Blogs from Kratié, East, Cambodia, Asia - page 7

Sorry, this one got really long, but it has been absolutely amazing. As always, here is our favorite conversation from the road these past few weeks: “You buy bracelet?” “No thanks,” I replied. “Okay.” The little girl replied, disappointedly. “Where you from?” “United States.” “Oh, America. Washington D.C. capitol. Population about three hundred million. President George Bush. Alaska biggest state. Rhode Island smallest state. Honolulu capitol of Hawaii.” “What about Wisconsin?” “Umm…” The girl gives me a blank look. I ask myself if anyone ever knows anything about Wisconsin. “Now you buy bracelet? I give you special price, fifteen for two dollars?” “What do I do with fifteen bracelets?” I ask, thinking of the Wayne’s World scene discussing gun racks. “You give them to your girlfriend.” “I don’t have a girlfriend.” As I chuckle. She obviously ... read more

We made it to Kratie (Krah-cheh) much quicker than we planned. We thought (been told) that we'd have to take a bus from Siem Reap to Kampong Cham, stay overnight, then take another bus the following morning. But...we took the bus to Kampong Cham ok, but when we got there we found three other backpackers wanting to get to Kratie in a hurry (even less time in Cambodia than we do) so we all piled into a taxi to Kratie. This was a couple of dollars more than the bus, but way faster. The driver took us the old, unpaved route, but we still beat the bus that had left a couple of hours before us. And saw some neat countryside at the same time. Kratie is a small town on the banks of the Mekong, ... read more

O 8:30 rano wyruszylismy w droge powrotna przez dzungle i dalej do miasta Kratie. Miejsca mielismy oczywiscie na zewnatrz pick up'a, ale nieco roznily sie one od poprzednich. Nie moglem wygodnie rozsiasc sie na workach z ryzem, byly tylko twarde, bardzo niewygodne i raczej niezbyt bezpieczne drewniane laweczki. Na pace jechalo 7 osob w dwoch rzedach. Padajace przez dwa dni deszcze pogorszyly wczesniej juz trudna droge. Spodziewalismy sie mocnych wrazen i nie zawiedlismy sie... Tuz za wyjazdem z Sen Monoron minelkismy patrol policji i znak "droga zamknieta". Policjant tylko spojrzal na opony, upewnil sie, ze w jeepie siedzi za duzo osob, a miejsca nie sa bezpieczne i puscil nas dalej;) Droga byla niesamowita, tego ni9e da sie opisac! Nie wiem jakim cudem kierowca pokonywal kolejne kilometry dzungli (trudno tu mowic o drodze) i jakim cudem nasz ... read more

AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, TRAVELBLOG.ORG WAS DOWN FOR A FEW DAYS AND LOST ALL THE DATA ON OUR BLOG. WEVE MANAGED TO RECOVER ALMOST EVERYTHING (THERE ARE SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS AND SOME COMMENTS ON THE PHOTOS MISSING) (DONT ASK HOW WE DID IT - IT TOOK US SO LONG THAT WE DIDNT HAVE TIME TO WRITE THE ENGLISH VERSION!) AND THIS IS WHY YOUVE RECEIVED ALERTS THAT WEVE PUBLISHED THE OLD ENTRIES AGAIN. COM POTSER JA HAVIEU NOTAT, TRAVELBLOG.ORG HA ESTAT UNS DIES SENSE FUNCIONAR. ENS HAVIEN PERDUT TOTA LINFORMACIO, PERO HEM ACONSEGUIT RECUPERARHO QUASI TOT (FALTEN ALGUNS DELS VOSTRES COMENTARIS I ALGUNS COMENTARIS A LES FOTOS) (NO ENS PREGUNTEU COM HO HEM FET, HA SIGUT UN PROCES MOLT LABORIOS!!). ES PER AIXO QUE HEU REBUT ALERTES AL MAIL DIENT QUE HAVIEM ACTUALITZAT LES ... read more

_______________________ E: Hi folks, Currently I am grounded (yes, I know... again) in Siem Reap, this time with a kinda naughty infection in my foot. But no worries, thanx to Chinese doctors and some antibiotics I am fine and just decided to chill out for a while and get over with this infection before I head on. OK... last time I was writing from Laos. The border crossing was a nice little adventure, but no drama. First with a canoe from Don Det to the mainland, then waiting until enough people are together for a minivan -i.e. 20 people in a 12 seater :-))) - then about a half hour drive, change into a Sawngthaew and another half hour on a dirt track, me holding on at the back. Then comes customs on the Laos ... read more