In Phnom Penh- quite a cool ciity - but quite a different feel to Vietnam. Am in Le Royale- drafting my journal ,drinking a Mohito and chomping home made chips n salsa- Many of the journalists stayed here during the Killing Fields filming. But not to gt too lulled into a false sense of comfort zone- Am off to see a couple of movies about the Mines in Cambodia & History of Pol Pot regime._ 2 hours later- I sit speechless- time for another Mohito. BLimey I ha...

At least the Vietnames understand the suffering of the Cmabodian people as they have too suffered. For many older people,life is centred around family- more than nuclear rather extended.A family can number as many as 40 with distant relatives etc. They stick together like sticky rice -solving problems collectivley,listen to the elders and pool resources,coming together in times of trouble and joy. FAITH is their rock-Buddhism hass been a main ...

Cambodia here we come-bus trip 6 hours - Express -$6-iced cold water,cold wipes and free anxious moments.SW monsoon brings the rain and humidity-but only lasts a few hours and then full rainbows.-oh what to wear? The good ,the bad and the ugly - a simple way of summarising Cambodia.There were the GOOD in the early years-culminating in the vast Angkor empire unrivalled in the region for 4 centuries-then the BADset in from 13th Centrury -neighbours chipped aw...