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They are descriptions/stories of my trip from Hanoi, Vietnam to Phi Phi Island, Thailand from April 2005 to May 2005.

LZ - Cambodia - April 25th 2005

Lt.col.lewin
2006-01-02 03:43:46

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stores, like BBworld, which is a burger joint. It that looked completely out of place here. When we turned off the main road it was back to the bumps again.
We pulled into a fairly nice budget hotel/restaurant/travel agency. None of us wanted to stay there, even though it looked relatively good. Everyone decided to find a different place to stay instead of this place. The English guys took off to another place while Blaine, a Canadian guy who I met on the tour, and I decided to split a room in a hotel that was closer to a better part of town. Because we had booked a tour for tomorrow through them, they were nice enough to drive us by airconditioned minibus to any other hotel we wanted. Unfortunately, we were being turned away at some of the places we read about in the Lonely Planet. Most of them were full, but we finally found a decent hotel for $18USD per night. Wait, I thought this was third world? $18USD? After showering, we each downed a 650ml Anchor Beer, the local brew, and chatted about our travel experiences. Then, it was down to Herbs Happy Pizza for some long overdue feeding. The pizza cost the same as it does in the States and there wasn't enough Happy Herbs in it, either! I was finding that Cambodian prices were much higher than what they should be. Using US currency was also a bit odd. However, it was worth the price to sit still for a while and chill out [i]along[/i] the river rather than [i]on[/i] the river.

Phnom Penh....next day
We started around 7:30am when our driver for the day picked us up at our hotel. After some eggs and toast (forgot about the bird flu thing...oops), we headed to the area called, The Killing Fields. Another terribly bouncy and dusty drive to the outskirts of the city. Thankfully we had an airconditioned minibus as opposed the brave/dumb/unfortunate people who traveled by motorbike or tuk tuk. Upon arrival, one could see a large stupta that stood a good 400 feet tall ...