Cambodia Pictures

The border between Laos and Cambodia. To cross it you had to walk about 200 m between the border officials stations for both countries. Right after the picture was taken, I turned around and went to the bathroom almost right where I was standing. Bathrooms were scarse.


I was in Cambodia for 15 days. I started in Phnom Penh, then hit the temples at Siem Reap and then the beaches at Sihanoukville.

A view of Phnom Penh.

To answer your question . . . . . about 40 mph.

You thought your commute sucked. Check out the van in the back.

Phnom Penh sunset.

Things you cant bring into a club in Phnom Penh. The sign was not reassuring. But I did have to get patted down before I went into the 'Heart of Darkness' club.

I saw this on my way to Siem Reap. The bucket on the left are the live tarantulas and the one on the right are the fried ones.

I have a couple hundred photos of the temples from the three days I was there. And none will do them justice. They were just huge and impressive. Awesome is the only word that does them justice. Angkor Wat below.

Ta Prohm. Tomb Raider was filmed at this one. It was funny; I was standing next to a Korean tour group getting an explanation. And all I heard was (Korean) (Korean) ANGELINA JOLIE (Korean) (Korean) And then a bunch of 'Ooohs.'

Angkor Tohm

Angkor Wat.

Ragna and our driver for the three days at the temples. One night he took us to an all Khmer club. It was pretty interesting. The beer was served with ice.

The beaches on the Southern Coast: Sihanoukville.

Vietnam

Right now Im in Saigon. Ive really been enjoying my time here. There are 4 million motor bikes in the city. To cross the street you have to just walk into the road and let them go around you. Its a bit of a leap of faith.

Ive been enjoying the Cafes, Bakeries and Pastries the French left behind.

Tomorrow morning Ill head North.

Me in the Mekhong Delta.

A riddle.

What is bigger then a coconut, smaller then a motor bike and costs less then $14 to shoot 10 rounds from in Vietnam? . . . . . . . . An AK-47.

I had the chance to shoot one in Cambodia and throw a Grenade as well but the time was never right. The one range in Phnom Penh was right next to the Killing Fields and the one in Siem Reap was right next to the Land Mine museum. Looking at photos of Genocide from the Khmer Rouge and watching films about UXO, a majority of which were American, hurting thousands of civilians never really put me in the mood. But after going to the War Remnants Museum and the Gu Chi Tunnels and listening to all the Vietnamese Propaganda about the war I had found the right moment.

Laos Photos

Anddddd . . . . we're back! Now that Im in Saigon I can publish pictures again. So here they are. I must warn you, some are disturbing!

Behold Sir Sweats-A-lot in all his glory. That is me and Thom, my Canadian friend in Luang Prabang after we rode 20 km by bike to some waterfalls. Foolishly we started at noon without enough water. This is the result.

You know you like the headband. You are not alone. The locals loved to stare at it. I assume it was the head bang and had nothing to do with the 6'5" 200lbs jackass riding a bike a third his size.



I was in Laos for 13 days. I went to Luang Prabang, Vang Vieng, Vientiane, Champasak and Don Det.

This picture was taken from the slow boat from Thailand as we were stopping in Laos to pick up more passengers. People were carrying on ducks, fish, and all kinds of stufff you wantẻd to sit next to. I thought it was a good first impression of Laos.

Me eating dinner in Luang Prabang. This was before my Tiger Beer shirt was absorbed by the Mekhong.

A view of a bridge in Vang Vieng. It was a beatiful place. Notice the UXO, Unexploded Ordnance, next to the entrance. 99% chance they are American.

When I was in Laos I was traveling with a really good group of people. We had a lot of good times. It made it hard to decide if I really liked Laos for Laos or the people I was there with. An English couple, Stephen and Kim, great people and Thom again.

Dad?

Its nice to see the Sickle and Hammer hasnt gone completely out of style. I have been to East Berlin and Russia but Laos was my first presently Socialist country. Seeing the Soviet Flag in public was pretty common.

Below is how Thom, Ragna, a Belgian girl we met in Luang Prabang, and I got to the Thousands Islands in Southern Laos. It was two canoes with boards running horizontally across them. And it was full of school children.

And then there was Cambodia. . . .

Leaving Cambodia

Ill leave the southern coast of Cambodia tomorrow at 7:45 in the morning and get into Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam by 5 pm, or so they say. So in fact Ill get in by 10 or 11 pm.

Internet here is slow.