Hello All, Its been a crazy few days since I last wrote. I've been all over Bangkok and back and now (thank god) I am far far away, in Phnom Phen, Cambodia. This is the capital of Cambodia and its very different from Bangkok. Contrary to what I'd previously heard, its not any cooler in Cambodia, but I am getting a bit used to it. We started our trip on tuesday morning, drove to Siem Reap and it took maybe 6 hours? the difference between Thailand and Cambodia was obvious. In Bangkok, there are delapitated (spelling?) buildings but in Cambodia, there are shacks. And everyone lives in one. They've got the chickens, the cows, and loads of little children running around with no shirts on, playing in the dirt. Its very dusty, even in the towns.
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