We arrived in Phnom Penh two hours late in pitch dark and we had to find a room to stay… it was a very very interesting… let’s just say, “we survived the experience!”.
Cecilia and I are really enjoying ourselves here, we have found a couple of good restaurants, laundry and a couple of good shops to buy our daily bits and pieces.
Sometimes we get little tours of the city, for example: a couple of days ago we told a tuk-tuk driver we wanted to go to the “Lucky 2 Guesthouse”… (Nothing but the best for us!) He brought us to the Lucky Supermarket, the Lucky Market, the Lucky Restaurant, the Lucky everywhere… except where we wanted to go… nevertheless we arrived in one piece and we enjoyed the bonus tour.
In Cambodia it’s not unlike spending the day in a Picasso Gallery and then trying to figure out an Escher Sketch at night… what entertainment! A couple of nights ago we took a wrong turn and ended up in an unsavory area, the wonderful thing was, we came upon some local lads playing a game of Cambodian Chess… what an interesting game! We watched the game and then found our way back out to normality… a great experience for us both with the locals whilst coming out with our clothes.
Cambodia so far so great and what a great city Phnom Penh is!
Cambodia so far so great and what a great city Phnom Penh is!
We arrived in Siem Reap yesterday... we will fill you in on our next blog.
Signing off.
Derm and Ce.
 It was tough negotiating, but who can negotiate with someone so disarming  |
| Life at night... never a dull momemt |
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| Ce waiting patiently for me |
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| Hi Ho.. it's off to work we go |
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| Special licence required |
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| Walking to work |
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| Dedicated to house the bones of the mass graves of the Killing Fields... this occurred during the Pol Pot regime of agrarian socialism (the genocide of over 1.7 million people from 1975 - 79) |
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| Inside the building |
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| The killing fields of Cambodia |
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| Someone who really wanted to join us |
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| The Killing Fields |
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| The mass graves that were uncovered in the killing fields |
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| The Killing Fields Museum |
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| Creative transport 101 |
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| Normal life |
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| The local cinema |
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| Street level beauty parlour (seriously) |
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| A day in the life 1 |
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| A day in the life 2 |
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| I think there's still room on top |
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| The local seamstress' shop |
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| For all the Xerox peole |
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| A bottle of gas anyone... $1.10 for a coke bottle full |
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| A high class tuk-tuk |
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| Enjoying a nice cold beer before dinner... only 32 degrees outside |
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| Our Cambodian Chess Players |
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| Our local family laundry... and they do a great job |
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| Our local street barber... Ce is going to get styled there soon |
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| Everything is a valid vehicle here |
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| Morning traffic... just sit back and enjoy the fun |
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| A feast on every corner |
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| Local bike repair shop |
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| Part of the Royal Palace |
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| Inside the Royal Palace |
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| Enjoying a moment |
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| Outside the Royal Palace |
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| The two-face spire |
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| More scenes from the street |
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| Life on the street |
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| What character she has, the dogs are wiped out with the heat |
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| Cooking and selling boiled eggs on the street |
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| Normal small town life |
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| Steak... yummy!! |
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| It's only overloading if someone falls off. |
Hey guys,
ReplyDeleteLooks wonderful. I don't know if you checked your telus email, but I sent you one in regard to a place my sister stayed in Siam Reap. It's called La Noria Hotel. This is were they stayed to see the angkor temples, so I don't know how long you are planning to stay, but hope that info is helpful. They really enjoyed the place.
This was about 5 years ago. Hugs Jan & Larry