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Now I’m in Cambodia, in Siem Reap. We stayed in a place called Golden Banana, which was totally heaven. There was a swimming pool and the staff were really nice to us. We met Shunmay (Millie’s godmother) – when we came back from an outing for lunch it was a surprise to see her sittingContinue reading “Cambodia- Swimming pools and boring temples!”

We spend our last 10 days in Kampot on the Southern coast of Cambodia, where the wide Kampot River meets the sea. It’s a river place, not a seaside place, a sleepy laid back, once old and French, now old and quite dilapidated back-packery place. We settle into a lovely Eco Lodge, The Ganesha, outContinue reading “Cambodia 2 – Salt and Pepper”

Right now I’m in Luang Prabang, which is very beautiful but the downside was that I was sick for all the time we were there. I was in bed for three days so there’s not much to talk about 😰😴 In Luang Prabang there was a beautiful night market that was very close to whereContinue reading “Laos – Sick, sick, sick!”

We leave Siem Reap after a few short days, having survived the temple visits and enjoyed the hotel & pool, and take a bus down to Phnom Penh. We’re only here for a day but First impressions are of a sophisticated modern city. Although 80% of vehicles are motorbikes, I’m struck by the quality ofContinue reading “The Killing Fields”

We take the short flight from Luang Prabang to Siem Reap – as the aircraft approaches it’s already clear that we’ve left the limestone karsts of Laos behind and this part of Cambodia at least is much flatter terrain. We take a tuk-tuk to our guesthouse the Golden Banana – there’s a delicious looking swimmingContinue reading “The temples of Angkor Wat”

Squeezing only a brief 2 weeks to see Cambodia has been mistake, as I am discovering now. We land in Siem Reap for 3 days. Angkor Wat is part of our reason to be here, the other part, is to catch up with my lovely friend and Millie’s godmother Shunmay. She lives part of herContinue reading “Cambodia 1 – The Jungle takes Over”

In Vang Vieng (Laos) we went to a place called the Blue Lagoon which is a natural pool, a turquoise blue colour, with branches of trees that you could jump off into it and a swing that you could swing out on, let go and land in the water. I jumped off the high branchContinue reading “Laos – Vang Vieng awesomeness!”

In Siem Reap we went to a hotel with a swimming pool that was really good and it was a really nice temperature, we were playing around which was good fun. When we went swimming Millie’s godmother Shunmay came around and played with us. We had competitions where we stood on people’s shoulders and battled.Continue reading “Cambodia – Chewy pork and pepper sauce”