After the culture shock that was the Homestay, we headed to my favorite place so far. Sihanoukville. This place is GORGEOUS!! We arrived on Sunday afternoon, & spent that afternoon wandering along the beach, getting a massage & getting a manicure. We then went to a Cambodian BBQ for the best marinated baby pork ribs of my life!! I was like a fat kid eating with my fingers & picking the ribs clean of all the meat. Then the party crew (myself, Julia ...

So after a long & bumpy ride from Phnom Penh on a private bus, we arrive at a local village called Chombok (you can google it). We meet some of the locals & are advised that 2 families are giving up their houses for us to sleep in tonight. The houses are very basic, only 2 rooms & a Varandah on stilts, the big room has 2 very thin double-ish mattresses with mozzie nets. That's where 6 of us will sleep. The other room is just for storage. There's no fa...

Up early to leave Kampong Cham & catch a public Bus to Phnom Penh. We arrived early afternoon & arrived at the Fancy Guesthouse & went for a quick walk to the waterfront where we ate lunch overlooking the Mekong River. After lunch, we went to the Genocidal Museum (S21 Building), & the Killing Fields just outside Phnom Pen. I had to wait outside for the last 15 minutes, as I was just filled with sadness over all the horrible things that have hap...

One again, another early morning as we checked out of our Guest House & caught the shuttle bus to the Public Bus for the journey to Kampong Cham. It was a long, bumpy, noisy & interesting 5 & half hour journey. Annie & I snuck up & took the front seats of the coach. We could see everything from here. This was both good, & slightly terrifying. The driver honked his horn, overtook other cars/scooter/tractors etc with centimeters to spare, he...

Ok kids, so firstly - my apologies on the delays between updates. I wrote 4 days worth & it didn't save. I was pretty cranky & nearly threw in the towel on the entire blog, but have decided to rewrite it & forge on. Secondly.. If you have Skype on your phone, please add me (Tash.wills) so that I can call u when I have wifi (might be hard with the time differences & the call will be a bit dodgy, but still worth a go).. Okii dokii.. So I left you ...