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(note: this is one of my pre-scheduled posts set to appear at 5:00am EST each morning I am in a port city. I will post follow-up information about each trip once I am able to get back on the computer.)
- see description from previous post for today's activities
Update:
I'm back from my Cambodia trip. Everything went as scheduled. Here are the main observations I have...(I will write more later when I have more time).
- Everything is listed in US dollars in Cambodia. I didn't use any Cambodian money while I was there at all.
- Phnom Penh and Siem Reap are much more modern than I imagined them to be. Phnom Penh is quite big with lots of shops and restaurants. Siem Reap has what seemed to be a lot of hotels - really nice ones that had huge pools and balconies, etc.
- My photos are now up from the arrival in Vietnam and Cambodia...you can see what I saw for yourself there...more description later when I have more time.
my hotel room at the Borei Angkor Hotel in Siem Reap, Cambodia
view out my hotel room window at the Borei Angkor Hotel in Siem Reap, Cambodia
view of the front of the Borei Angkor Hotel in Siem Reap, Cambodia
some video I took in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
landmine victims playing music at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
video at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
me at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
video at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
video at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
video at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
video at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
video of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
video at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
me at the back entrance to Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
me at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
me at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
me climbing to the top of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
me at the top of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
view from the top of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
view from the top of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
view from the top of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
view from the top of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
view from the top of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
me at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
me at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
statue near Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
back in the Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam airport after flying in from Siem Reap, Cambodia
Upon getting back to the ship at 7:00 pm or so tonight, I left Mark and Ben a note on their door to ask them what time the Global Nomads Group broadcast would be tomorrow (and to find out if Desmond Tutu would be going since there was a chance he would be). I said in the note for them to let me know tonight and to also let me know if anyone was going out tonight. Mark called me at 10:00 pm and told me they just dropped of the equipment to their room and that he and Joanna were going back out to meet up with a bunch of people who had gone to a jazz club in town. I told them I'd go with them so we got off the ship and then got three motorcycle/scooter taxis to the place we were going. Essentially, you get on the back of what looks like a cross between a motorcycle and scooter and you either hold on to the driver's shoulders or to the back U-shaped bar that is behind where you sit. It was actually really fun to zip through the city on the back of the scooters. The scooters are what everyone in Ho Chi Minh City uses and they basically outnumber cars 100 to 1 (or more from other estimates I've heard). At any rate, we got to where we were going and met up with the other people from the ship. I stayed at the jazz club place for a little while and then headed back with Kristen (the assistant field office coordinator) using the motorcycle/scooter taxis again.
