Merry Christmas!! Now the festivities are over i\'ll update you on my Cambodian christmas! Christmas Eve - Got into Siem Reap in the morning and shopped at the markets. After lunch, a few of us decided to go give blood at the local childrens hospital that was set up by a Swiss doctor to give free treatment to children, esp those with Dengue fever. However as it is against their religion, many Khmer people will not give blood so they rely on tourists. Th...

Hello everyone, We visited Toul Sleng Genocide museum and then the killing fields. There is no way of describing how it felt to visit the places where thousands and thousands of Cambodians had been killed for no reason, and all in the past 30 years. The killing fields were really peaceful, but you walk around and over the bones and clothes of those killed. Then, amongst it all were several street kids just playing in the fields and it really makes you reali...

Well so here we are in Cambodia. I love it! Even after a 3 hour bumpy bus ride with bags falling on us! The capital, Phnom Penh is quite big and not as busy or hectic as Vietnam and the people are the friendliest yet! There are so many street kids though, 60% of the population are under 17, and so there are many problems with drugs and the sex industry that are kept hidden. Today we are heading to the Killing Fields which will be another haunting exper...