So we've spent the last few days in Phnom Pehn (the capital of Cambodia) staying in the backpacker filled area of Lakeside. Whilst there we celebrated our 2 month traveling anniversary by doing the unusual activity of getting wonderfully drunk, shocking huh?
We also visited the Killing Fields and prison camp S-21, both of which were harrowing experiences, reinforced by the fact that these atrocities happened only 30 years ago which is incredible when you look at Cambodia now. For a country that suffered so much, today it is vibrant and fun, filled with wonderful people. It's one of my favorite places so far!
We received our visas for Vietnam yesterday, and just to prove how small a place South East Asia is, whilst researching our options for traveling to Vietnam on-line I spotted our friend Alice walking past, who we'd last seen on New Years Day in Thailand! So we ended up having a beer with Alice and Laura, and (as if more proof that it's a small world were needed) they were sitting with two of the people we got the bus from Koh Phangan with (the same people we'd bumped into in Siem Reap!) anyway Laura turned out to be heading down to Vietnam as well, so in the end the three of us ended up booking the same boat trip down to HCMC and we've now spent a leisurely day cruising down the river and chilling out, we've arrived in our first overnight stop in Chau Doc and have just checked into our hotel.
Right, I’m dying for a drink and I’ve got a stinking cold coming on :( so I’m going to head out of here! The internet connections here in Vietnam seem to be better than Cambodia, so I’m hoping to be able to reply to people who I’ve not been able to for the past couple of weeks soon, sorry for the delay!
See ya, Chris