Blogs from Siem Reap, North, Cambodia, Asia - page 196

My third and final day in Siem Reap, and it's been a good one. Just a short morning visiting temples (only three small ones this morning) and the rest of the day has been spent in and around the city. We visited the Rolous Temples this morning, and like I said they were very small but none the less quite grand. These ones were more interesting in the fact that each of them had a pagoda attached that the buddhist monks live in, and as they were right in the middle of a village there were more locals to talk with. Again, the more I talk with them the more I realize that I am a spoiled brat at home with more than I could ever ask for in life. Every person I talk to, from ... read more

Waking on the hard floor of the temple at 4:30am, I quickly bathed myself with a pan of water at the monks' water basin, threw on a light long-sleeve shirt, a pair of cargo shorts, and some comfortable hiking shoes. By 5:00am I was waiting patiently outside the gates of Wat Damnak. I watched the sky lighten and the sun begin to rise, but my tuk-tuk driver never showed. As fate would have it, I didn't end up seeing the temples of Angkor that day. Instead, I joined my host--a monk named Somnieng--and saw something far more important. Wat Damnak I'd left the ferry from Kompong Chhnang the day before at the drop-off point in a little town called Chong Kneas. I was 12km from Siem Reap--my gateway to the temples of Angkor--and I was feeling ... read more

Ahhhh....life on the road. Wind in my hair, dirt on my face, and my life on my back. It's good to be back on my own, doing my own thing, not worrying about schedules and meetings and what others want to do. It's all about me baby, and that's just the way I likes it! So, I guess I have some explaining to do after my last blog, though like I said there's not alot about the ping pong show that I am willing to write online for all eyes and ears. After our final goodbye dinner with the group, five of us and our tour guide decided to go to Patpong, the place to go if you are looking for girls or boys or just about anything in Bangkok. Including ping-pong shows, of which there ... read more

So, to pick up where we left off. Having devised a cunning plan to avoid another marathon bus journey back to Bangkok, we carefully set out our plans to catch the late ferry from Koh Lanta, the last flight from Krabi airport and drop into the nearest hotel at Suvarnabhumi airport in the evening about 9pm ready for a very early rise to catch our flight to Cambodia the next day. However, the best laid plans all go to pot. First off, we were told by the hotel we had to be picked up at 7.30am to catch the only ferry of the day (much earlier than we'd expected). We were under the impression we would be going back by car ferry, instead we were dropped at the passenger ferry, but on showing our tickets were ... read more

Kambodzassa ollaan ja matka on edennyt oikein vauhdilla. Vietnamista laivamatka Kambodzaan kesti hitaalla paatilla kolme tuntia, minka jalkeen jatkettiin viela toiset kolme tuntia Kambodzan vesilla. Parasta antia laivamatkalla olivat lasten iloiset vilkutukset joen rannoilta. Suurimman vaikutuksen teki ehdottomasti pikkupoika, joka kyykki kakalla laiturin reunalla ja lahetteli siina samalla lentosuukkoja turisteille. Laivamatkan paalle viela muutama tunti bussilla, ja oltiin vihdoin Phnom Penhissa. Oltiin kuultu kehuja eraasta jarven rannalla sijaitsevasta majapaikasta (No 9 Sister GH), joten suunnattiin suoriltaan sinne. Huh helletta ja silleen! Yhden yon pyorimisen ja yleettoman hikoilun jalkeen paatettiin vaihtaa maisemaa. Joen rannalla sijainnut Okay GH sopi paremmin meidan lammonsietokyvyllemme. Phnom Penhissa vietettiin kolme kuumaa paivaa, joiden aikana ehdin katsastamaan ... read more