It's the weekend! No work for us so we're off to a slow start again, after all, what's the rush? We bummed a lift to Pub Street with other volunteers who just happened to be leaving Globalteer House at the same time we were. We need to get our visas extended and have to hand our passports in to a travel agent there. Our 3 month extension cost us $80.00 each. Whilst in the travel agent, we purchased bus tickets to Battambang, where we plan to go next weekend. We hadn't yet treated ourselves to a massage, so decided today was the day. We could have entered any number of salons or spas around town and been given VIP treatment at a price far less than home, but we had already decided where we were going ... read more

It's the weekend in Siem Reap and we have no school. The kids aren't so lucky, I'm afraid, because it's just another school day for them. ABC's & Rice is closed but the State schools are open and the kids are expected to attend. We got off to a slow start this morning, in weekend mode already. Ginny had a few things to sort/purchase so we rode our bikes to Pub Street to get our errands done. The quickest route there takes us down a side street which follows the walls of Wat Preah Prom Rath for part of the way, 'wat' meaning temple in Cambodian. This is the oldest, continuously operating monastery in Siem Reap, with a history dating back 500 years. The day didn't get off to a good start, when we witnessed a ... read more

We woke bright and early for our first morning in Cambodia. We got ourselves and our luggage sorted and headed downstairs, looking for breakfast. We sat at one of the outside tables, only metres from the dusty street and placed our order. Whilst we waited we chatted with three young American guys at the next table, who had just arrived in Siem Reap from China. Everyone here has an interesting story to tell. Earlier we had met an English lady doing yoga on the verandah. She was a photographer, travelling the world taking photos for her own magazine, and had been in Cambodia for eight months. Not long after we had finished a very hearty breakfast, Ryan from Globalteer arrived with two tuks tuks, one for us and one for the luggage. We all piled in ... read more

We woke to overcast skies on Saturday morning and decided to spend the day doing some sightseeing via a hop on/off tourist bus service. I bought tickets online with my iPad and we headed out into the streets full of optimism. A quick stop at a particularly good bakery for some breakfast pastries and we were on our way. Well, that's what we thought anyway... We weren't out there long before we realised that we had no idea which bus stop we needed to be at, or at what time, so we retraced our steps back to the hotel where we had Internet access. Further investigation was required. We decided the best idea was to get ourselves to Suntec City Mall, which was the first and last stop on the bus route. Soon we're on our ... read more