Cambodia!!!!

I returned last Friday from nine days of adventure in Cambodia.  It only took us 24 hours to get to Cambodia from Chittagong.  We were able to spend a wonderful 18 hours in the Bangkok airport, which I can safely say, is the coldest effing airport in the world.  I'm glad I "borrowed" a blanket from the airplane, though, I am not sure how much warmer it really made me.  The worst part is you are sitting in this freezing airport and you know that on the other side of the glass its a pleasant 80 degrees.  Oh well, it was worth the sleepless night on a metal bench to get to Phnom Penh.  Katherine, Amy, and I immediately hopped on a bus to Siem Reap.  The view from the bus was amazing.  The countryside of Cambodia is lush and green.  I wanted to stop the bus all the time so that I could take pictures.  Instead I just continued to watch the cheesy karaoke video that was playing on the bus; Cambodians sure seem to love their karaoke.

 

Siem Reap is a nice town.  We spent the first day walking around, eating and, of course, doing a little light shopping, nothing too strenuous.  I liked shopping in the market there, because the shopkeepers were women and they were really friendly.  Our second day in Siem Reap we went to visit some of the Angkor temples.   If you ever have the opportunity to visit them.....DO IT.  They were so beautiful and, because it is low season, the number of tourists was minimal.  We spent the majority of the day at three temples, it was a little rough cause I didn't get much sleep the night before, but totally worth it.

The next stop on our adventure was Sihanoukville (spelling?), which is a beach town.  Not much happened there, mostly just eating and laying out at the beach.  It was beautiful, white sand, blue water, and yummy shakes.  I could have stayed forever, but due to a shortage of time I left Sihanoukville after two nights.

The last stop was Phnom Penh.  I spent my time in Phnom Penh being tourists.  I visited the national museum, the royal palace (sorta, i walked around the outside, but didn't want to pay to go in ) the killing fields and tuol sleng.  

I know this is a pretty short explanation of my trip....sorry.  I really could sum up my trip in one sentence:

Cambodia was a well-earned absolutely perfectly fantastical mix of culture, tourism, drinking and other shenanigans.  ; )

 

I'm off to bed I hope you enjoy my pics.