club on Pub Street for food, drinks, and more dancie dancie :-) It was a great night again. Mum is so funny and all the other people on this trip are amazing. We're all really good friends already :-)
The morning after was less painful than in Bangkok so Linda and I joined two American guys, on a bike ride of the local town, and went to the Market to buy souvenirs. We got to experience a bit more of the flooding as the roads we were cycling along were completely submerged. It was also quite an experience cycling around what we would consider main roads, except here there is no such thing as a traffic light or slip road. So if you want to cross the road younjust have to go and trust that the huge truck heading your way is going to slow down before you become the flattened barbequed meat they sell at the side of the road.
Back at the hotel we had out next bus ride, roughly 7 hours, from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh. Luckily there were a couple of stops along the way just to stretch our legs etc, and Linda and I may have eaten bugs from a cart at the side of the road. Yes I know, we are both gross, but it was thrilling :-) Our first day in this city we visited the Killing fields. This part of the trip I will leave out, and if people want to know details they can ask me another time. All I will say is it is very moving, very graphic, and I cried quite a few times. In the afternoon we did get to see some happier sights, like, the Russian market, the Royal Palace, and we walked along the river - which by the way is very full! Our meal for the evening was then cooked for us by our Killing field tour guides family, after they had us sit in the school downstairs and help the students with their English. We felt a little used :-P It was great though. I spoke to a 17 year old girl who wants to learn English to be a tour guide herself, and she is going to be adding me on facebook soon :-) Dinner was also great, more Khmer curry, noodles, rice, fruit, tarantula rice wine... oh yeah. They put live tarantulas in a bottle and then drown them in rice wine. It apparently gives it the distinctive taste we all loved... and choked on. For anyone who knows how sacred I am of spiders though should be very proud that I not only had a shot but went back for seconds. Thought, for anyone that knows how much I love alcohol its probably not that surprising. What wasn't so nice was the bowl of tarantukas they brought out. I saw the bowl... and I ran to the other side of the room :-( but I did pull myself together and sit back down. Sadly, one of the boys in our group thought it would be funny to pick up a spider and shove it in my face. I screamed so loud I made evryone else jump! He is not my favourite person, clearly, but he did let us invade his room for a movie night so I forgive him a little.
This morning then we travelled from Phnom Penh to Shianoukville (still in Cambodia), and we arrived in time to have lunch and drinks on the beach, and got off the beach in time for the heavens to open. We would go travelling during rainy season.
Now Linda and I are sat by the pool in our hotel waiting to go for drinks, then a beach barbeque and a beach party. If the weather holds up, or if not, we'll have fun either way :-)
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