01/01/14 - 01/05/14 The week on the beach had ended and it was now a new year. Maxine and I were now heading to Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia. We had a long bus ride ahead of us, but we still had the morning to relax, enjoy the beach and to say goodbye to Sylvain. This, obviously, meant a lot more to Maxine than it did to me, however, after spending some time with him, I thought Sylvain was a really nice and interesting guy, so it was sa...

12/25/13 - 01/01/14 Christmas in Cambodia was unlike any Christmas I have ever had before. Mostly, because it just never felt like Christmas at all, despite all the weird signs with Santa, snow and reindeers all over the place. Cambodia is a Buddhist country, yet there were Christmas signs everywhere. I know they were up, so as to make the tourist feel more at home, but to me, it just felt weird. So, because of the strangeness of it all and the fac...

12/17/13 - 12/24/13 When I first met Maxine, I was sick in bed with food poisoning. I felt awful and the only thing I had tried to eat that day was a half a bowl of rice. She moved into my dorm room that night and had the bunk above me. She didn't seem to think it was odd that I was already in bed at 9pm and so she introduced herself and we chatted for a bit, nothing out of the ordinary. There was no way I would have guessed that she would become an inte...

12/14/13 - 12/22/13 I had two amazing days exploring the Angkor Archeological Park. I saw Angkor Wat, Bayon, Ta Prohm and many other extremely interesting temples. I was having a great time in Siem Reap, but things were about to change! I had bought a three day pass to the park, but before I could use the third day, I ran into a little problem. I got food poisoning! I went out to eat with James and few friends of his, on Pub Street. The food was ok, but la...

12/14/13 - 12/22/13 Angkor Wat is one of the most spectacular and well-known temple complexes in the world. I have been wanting to explore it for as long as I can remember. Despite the fact, that up to this point, I have seen countless temples and was somewhat tired of seeing more temples, I was not going to miss Angkor. Besides, Khmer architecture is very unique, making these temples very different than most I have seen and they are very impressive. Plu...