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July 6th 2007

Published: August 9th 2007

Fortunately, getting from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap no longer requires sitting on top of a speed boat in the middle of a giant lake for six hours getting sun stroke. Instead, for a quarter of the price, you can spend the same amount of time in a cramped, aggressively air conditioned bus while listening to the hits of Khmer Karaoke. The bus operators were even kind enough to include several microphon... Read Full Entry

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4th June 2007

John Turner
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Thom, wow!
The great narrative continues. The snapshots of Thom (and also Banyon) were just amazing. I can imagine wandering around there for days if there was an English speaking guide to explain why it was all so complex. [And, as an afterthought, I presume your mother has also ordered you to go back to the pharmacy and buy the whole damn bottle of Tylenol!]

4th June 2007

JasonKessler
Jason Kessler

Re: Thom, wow!
Haha... I appreciate your flattery. It's great reading your comments! Surprisingly, our driver spoke excellent English and was able to give us a bit of background on each of the sites. I was a little too awestruck to absorb much of it. As a matter of fact, just about everyone I met in Cambodia spoke English decently (the same couldn't be said for Thailand.) The phramacist actually didn't quote me a price on the whole bottle. Given the condition of the pharmacy, I suspect it might have had to go a long way.

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