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Monday, February 20th, 2006

Wayne’s World, etc.

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Saturday 2/18/06 we moved into Wayne’s penthouse apartment. It’s one of 3 on the 3rd floor of a French colonial building on Street 13, across from the main post office. Very close to Wat Phnom. We’ve been exploring the neighborhood on foot and watching the world go by from the large windows that look down on St. 13.

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Phnom Penh and environs

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Cardamom Walkabout/Moto

Our gracious friends at Conservation International (CI) provided all logistical support, however we lacked the Thai cooking tins that are required camping gear, so we stopped at the Thai military market on the outskirts of Phnom Penh for our compact and versatile green metal boxes. Apparently the market is also a source of old contraband that still floats around this country. Ak 47 or grenade launcher. This is the spot. The government is cracking down on this stuff now, as it doesn’t promote a tourist-friendly atmosphere.

We stopped for lunch in a small village and ate at a restaurant new to Wayne, where our ‘table’ was set up under a nipa roofed platform where we sat, barefoot, looking at a little river. Lunch was rice, a soup and a meat and vegetable dish, delicately seasoned and ready in less than 5 minutes. It was a wonderful surprise to be in such a dusty little town and get treated to a tasty meal. Especially when the first place we tried to get lunch just closed its kitchen.

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Kaeng Krachan NP

Monday, February 13th, 2006
[It is wonderful reading your comments, good friends. Thank you.] On our way to the largest park in Thailand, we stopped in Ban Pak Thale to find the spoon-billed sandpiper. Once again we were trudging on mud dikes between salt pond ... [Continue reading this entry]

On the outskirts of Bangkok

Thursday, January 26th, 2006
(I’m at the mercy of a wireless internet connection that I’ve found while sitting on Sam’s veranda. So if this does not get posted right away, it’s beyond my control at this point.) At six in the morning, it’s still dark ... [Continue reading this entry]

Christmas in Maine before big trip

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005
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