Day nine

the next leg

1. Something awesome Getting 19 dollars off in a bargaining scheme.
2. Something crap Having credit card hassles online because Korea has such epic protection safety-nets for their cards.
3. Something we ate hamburger. It was just that kind of day.


4. Something random Really going to miss the wifi that's pretty much all over the place in Cambodia
5. Something we did sat planning the next leg of our trip to Vietnam. Spent almost five hours in the same restaurant looking at all the different options. Also went to the night market in the evening and saw some traditional Aspara dancing and used the last of our rationed dollars and riels to buy more unnecessary holiday trinkets. (currently my backpack won't close. Lol)


Pineapple juice, iced coffee and lonely planet ;)


6. Something said
me waiting in a convenience store to buy water. Approached by random Australian.
Aussie: hey
Me: hey
(long awkward pause)
Me: So. What happened to your head?
Aussie: I don't know hey. They found something growing in it and they cut it out.
Me: oh. Ok. cool? (awkward pause)
Aussie: yeah but. I'm also covered in dirt. So it could be a lot of things.
Me: yeah.
(long pause)
Me: so are you waiting in the line.
Aussie: No. It's ok. I'm waiting for juice. ORANGE juice. A lot of it.
Me: ok.
(long pause)
Me: ok... So I can....
Aussie: yeah yeah no problem.
Me: ok well goodbye then.
Aussie: yeah. Right. Bye then.
*end*

Day Eight

Landmine museum, massages, floating village
1. Something awesome seeing the sunset on the Tonle Sap river whilst swinging on a hammock on a riverboat
2. Something crap Seeing the poverty of people living in the floating villages
3. Something we ate fried chicken and cashewnuts
4. Something randomapologies for the poor pic quality of the vacation pics I've been posting they are all off Blake's (less superior) phone or my (way-cooler) iPhone. I have some cool pics on the big camera and I can't wait to post those when I get home ;)
5. Something we did Saw the landmine museum (slightly disappointing for the mission it takes to get there), had a massage, went on a tour to the floating villages and had dinner and drinks on a boat on the river.
6. Something said
Me reading the sign at the landmine museum: "all landmines in this museum have been declared 100% free of explosives" - well I should freaking well HOPE SO!!
Blake: well I guess if not, it's gonna be a real short visit.



Landmine museum.


(not my usual style of cartoon but a cartoon none-the-less)



Cambodian coffee is DELISH





On a boat out on the Tonle Sap:


Croc farm on the Tonle Sap.


Tough life, we know.

Day Seven

Lazy day





1. Something Awesome Sun. Pool. Fresh fruit juice. Cambodia. Good book. I think that just about covers Awesome.
2. Something not awesome /b> Intermittent wifi.
3. Something we ate Khmer lemongrass chicken with basil leaves, lemongrass and chili. Wow. Delish.


4. Something we did bargained with a tour guide for more than half an hour over the sake of two dollars. Lol.
5. Something random Dealing with persistent beggars is an awkward thing. :/
6. Something said Me as we are leaving our hotel room: Blake, is the door locked?
Blake: yes dear sibling, it's locked because I'm an amazing awesome genius.
(long pause)
Me: blake.
Blake: yes.
Me: You're not wearing any shoes.

Day Six

Biking Angkor
























1. Something Awesome Biking out from Siem Reap city to the temples of Angkor and spending the whole day out on a bike, in the sunshine hunting ancient temples.
2. Something crappy Bum. Bike. Seat. You understand.
3. Something we ate We made a little picnic nosh-up with crackers and cheese and nuts and some left over spring rolls from the cooking class. We got some iced coffee which comes in a plastic bag-SO delicious and had a picnic overlooking Srah Srang lake. (but seriously the coffee here is amazeballs.)
4. Something Random Wild tuk-tuk drivers, crazy mororbikes, speeding buses and bikes with screechy-brakes that are 3000 years ancient make rather a nerve-wrecking experience. Ahem... Stationery spinning bikes are "slightly" different to the real thing.
5. Something we did Saw Ta Prohm, one of the most picturesque temples at Angkor because it has been left largely in the original state in which it was found. It has huge trees which are growing in and around the temple. We also saw Banteay Kdei and Ta Keo.
6. Something said "This whole bike thing is exactly like the Tour de France. Except in Cambodia. Minus Lance. And also... we might die."

