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January 19th 2009
Published: January 19th 2009
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Greetings! We are steadily eating our way north through Vietnam, but wanted to update everyone on our year-end sojourn in Cambodia, which included two stops: Siem Reap--site of Angkor Wat--and Phnom Penh. Angkor Wat was truly breathtaking. Silly Jub didn't realize Angkor is way more than one temple--it's seventy-three, in fact, all built between 900 and 1200 A.D., and spread over an area the ... Read Full Entry



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Angkor Wat
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S21 Prison

Phnom Penh
Happy New Year! Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!

Celebrating at Metro, Phnom Penh
Me pretending to be a bartenderMe pretending to be a bartender
Me pretending to be a bartender

With newfound friends at Metro
Let's just say I was very happy ...Let's just say I was very happy ...
Let's just say I was very happy ...

Having fun with new party hat on NYE



20th January 2009

We must have gotten lucky when we were in Cambodia because there weren't too many people there with us! We loved Ta Promh too. So cool.
21st January 2009

I wasn't kidding
So, I hadn't checked in on your travels for awhile, but I was compelled to when I read a recent New Yorker article about a couple, one of who was on a sabbatical from her law firm the other a drug mule (ok, it's not a perfect match, as far as I know), who met in Tibet, got married, told their lives back home to forgeddaboutit, traveled the entire Asian continent, probably 50 times by now and have become famous writers of cookbooks. Alright, I think you can pick another genre, but I do think there's something in this for you. Here's the link: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/24/081124fa_fact_kramer And now, back to my life, having just billed 60 hours in four days. Aww, c'mon, I know you miss it.
22nd January 2009

Thanks
Thanks for the pictures and commentary and keeping us with you as you continue your adventure. What a book you could write!
24th January 2009

WOW
Happy New Year, you two! Thanks for the highly entertaining and fascinating updates!
26th January 2009

Love you both sooooo
I so love vicariously enjoying your travels. Thank you for the great travel journals. Keep it up. I feel like I am there. Love you....Jane

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