I woke up and crawled out of the mosquito net to an empty house. I climbed the steep ladder down to the ground and tip toed passed the baby cow sleeping in the yard. Entering the house next door, I found the mother cooking breakfast off the back room on a big black pot. "We will have porridge today," Sython announced as he sprung out of the bed in the one room home. He climbed up onto the table and sat Indian style waiting for our food to be served. Valentina ca...

Valentina and I quickly packed up our room and met Sython in the lobby. This was our last day touring Siem Reap and then he would be taking us to stay overnight in a village half way to Phnom Penh. He climbed in the Tuk Tuk and clapped his hands together. "Today we grab breakfast, American for Julie and then we go to the flooding villages." The Tuk Tuk arrived to the same place we ate the night before. Sython pointed on the menu as he spoke, "Julie, you get the A...