We made it to Seam Reap and had a free afternoon yesterday. Eager to see some temples I went alone by motorbike to Bang Melea and had an Ïndiana Jones" experience. This morning we went to Anglor for sunrise and will return in a few moments for an entire day of Angkor Wat, Ta Phrom, Bayon and the other temples and temple complexes. I think you may have to wait until I come home to see photos as I will be too busy climbing around and taking the photos. It's still hot and sweaty, the food is wonderful, shopping as well [View Full Entry]

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Cambodia is surreal right now. It's Friday and I backed out of going to see a mangrove forest to stay in town and get some things done before moving countries...I head to Indonesia on Sunday. It's election time here...motos attract curious eyes as they crawl down the street with huge speakers blaring elections speeches and music through the village...trucks with their beds chock full of people in crisp white shirts and caps with flags and smiles parade down the street 15 at a time followed by dozens of motos carrying 2-4 people in the same attire, all blaring the same deafening [View Full Entry]

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The rain started two days ago and won't stop. Too bad, since I'm at the beach now and there is little to do that involves being inside. The group has scattered today to try to entertain themselves, and if I'm ambitious enough, maybe a ping pong tournament can be held. I think we're all looking forward to heading to Vietnam tomorrow. Cambodia is preparing for elections on Monday so most things are shutting down so everyone can return home and vote, which is required by law. There's also some excitement over a temple becoming a World Heritage Site. The architecture is [View Full Entry]

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well we finally arrived in sihanoukville after a 12 hour journy on the bus which stops off at phnom penh .. said we would head straight to sihanoukville as it would be too much hassle to stop off at phnom penh for 2 nights then on to sihanoukiville and back again.. we wanted to take a trip to sihanoukville as all the backpackers stop here a few nites for the beach before moving on... while on the bus journy i had so much time to think - i remembered the conversation i had with Alex(volunteered with us at the school) the [View Full Entry]

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If I remember correctly, when we last left off we were hanging our bug nets to save ourselves from the mice invasion. There were no computers at our visit to Kampot, so I took notes to fill you in on the highlights of the last several days. We stayed one last night in our "mouse" room, but with very little sleep decided to upgrade to a beautiful little bungalow over looking the ocean. I wish I could say that we slept in peace but with every little sound we were reminded of past events. Sleep may never be the same again. [View Full Entry]

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Before going to Cambodia, specifically going to Siem Reap, i've checked and read a thousand blogs on how to reach the place on tight budget. ;0) Since i and my family are coming from the Philippines, we decided to to fly directly to Bangkok via Cebu Pacific on budget fare...in Bangkok, we had a sad experience because the lady guide who was assigned to us by the officer in the Tourist Information Desk at the Airport tried to duped us with our money. Since she knew that we are going to Cambodia via Aranyaphratep then Poi Phet, she tried to convince [View Full Entry]

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We made it to Cambodia via boat and much sweating, x-raying of luggage, stamping, bribing etc. One of the members of our group did not have enough extra passport pages for her Cambodia exit stamp, but for an extra $20 they gave her the Cambodian entrance visa. When we got to Phnom Penh our leader took her to the Embassy to get extra pages added to the passport so that she will be able to leave the country. It was a good reminder for all of us to look at more than the expiration date before leaving home. Things are canlm [View Full Entry]

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After heading out of Thailand I landed in the Siem Reap Airport in Cambodia. It was late at night and the immigration officer literally threw my passport back at me when he found out I had neither the right money, photos, nor forms. After I found some forms and paid a lot more money he allowed me to pass through. I arrived at my guesthouse, wandered through the relaxing lizards to my room where I was met by my new friend for the next few days, the spider. Some hotels leave mints on your pillow, in Cambodia they leave spiders. I [View Full Entry]

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well today was our last day, we cant believe it !! we are so glad we spent our time with the kids - it was so hot teaching in a shack with tin roof and the heat building up inside .... but we didnt complain once - how could we - the kids were so grateful to us and didnt once give us any bother !!! these kids had nothing only the friendship with each other, the games they play together - marbles, chasing, stones and sticks, hopscotch,football and this gadget which looks like a shuttlecock only a little heavier that [View Full Entry]

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