Land of Kingdom....Cambodia

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Hey everyone...i havent wanted to blog till i could finally put up some pics....i almost thought it couldnt happen...but now we are have left our guest room which in fact we signed up for a guest HOUSE and drama got kinda Kymar regine on us so we bailed out and here we are at the Hotel del la pais .....everyone knows us and it s so cool here...so far on wednesday we Isabella n I went out to the National Angkor Musuem...houses 1000 Buddahás...how exquiste./....and if anyone comes here it shoud be your first stop b/c they speak of the Angkor Empire Ruins and it is great history.....Our Hotel restaurant offers traditional Kymar traditional food...lthis food is NOT even served in the Us...well not in florida....and tommrow isabella nd i are going for a Kymar Cooking Class.....Our desk clerk is teaching isabella KymAR LANGUANGE...ALTHOUGH she has pickec up the basic greetings He will join us tommrow and each nite that he greets her he adds a new phrase to her reprtoire...of the homeland dialece.....Tonite we had french...anyone who knows me KNOWs how i love anything french.....the restaurant was graded by Conte Naste as number 1 in
Asia and as pretentious as that sounds it was NOT....the food was OUTstanding....snails and rabbit and Beef with all the french trimmings and the srvers wore their Berets and suspenders and french patrons filled the tables....We loved it and enjoyed it with a bottle of Bordeoux Medoc 1998 ONLY 59.00 we brougnt the bottle home...but they serve isabella with no hesitation..she hardly drinnks though......today we went to the Cambodian Cultural Center Yesterday to the National angkor museum and tommorow as I mentioned to the cooking class than the Mine museum and than a Charity Cello Concert for the Childrens Hosptial.....

I M living here...the land is luch and the people are greateful ....smiles and love and gratitude ...You dont even imagine the genuine and authentic Love and affection that contact with outsiders b rings to these peoeple...the rural areas are lost in a time of the Kymar regime ( communism ) and it's scaryl..but their hungar and struggle gives more focus than our western ways//// I will write soon with more consideration but for now THis is our update...xxoo

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Photos

Angkor Wat
Me

River Garden Kymer Cooking Class
Isabella with our Chef and her assitants! What a fun 4 hours!

Cambodian Cultural Center
Me and Isabella at the cultural Center....it was like Epcot center...Fascinating dance and Miniture repros of temples and palaces....recreated villiages from different tribes in Cambodia....an awesome wax museum....The first king of Cambodia in the 1st Century was a Woman Oh by the way!

In front of Short and Tall Buddah Shrine
With our Tuk Tuk driver from Cooks on Tuks....We went to the farmers mrket with him today!

Little girls
We see these three little girls and have adopted them..they recycle off the streets ...Never with an adult ...they hardly shower and their clothes are Not smelling good..but their beautiful un assuming smiles and their excitement when they see us is enough to make your heart explode with joy! We are going to miss them!