Blogs from Central, Cambodia, Asia - page 8

Not much more than a few weeks have passed since the General and I found ourselves happily sucking down sub-standard Singaporian swill and stuffing our faces with Roti Cani, in the capital city of Malaysia. “How did I get here? This land of ancient temples, endless rice paddies, and unexploded ordinence.” It turns out that three days, two bus rides, a twenty-six hour train journey, multiple subway and skytrain fiascos, our first of many tuk-tuk rides, and the longest taxi ride ever can get you too, from the center of peninsular Malaysia, to north western Cambodia. Or I suppose you could probably just take the two hour flight from Kuala Lumpur and arrive with a belly full of freeze dried, reconstituted mee goreng, that only a budget Asian airline can whip up and pass of ... read more

Having just arrived in Pursat, a small town on the road between Battembang and Phnom Penh, after two gruelling days spent traveling through the least explored and mine filled Cardamom mountain range, my intention here is to just say that the full entry about this recent escapade will likely take a couple of days to translate into coherent sentences. Meanwhile. With the second storm in two hours raging above our heads (there's a corrugated tin roof between us), we are recuperating from a lack of sleep and food and more excercise than any but the most masochistic could hope for ....in a single lifetime! Oh, the power has returned for a minute or two and the leak above my bed is weeping again. Despite the overpowering smell of sewerage in the room, this Guesthouse (loosly termed) ... read more

Our second night in Cambodia was spent in Kampong Chhnang - there's not a lot to do there but it's fantastic to get a feel for how most of Cambodia lives. We had to get up early and have breakfast at the same restaurant that served us veins and balls ... so you can only imagine how excited we were to find out what our breakfast was going to be like. Our guide Sna felt bad about the food the night before and wanted us to know that we were eating in the best restaurant in the town and to prove it, the football team from Phnom Penh joined us for breakfast as well. I admit that I like the breakfasts in Asia - it's not the traditional eggs and bacon - they have soup, noodles, ... read more

We had a bit of scare yesterday. Shauna woke up with red dots on her legs. This was after the fever and food poisoning she had a few days ago. Since we were in Phnom Penh, we thought we would check out a health clinic. Shauna wasn't feeling bad other than being a bit dizzy in the morning, but we thought we would play it safe. We did, and they took a blood test to check for Dengue Fever. A couple hours later we returned and the results confirmed that she had Dengue Fever. We wanted to get a second opinion before hitting the panic button. I phoned one of the local five star hotels and the Australian Embassy (Canada doesn't have an embassy here) for a recommended medical facility. They both said we should go ... read more