Photos Of Angkor Wat (as promised)
Saturday, October 15th, 2005Here’s some photos of the glorious Angkor Wat:
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Cambodia; A Mine Field
Monday, October 10th, 2005Rupert writes
Cambodia is probably what Thailand used to look like twenty years ago, only without the landmines. This is real Asia and in comparison to what we’ve just left behind things are, as the locals enjoy quoting, “same, same but different”. Take buses for example; unlike the -what I at last can identify as- VIP coaches in Thailand locals far out weigh foreigners on board, which suits me as now I get that authentic ride I’ve been searching for, but that’s not where the authenticity of our trip ends. Throw in the pot-holed dirt tracks that make up much of Cambodia’s roads bar a few highways, and then add a measure of, say, four hours breaking down in the blistering heat with air-con working hard but accomplishing nothing but a desperately light breeze that you suck at like your life depends on it (because it does), the drivers’ got the engine cover off and that’s at the back of the bus, which is where your sat, adding another fifty degrees of heat to battle against the air-con-my-arse, and we’re getting there.
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