Cambodia - here we come!
In and around Southeast Asia
Well we have 12 more sleeps to go before we head off on our 5 week adventure in Cambodia. The kids are very excited, Zara has had her bag packed for 2 weeks now and Theo not really having an understanding of time at the mere age of 4, thinks every morning he wakes up, he is going to Cambodia.
Just thought I would get this blog going because knowing the way time flies I am bound to be hopping on the plane tomorrow and will certainly run out of time to tie up all loose ends..... this being one!
So for those interested I hope to enter our adventures onto this blog regularly and also intend to upload photos and some movie footage....well that is my intent - knowing computers as I do, it, I am sure will do its own thing!! Anyways, fingers crossed and hope you enjoy the journey as I keep you posted!
Love Sharon and family
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Sharon and Tim Young
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Arriving Phnom Penh Monday 23rd at 08.55
Just setting up this travel blog has been "fun" to say the least. Anyways I think I have it sorted now!!
For those of you who don't already... Continue reading »
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No sleep all night and still going strong
Just killing time at Singapore airport before we head off in an hour or two for Phnom Penh. Tim and I have been awake all night, Zara has... Continue reading »
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Lessons learnt
Well we are here at last! The trip from the airport to our guest house - Cafe Korner was filled with "Wow's", "Check that out" Did you see that" et... Continue reading »
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Day 2
Day 2 began with purchasing a new wallet - yes my lesson learnt - don't leave your wallet even for a second. Most of our cash gone - in a second. M... Continue reading »
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To Market, to market
To market, to market.............to eat, eat and eat! The kids saw the noodle soup in the market yesterday and were keen as beans to try it today.... Continue reading »
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Day 4 - time flies when you are having fun!
The day began with a market breaky again. So far so good with the acidophilis powder. All our tummies seem to be holding up although I have warned... Continue reading »
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Day 5 - Siem Reap
So here we are in Siem Reap. Left P.P. at 08:30 this morning and arrived at 14:30. The bus was awesome - air conditioned and even had a toilet. The... Continue reading »
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A day of temples
We all woke bright and early, excited and eager to see the Temples. We have purchased a 3 day pass (the kids were free) and we are a... Continue reading »
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Check out these loads!
Well we decided to make use of the free offer of bicycles that our hotel booking included. The kids were a little bit hesitant about going on a bik... Continue reading »
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Shadow Puppet show
Surprisingly having been booked out the previous night - we were lucky enough to be the only ones tonight and therefore had our own private viewing... Continue reading »
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Day 8
So we began our temple tour with what they call the "Grand Tour". All in all we saw 5 different temples and it took us from 08:30 til 14:00.
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Last day at the temples
What a full and busy day. We woke before sunrise and made our way out to Angkor Wat to see the sun rise. Unfortuneatly it was a bit... Continue reading »
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A day of R and R
Our last day in Siem Reap was spent resting and relaxing. Tim, Zara and I ventured into town for a oil massage (1 hr - USD$7) whilst... Continue reading »
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Back to P.P. via the Mekong!
Another early morning wake up before the sun to catch the fast boat to P.P. via the Tonle Sap (got the heading wrong and can't seem to change it!).... Continue reading »
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Day 12
Last night I went to sleep to my most favourite sound here in Cambodia - for those of you who were here when I was - do you remember the "noodle kn... Continue reading »
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Just chillin
Just having a chill weekend, hanging around relaxing before a busy week next week. This arvo we met up with Ruth - the Aussie lady in charge of the... Continue reading »
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Day 13
Oops - should be day 14. Can't seem to figure out how I change this heading once I have inserted it.......
Another relaxing day hanging aro... Continue reading »
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Day 15
Last night we met up with an old work collegue - Julie Forder for those of you who may know her. Julie worked with me in the UN and has been here o... Continue reading »
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Visiting Kampong Cham
We arrived in Kampong Cham after a 2.5 hour bus trip which we were told would leave at 10:00 but instead when we arrived at the central bus stop in... Continue reading »
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Visiting Lyda
What a wonderful day we have had. We left at 08:00 this morning and spent the morning learning about the different projects that PLAN have in K. Ch... Continue reading »
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Gastroarachnia!!!!!
Well we did it!!! We made a family pact today between all of us that we would all try the speciality here - fried spiders...............and we did!... Continue reading »
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Temple of 200 monkeys
Before heading back to P.P. we went to visit the Buddhist temple of 200 monkeys which was situated about 7 km outside of Kampong Cham Provincial to... Continue reading »
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Visit to the dump
So this morning we spent visiting the people living around the dump site.
Apparently the actual dump site has been sold to German developer... Continue reading »
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Just chillin'
So a quiet day today - just hanging around the courtyard, playing with the local kids and chatting with the local adults. As I write this blog - Th... Continue reading »
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Mobile medical clinic
I arrived back late this afternoon from my little adventure in Svay Reing. We left P.P. via hire bus around 2.30pm yesterday. There were about 18 o... Continue reading »
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Another market day
So we have decided to go down south to the beach - Sionoukville - tomorrow. LIA are currently preoccupied with a team and have just had some shower... Continue reading »
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