A Week in the Capitol
I’ve had mix of lazy days and seeing the tourist sites since I arrived in Phnom Penh 5 days ago. The first two days I hit the major tourist sites; the Silver Pagoda, Royal Palace, National Museum, Tuol Sleng, and the Killing Fields. The first three were fairly typical of what I’d seen so far. The silver pagoda is a temple that has floor tiles made of silver, but they cover about 90% of them with carpets. Read more
Notes on Cambodia
I’m sure that 99% of you don’t have much of a picture of Cambodia or probably the other places I’ve been. I know I certainly didn’t before seeing them. Some these things apply to all of the countries and some I’ve noticed more here.
I made lots of friends here just in the first 10 minutes – Hello Friend, You want Cold Water, Food, Book, Tuk-Tuk, Marijuana, other drugs, Woman, Man, Girl, Boy, and so on. Read more
Another Overgrown Temple
After a day off from the temples and figuring out a rough timeline I decided to hit one more temple before leaving Siem Reap. This temple was written up as the true Indiana Jones experience because it was completely restored and off on its own. It turned out to be primarily true although you never felt like you were off in the middle of nowhere you could still get lost time wondering around and looking up to make sure there weren’t any blocks about to tumble down. Read more
Leave No Stone Uncarved
Ok, I’ve been in Cambodia for a few days now and thoroughly enjoying it. I got in Friday night without know much of anything about the place so I bought a Cambodia guide book and an Angkor Wat one and spent most of Saturday doing research. Read more
The Old City
Me again, I’ve been in a town called Auytthaya for the last couple of days. It’s the town that Michelle and I were supposed to visit, but had to skip because of my illness. The city was the capital of Siam (now Thailand) from around 1350-1750 AD. Which means that there a lots of interesting old temples around to look at. Read more
Across the River Kwai
I got up early, 5:15am (30 minutes before my alarm was set), and was out of the hostel at 5:45 so I could catch the train up to Kanchanaburi and see the river Kwai Bridge and surrounding area. I knew exactly what to do to get to the train station and was feeling confident. I took the skytrain to the river and then the ferry upstream. Read more
Betting The Horses in Bangkok
I’m back on my own again. After Michelle left I spent the day at the horse races right in downtown Bangkok. Didn’t really know what I was doing when I went, and just figured it out as I went. First I found an English program then went inside. It looked familiar enough and was filling up for the first race. Read more