Cambodian Food Food in South East Asia. Food in Bangkok was a surprise mainly due to the street kitchens. These could be small cafes with seats on the street, moveable stalls with people selling fruit, drinks and also prepared foods or the view from our hotel window which looked down on a lady settled by the wall preparing veg and maybe meat and cooking in her wok. She had about 2 chairs for diners. She arrived about 8 o'clock with her stall and packed up ab...

The Weather Well, I guess it had to come; an entry about the weather. Mostly as you will have gathered it has been hot, very hot and when combined with humidity, uncomfortable. Sadly, for us, in one sense, Jenny tells us it is cooler now than a few weeks ago. Nevertheless, we still suffer. At to the temples and walking between the various structures became hard work so we just went slower and slower. This was in the hope that we would not generate more body he...

Street Life: Thoughts from Siem Reap This is a hard thing to write because it has to cover a wide variety of experiences and places. It may be easiest to start with the tourist sites. Just north of the town lay the hotels. These are not just ordinary small hotels. They are, as the pictures show, large and somewhat pretentious 'palaces' built to sustain the wealthy of the world. They do seem, outwardly to look fitting in that their appearance and style are what ...

To Siem Reap So today we left the comfort (relative?) of Bangkok and flew to Siem Reap.After worrying about checking in and the web not working properly, once at the airport all went well. Suvarnabhumi is new, very airy and with plenty of wondering space, unlike Terminal £ which is a nightmare of noise, overcrowding and buy! buy! buy! usually stuff that is too expensive and you don't really want. No cabin bag check so all of our worries about weight were was...

To Siem Reap So today we left the comfort (relative?) of Bangkok and flew to Siem Reap.After worrying about checking in and the web not working properly, once at the airport all went well. Suvarnabhumi is new, very airy and with plenty of wondering space, unlike Terminal £ which is a nightmare of noise, overcrowding and buy! buy! buy! usually stuff that is too expensive and you don't really want. No cabin bag check so all of our worries about weight were was...