Hi all,
So I've left Cambodia. Had a bunch of time in phnom penh learning about the atrocities, which was interesting and important and should be more widely taught, but very hard to deal with. After that we headed down to the coast to celebrate Cambodian new year - 3 days or partying, loud Cambodian pop music and a big water fight. With talcum powder. And the cheapest beer anywhere. Awesome!
Then we headed to Siem Reap, from which you explore Angkor (of which Angkor Wat is the most famous temple). It's *huge*. And awesome. I could go on about it for ages, but I'll just post some of the best pics up sometime in the next week or so and make you all jealous that way instead.
From there, we (Diane & I) left the two folks we've been travelling with, to break the landspeed record in getting from siem reap to Koh Tah (and island off the south east coast of thailand) in less than 24 hours (we were expecting more like 36). The first 6 hours are national highway 6 to the thai border. It's an impressive sounding name, but it's actually little more than a very long, single track dirt road*. The rumour goes that an unnamed airline is paying unnamed cambodian government officials an undisclosed gratuity to delay the construction of a proper road to thailand, so that people fly instead. Your arse is numb for days, it's a wonder we survived. Still, what fun would the good bits be without a bit of hardship!
So anyhow, we made it fine, and are kicking around in Koh Tao for a day or two to relax (looking round the wonders of the world is hard work, you know!), before learning to dive tomorrow. It's weird coming back to thailand - after being in laos, vietnam and cambodia for a month or so, thailand seems *well* expensive. Almost a pound for a beer?! You're joking!
In other news, my brother's getting hitched! This summer! So I'm gonna take a weeklong holiday in the UK in early august or so to come and celebrate. Yey!
Keep emailing,
Will.
Koh Tao, Thailand.
* Apologies to Sasha, Digweed, and David Attenborough
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2 comments:
Hmm - you're taking a holiday from your holiday? It must be very tiring out there.
Looking forward to seeing you :)
Hey there!
Here's a rather belated birthday message... Happy birthday! Haven't learnt it in Vietnamese but it's 'stastnie narodeniny' if you ever need to know it in Slovak!
I'll send you a he-male the now but just thought I'd get you on this too. It's nice to get messages.
Hope you are still loving it!
Marianne xxx
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