I am writing this blog from our hotel room in Siem Reap. I can hear birds twittering in the palm tree outside our window and Buddhist Monks chanting in the distance. We have had the fortunate misfortune of being trapped here for 4 days more than we expected. [Something to do with our visas for Thailand, don't ask!] At first we thought we were going to be bored here but, due to our enforced extended stay we have found Siem Reap has so much more to offer besides th...

Cambodia. Our mini bus trip to Phnom Penn was cramped, hot and uncomfortable. The countryside was dry and dusty. We went through some very poor looking villages with children playing in the dirt and running around with no shoes and matted hair. There is a lot of litter and everywhere looked, felt and tasted dirty. Cambodia has recently suffered terribly at the hands of the Khmer Rouge movement, the population had to endure genocide in the 70's then a guerrilla...

Cambodia. Our mini bus trip to Phnom Penn was cramped, hot and uncomfortable. The countryside was dry and dusty. We went through some very poor looking villages with children playing in the dirt and running around with no shoes and matted hair. There is a lot of litter and everywhere looked, felt and tasted dirty. Cambodia has recently suffered terribly at the hands of the Khmer Rouge movement, the population had to endure genocide in the 70's then a guerrilla...