http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/mnieman/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from mnieman en-us Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:04:33 +0000 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:04:33 +0000 After a VERY long day of traveling I have made it back to the US back to Brooklyn back to my room and my bed. Yesterday I spent the day at a cafe for the last time mostly downloading music getting my travel info on paper rather than in my computer and chilling. I went to be pretty early since I knew my day was going to be very long. Today I got to the airport around 10. My flight to Hon http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Brooklyn/blog-434893.html I spent my last couple of days in Phnom Penh relaxing packing and downloading music at a cafe lol Yesterday night though Mason had a barbecue at his place. I have some great pictures some of the boys in the kiddy pool seeing who can hold their breath the longest but sadly or luckily for them I packed my cameracomputer cord already. Perhaps I will come back and add them later Mason's http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-434466.html On the 3rd I got up got ready and went to Haha Cafe. Da my tuk tuk driver waited for me then I headed to the Russian Market. I bought a lot of TV series for Alice Tracie and myself. Now my only worry is getting them through customs. I've heard mixed stories ranging from they don't care at all to people getting fined. I'm hoping for the former rather than the latter if they try to fine http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-433975.html On the 1st I woke up and headed to Cafe Fresco near Mason's apartment. They have yummy food and wifi. I stayed there for awhile then headed back to the apartment to meet up with Mason for pub quiz night. We got to Gym Bar and met Teal Lauren Mason's friend who lived in Brooklyn and three guys she works with who we met the other night. We did very well in the quiz we got third place and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-433435.html Kat left on the 30th and after I spent the rest of the day cleaning everything out of the apartment. The landlords told us to just leave everything in piles so we had a garbage pile on one side of the hallway and a free stuff pile on the other side. I also packed all my stuff. The apartment is so emptyIn the evening I made dinner with the leftovers and watched movies til I fell asleep. On th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-432881.html Yesterday Eve left in the afternoon. It was great meeting her and I hope to hang out with her again soon In the evening we decided to go to Friends for dinner ok I decided mostly because I'm obsessed with that restaurant but decided to first check out the happy hour at the Elephant Bar. This bar is in the Raffles Hotel which is by far one of the nicest hotels in Phnom Penh. It's where lo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-432602.html Yesterday we got up and sadly found that it was pretty rainy. Instead of heading to the beach we headed to a pizza place gorged ourselves on yummy pizza then headed back to our hostel and watched movies all afternoon and evening. It was a nice relaxing day. First we watched the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory then Life of Brian. Both classics. We spent 90 of the day lounging. It http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Sihanoukville/blog-431771.html Yesterday we didn't do much went to Haha to check email went to Chinese Noodles for dinner then watched movies at ours. Today we got up and headed to the bus station to catch a bus to Sihanoukville. This city is the most developed of the beack towns in Cambodia and the only one with recognized PADI diving centers. It's rainy season so I'm not going diving visibility is bad and a lot of the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Sihanoukville/blog-431767.html Woke up late today with a slight hangover but last night was fun so it was worth it Cat Eve and I headed to Street 240 to get lunch. This street is cute and the most boutiquey street of Phnom Penh there's a row of fancy clothing stores and cute little restaurants. We went to eat at The Shop a cafe that has phenomenal sandwiches. I had the bacon and camembert I had forgotten how much http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-430751.html Woke up at noon today. Mason stopped by to pick out stuff he wants to buy from us for his apartment. I say we when really the money goes to Jennie etc. but I feel like I'm involved since I'm the one handling the selling haha After he left Kat and I headed to Haha to check mail. I got a tiramisu iced latte which was yummy. It somehow ended up being the only pic I took today so enjoy.While we http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-430747.html I can't remember what I did during the day on Friday but I took Mason and Kat to dinner at Chinese noodles. It was their first time there and they of course both loved it how can you not love a plate of 12 dumplings for 1.20 After dinner Kat and I headed over to Flicks for the all night Rock themed movie marathon. First up was Dig Dig is a documentary about the band the Brian Jonestown M http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-430739.html The 19th was Jennie's last day. She had to turn in some stuff for work and I did the usual job searchsit at Haha cafe til they look at me like I'm a friendless weirdo but really I'm just taking full advantage of free wifi. Jennie wanted to make dinner which was yummy I was supposed to have a job interview at 4 am5 pm EST so I went to bed really early on the 19th. Unfortunately staying up http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-429875.html Jennie's Birthday was on the 18th so we started celebrating on the night of the 17th We went to Touk and hung out until after midnight. On the 18th we went to lunch at Bodhi Tree then went to a pub quiz for birthday celebration 2. Our team name was Jennie's Birthday. We didn't win but we got more than half the questions correct and didn't get last We're going back next week and I http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-429412.html Wake up. Eat breakfast at the apartment. Head to a cafe that has internet. Sit there for a few hours researching jobs preparing for interviews I have two now Yay. Head to the supermarket or home. Watch some pirated TV shows for awhile right now we're on Mad Men Season 1. Currently reading The White Tiger completed American Psycho great book but not for those with a sensitive stomac http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-428832.html Job search by day rounded out by watching an entire season of True Blood and a lot of 30 Rock. Out at night dinners followed by drinks at The Place and the new Revolution and Pontoon and Memphis. Pretty much sums up my life right now. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-428350.html On the 10th we went to lunch at Del Gusto then I went to Time Cafe to do some work for awhile. I wasn't feeling so hot. I got really sick the night of the 10th so I've done very little since then of interest. Not that you need to hear my medical woes but I had the worst earache of my life to the point that I was crying and called my mom for support I know I'm 29 but there are just some thi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-427755.html Woke up and went to lunch at the Java Cafe. It's the one place in the city where I can get a decent bagel AND they have sundried tomato cream cheese. I still miss La Bagel Delight though... We stayed there for awhile then all parted ways I headed to the Time Cafe near the apartment where there is air conditioning and internet and worked on some stuff on my computer. I ended up staying the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-426915.html Woke up and had coffee with Megan. We went to the Haha Cafe a cute little cafe above the Hotel Tokyo that has wifi. They also have good frappes and toasted sandwiches. We stayed there for a really long time as I caught up my blog and put some pictures of Japan on Facebook. Megan left after awhile to go get a massage and have a Khmai lesson. I met her at the apartment later and her friend We http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-426671.html I finally rolled out of bed around noon today. I decided it was time to get it together so I did 2 loads of laundry and unpacked my bags. It's so refreshing to actually UNPACK. I don't think I've done that much this summer I then sat on the couch reading my book but fell asleep for awhile. Whatever is making me sick is still in my system seriously it can go away at any time now I fee http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-426666.html Woke up in a panic about what time it was in Bangkok... My phone was dead and I have no watch. I figured out that I could use my camera to see what time it was and to my surprise it was like 6 am lol no reason to panic my flight's not til 250 I went back to sleep for a bit read more of my book then got ready and headed out to the beautiful Kao San Road. That's a joke it's not beautiful a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-426651.html