Day Five

It's a miracle.
Anyone who has been following this blog will know that I can't cook. Today we decided to do a Cambodian Cooking class... The list for today...
1. Something awesome not setting fire to anything (people, animals, food) during the cooking course. Not exploding or melting any crockery. And actually producing something quite tasterrific!! (yes I made that word up)
2. Something not awesome My hands and iPhone now completely yellow from the Asian spices.
3. Something we ate Chicken Amok in a banana-leaf bowl. Spicy seafood Tom Yum soup, Spring rolls and dipping sauce, Khmer chicken bok-choy and pumpkin custard all of which we made ourselves. High five.
4. Something we did Did some market shopping and epic food making and also pre-cooking food-market tour to buy ingredients for the class. Super interesting.
5. Something random From the hours of 2pm to 9pm we counted 38 tuk tuk drivers offering us a tuk-tuk (and between 5pm and 9pm we were in the cooking class. Lol)
6. Something said on seeing cuttlefish-coated peas "no. Now WHY would you do that? Why take cuttlefish which is something NO-ONE wants and then coat it on peas which is ALSO something NO-ONE wants. Why you gotta go do that?"





















cambodian cooking class- we left happy.

Day four

The Temples of Angkor
















1. Something Awesome Seeing the Temples of Angkor. Wow. Incredible.
2. Something not awesome Having to pay one dollar to swop a twenty dollar bill for another twenty dollar bill because it had the TINIEST tear in it and no one would take it. (also I already typed out this whole post last night and then my phone ate it)
3. Something we ate



We opted out of the "touristy" restaurant our tuk tuk driver took us to at Angkor Wat and searched for a local meal-shack where all the tuk tuk drivers were eating. We had fried pineapple and chicken and chicken noodles. It was super legit. And also, soaked in oil. Vom.
Something we did not eat:


Yip. That's a table of frogs ready for your pickings. Who knows, maybe we will grow some courage during the week and sample these little critters... But not today.
4. Something we did Got a three day pass to the Temples of Angkor and hit up a few of the main ones.
5. Something Random (When I wrote this last night before my phone ate it, we were sitting at a two-for-one-cocktail special hour at a place that serves free popcorn. We like.)
6. Something said
Blake on breaking up with a tuk tuk driver:
"Hey guy, look it's just not working out for us. We just... You know... We want different things in this relationship. It's not you, it's us. We just need some time to figure things out for ourselves. No hard feelings and we do need a lift to the airport, so I hope we can still be friends... "


Look how happy I can be on vacation. Sweet.

day three

1. Something Awesome Driving through the Cambodian countryside and seeing people living such simple, happy lives, people hanging around in hammocks and kids playing games outside, cattle all munching away and everybody laughing. (Are we doing something wrong?)
2. Something not Awesome Being on a bus for 6 hours. That is DEFINITELY not awesome.
3. Something we ate Chip roll. Since we did not realize the bus from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap would only stop once in a place selling not much of anything- we were not adequately prepared and we had to eat chip rolls out of starvation. Slumming, we know.
4. Something Random Cambodians, they have their own traffic system. It's called "do-what-you-like-just-honk-your-way-through". In our 6 hour bus ride, our bus honker honked for approximately 5 of those hours. That is not a joke.
5. Something we did Made the epic mission from Phnom Penh up to Siem Reap
6. Something said Blake pointing to a roll on a non-English-speaking street vendor's cart at the bus stop: can I please have one roll?
Street vendor: ?
Blake: one roll please?
Street Vendor: wha?
Blake: a roll. A roll. That thing (points at a roll)
Street vendor: oh. You mean baguette?

Ps. Sorry for the iPhone editing pic frenzy. 6 hours, no Internet, what's a girl to do?