Put a Pin In The Map Emma McCabe Brilliant Lor just brilliant Mar 2, 2014 Fiona Reading this just picked me up by the scruff if the neck and dumped me straight back into a 'borrowed paradise'... can't wait to read it all again! ! Xx Mar 2, 2014 Jo This is amazeballs Lor ,brilliant. So lolling forward to getting away ;) Mar 2, 2014 Pat Blandford Wonderful Laura. It was a very Brave decision to make, but obviously the right one and you learned so much from your adventures. Wishing you a happy & contented life with your lovely family. Love Pat xx Mar 8, 2014

Austin Westminster Carol Beake I hate to think these wondrous travel tales are coming to an end, even though I am delighted to have you home safe and sound! Auntie Carol.

Good Morning Vietnam! Wendie Dougherty A good account,Lor, I know what you mean about the traffic, it is the same all over the Far East. It must have been a bit harrowing to see the area known as the "Killing Fields", but a must when in that part of the world. Will see you soon. xxx Feb 27, 2013 john oliver wonderful lor , the little girl who was running burnt is well and grown up i saw great interview with her dad xxxx Feb 27, 2013

Meeting Mr Chum Mey Clare Baird Must have been very hard to walk round but as my Gran once told me, some times 'read for pleasure sometimes read to learn. x Feb 5, 2013 Margo Krieg Oh laura, this must be horrible. No animal is so awful as a human being. I had the same feeling as we visit the concentration camps in germany. It frozens me and I couldn't understand it. But I think its good to see such things. Perhaps we learn something about it and hopefully such things never ever happened again. Thanks for your blog. Much love, margo Feb 5, 2013 Malin Nova Zofia Nilssen I remember when I visited Phnom Phen the S21 Prison and the Killing Fields. It was so moving. We ended up making a private travel documentary (that I don´t have access to any more) talking a lot about what happened in Cambodia. Important to remember is also all the people who still today lose their limbs and die by all the millions of still active land mines spread around several parts of Cambodia. I met many people who showed me their scars and told me their stories. So sad. What happened in Cambodia, and what is also still affecting the people there on an every day bases, hasn't got even close to the media attention it deserves. Very good blog Laura! xx Feb 5, 2013 Sue Bruckner Laura that is a very moving piece. I'm here with tears. Thank you to this, you really have a great way of explaining without over complication. Sue x Feb 5, 2013 Jeanette Burt Wow, such a powerful read it was riveting x u will have to arrange a weekend get together to hear the rest of your journeys tales x Feb 5, 2013 Wendie Dougherty ( & Terry) I have seen a lot of the atrocities the human race has carried out on each other over the years, and I have been saddened by it. I'm glad that you have now seen for yourself. I'm very impressed to read such a powerful piece, thanks Lor. xxx Feb 5, 2013 Alison Marsh Absoulutely brilliant piece of writing again Laura, has the world ever learnt from these terrible atrocities? hopefully this will never happen again. Feb 5, 2013 Steven Silver Thank you Laura. Again very thought provoking! Your story reminds me of my visit to auschwitz! Very hard to describe but another example of the utter brutality and also courage and bravery of the survivors! These stories should never me forgotten. Never be swept under the carpet of a forgotten age! They must act as lessons to the rest of humanity and the future of mankind to learn from their mistakes, of which unfortunately and very sadly still occurs and is not stamped out as it should be! X Feb 5, 2013 Dorrie Thank you Lor for bringing this piece of history to my attention. I am inspired to read more - if only to keep the memory of those people alive. What a terrible yet inspriational race of humans we can be. Feb 5, 2013 Auntie Ro Fanks Lor continue Loving the trip .its such a great read x Feb 10, 2013 Russ Cruickshank Laura, thank you for awakening my stupidity on this. Although I did hear about things I suppose I normally blocked it out of my mind as a child. Now I too am inspired to read more. Not sure I want to visit: I visited both Dachau and Auschwitz/Birkenau and understand the gruesome-ness you are not showing us. Incredible this happened in our lifetime versus WWII. Feb 16, 2013