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Although we were very excited to leave Bangkok it was a little sad saying goodbye. We took a bus to the Thai/Cambodian border and transferred onto another bus for the rest of the ride to Siem Reap. We love this place! So much more relaxing and easygoing. We are doing a 10 day tour of Cambodia with G adventures and our guide Kevin is such a great guy. We spent the first night in his village and went and had dinner with a local family. It's amazing to see how simplistic life can be, sure does make you question the way we live our lives. Interacting with the children was so much fun. We sat in the tuk tuk with 4 girls ranging In age from 12 to 21 and had some girl talk. We practiced counting and talked about our favorite colors and animals,it was mostly just light conversation. Then the 21 year old girl name jan opened up to us about how she works at a hotel in town her shift starts at 5 am she either walks or rides her bike, but she says she wishes she could save up for a scooter because early morning is one of the most dangerous time of day, she says there is constantly stories of young girls being raped and killed on there way to work and school.....imagine worrying about that on a daily basis??? She also mentions that she would love to go to university, but it's $4000 dollars a year and to the people here that is well beyond the amount of money they will see in a lifetime. And even though she works very hard for her money she can't save it for that because at the moment she is helping provide school supplies, food and other necessities for 12 children. The amazing part is there are only a few children in her immediate family the other 10 are children from her community that need help. It brings a whole new meaning to the saying " it takes a village to raise a child"
In order to catch the sunrise at Angor Wat we had to be on the bus at 5am....unfortunately the clouds were too thick and instead of seeing a beautiful sunrise we just sat peacefully watching as the sky got brighter and brighter. Maybe next time ;) With a local guide we spent the entire day exploring all of the temples. We were very thankful that it was cloudy out as we would have died in the sun with our covered legs and shoulders!! All the the temples were beautiful and it was great to check another wonder of the world off our list but one of the coolest parts was seeing the temple where tomb raider was filmed... We were actually in the same place Angelina Jolie was at some point....super cool! Oh yes and the history of it all was great too ;)
Tomorrow we might try to make it to a yoga class before we head to Phnom Phen. We can only imagine how emotional it might get... I don't think either of us expected Cambodia to capture our hearts the way it did, and so quickly. We both can see ourselves wanting to come back here someday. It already seems like we have a lifetime of memories and we have not even been here a week.... What a journey this will be.....stay tuned!
C & K
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Curt Glad to hear you are both having a blast!! Looking forward to reading your next blog entry! Talk with you soon.
Brenda Now you know why Carrie loved living there. Tara and I fell in love with the country too. Just wait until you get to Phnom Phen. It is almost too hard to explain how poor the people are and how they survive from day to day. There is so much history and beauty in Cambodia to experience. I am really enjoying your blog. It is a great way for us to "travel" along with you.