Cambodia
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Sunday, 4 Jan 2009 | Views [629]
Yesterday we were pretty much ready to leave Cambodia for Vietnam but we screwed up the date when applying for our visas so we actually couldn't get in until the 6th. So we had three days to kill in Phnom Penh. We went down to the river to eat and just ... Read more >
Tags: browsing the markets
Friday, 2 Jan 2009 | Views [636]
Yesterday we switched guesthouses because someone stole $50 from Matts shorts out of our room. We also wanted to check out another part of town. Today we hired a tuk-tuk driver to take us to all of the sights in and around Phnom Penh. We started ... Read more >
Tags: what a depressing day
Thursday, 1 Jan 2009 | Views [588]
Well it's now 2009 and I must say that 2008 was a really good year for me. I started it off going to Costa Rica and Panama in January and had a blast with my good friend Jordan. February was equally as fun because I went out to Vancouver and Whistler, ... Read more >
Tags: lets go 2009
Wednesday, 31 Dec 2008 | Views [916]
Today was New Years Eve and we thought it would be a great idea to go down to the local Cambodian shooting range and shoot some crazy guns! When we got there, we had the choice to shoot AK-47's, Uzi's, Tommy Guns along with M-16's and other huge machine ... Read more >
Tags: starting the new year with a bang
Tuesday, 30 Dec 2008 | Views [710]
So we found out the National Park was closed because the only raod to it was being worked on. The only reason we came to Kampot was to check out Bokor National Park so we grabbed a bus up to Phnom Penh to celebrate New Years Eve in the big city. The ... Read more >
Tags: relaxing on the lake
Monday, 29 Dec 2008 | Views [617]
Today we decided to leave Sihanoukville for Kampot to explore Bokor National Park. We arrange a taxi with our hotel guy and the 1991 Toyota Camry shows up with 5 people already in the car. Driver and two in the front and two more already in the back.... Read more >
Tags: i dont think this is chicken
Sunday, 28 Dec 2008 | Views [639]
Today we decided we were going to rent bicycles, ride over to the Vietnamese Embassy to apply for visas and then check out the other beach in town. The only bikes we could find were a pair that included one normal black mountain bike and one tiny weird ... Read more >
Tags: riding up hills sucks
Saturday, 27 Dec 2008 | Views [586]
Today was Matt's birthday but since we partied pretty hard the last couple nights, tonight was really chill. I kind of just cruised the internet during the afternoon while Matt recovered from the giant bucket he chugged the night before. We grabbed ... Read more >
Tags: top cat cinema
Friday, 26 Dec 2008 | Views [642]
Last night we booked a boat trip to some of the surrounding islands for today. There were about 20 of us on the boat and we had a really good day even though it was pretty overcast the entire day. We played volleyball, soccer, swam, drank, listened ... Read more >
Tags: giant buckets
Thursday, 25 Dec 2008 | Views [446]
Today is Christmas day and I'm in Cambodia. Never thought I would ever say that in my life but thats how it turned out this year. Matt and I started the day with a fruit shake and then headed down to the beach to relax in the sun and listen to Christmas ... Read more >
Tags: its a holiday in cambodia
Wednesday, 24 Dec 2008 | Views [380]
We actually ended up going out last night and stayed out pretty late so we slept in till about 1pm today. It feels really weird being on the beach in Cambodia for the Christmas holidays though. Went to a nice place for dinner where I ordered the barracuda ... Read more >
Tags: wheres all the snow
Tuesday, 23 Dec 2008 | Views [321]
We were told to wait outside of our guesthouse for a taxi at 6:10am that would take us to the bus station. 6:30 rolls around, no taxi, so I called the bus company to see what up and in broken english they tell me to get their on my own and we needed ... Read more >
Tags: im dreaming of a sandy christmas
Monday, 22 Dec 2008 | Views [414]
Today was a very early morning, we got picked up half asleep at 5am!! We got there in the dark and patiently waited for the picture of Angkor Wat everyone was waiting to take. It was pretty cool but the number of tourists fighting for the best spot ... Read more >
Tags: hopefully the box makes it
Sunday, 21 Dec 2008 | Views [347]
Today we started our day a little late because of the night out before. We got picked up around noon and did the grand tour of the Angkor Temples which included a lot we hadn't seen yesterday. We had a very relaxed day getting driven around by Ra, out ... Read more >
Tags: so many temples
Saturday, 20 Dec 2008 | Views [748]
Today we got picked up at 9am to begin our three days of temple gazing. Our first stop was Bayon which was really impressive with all of the smiling faces carved into all of its towers. We saw a lot of really cool temples today but my favourite was ... Read more >
Tags: wow that temple is huge
Friday, 19 Dec 2008 | Views [412]
Caught up on my sleep last night and had an excellent breakfast before heading out to do some shopping at the local market. I got some really cool things which I will have to mail home before I leave Siem Reap. I got some really cool artwork which look ... Read more >
Tags: tomorrow is angkor wat!
Thursday, 18 Dec 2008 | Views [388]
Today was a long haul but we had a good time along the way. Started off with a mini-van ride to the ferry pier which we made by maybe 1 minute. The ferry ride was nice with the sun just starting to warm up the air around us. Switched into a nicer, ... Read more >
Tags: crazy taxi!
