No sunrise this morning just a very leisurely start for WayJay. In fact it was a little sleep in for everyone because it was a "freedom of choice" selection on the itinerary.Loraine opted to be the group's front runner for shopping and joined 7 others for a look at some specialty shops and back street markets. In a convoy of three tuk tuks, Loraine was loaded up with Diane and Fiona as partners in shopping crime. According to all reports all shoppers (and the...

OMG. One of those touristy days that is just the best. I am a confessed Angkor Wat groupie. How can I help you to understand that despite the horses, the elephants, the monkeys, the dogs, the birds, the buses, the tuk tuks, the cars, the vendors, the police, the children and the 10 000 other sunrise tourists, this was a moment of personal peace and solitude. This was a moment that inspired awe and that refreshed the soul. This just was!You found a spot. You plant...

That was a day of endurance! Up early for a low key breakfast that contained no fluids because you definitely needed bladder stamina for the land transport to Siem Reap. I can say with some certainty that we ended the trip at the muddy bank of PrekK'Dam- an area that we had visited earlier in the week and the subject of one of the losing bets for Richard.The morning farewells just flew by and, with colour coded luggage successfully outside our cabin by 6.30 a...

Hard to believe this was the last day on the river. The days have drifted by in a blur of muddied water, local people, history and of course the comatose state has been heightened by the food and drink.Today's small boat ride had us leaving the Mekong and taking a tributary to look at the floating village of the Vietnamese. Stretching for a total of 1.5 kilometres on each side of the river, these families are living a hand to mouth existence. They are illegal...

The river now is almost a muddy pond. Definitely doesn't seem to be running as fast and there is a very slight "muddy" odour in the air. The river is busy though, with the main highway never far away and even at the earliest hour, there is movement on the river and on the highway. The windows of the AMA Lotus were fogged up this morning and the hand rails of the balcony were dripping with water. It had rained over night and the sky was blanketed in grey.Thoug...