Cambodia

Southeast Asian Odyssey '24, part three

Well, and here we are, in Siem Reap: dormitory to Angkor Wat. Which, let’s face it, is the reason to come here, owt else being a bonus. Just returned from the National Museum, where we got just a taster – a wonderful three or four hours spent in the company of ancient beauty and genius. Really looking forward to the real McCoy, and points beyond – mostly Phnom Penh and a bit more islanding.

Sunset Beach, Koh Rong Sanloem island, Cambodia
wwwhere's my internet
You don’t really appreciate how much and how often you turn to it till suddenly it’s not there. Reading  (the third) Wolf Hall and suddenly ‘Mary, Mary, quite contrary’...
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Sunset Beach, Koh Rong Sanloem island, Cambodia
Adapting to sloth
We’re a very adaptable species.  After two months and change of flying here and bussing there and doing this and doing that and seeing this and trying that and exploring here...
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Sunset Beach, Koh Rong Sanloem island, Cambodia
Rinse & repeat
Laid back or what? As per, nothing to report. We haven’t quite got round to those treks through the jungle, and even today’s yoga fell by the wayside after the mat was occupied...
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Sunset Beach, Koh Rong Sanloem island, Cambodia
Our last Turner sky?
Funny thing, time. After watching our last Koh Rong Sanloem sunset I said to V “It’s funny – after we’d been here a couple of days I was thinking ‘How...
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Koh Rong Sanloem island, Cambodia
Return to reality
Starting with the return journey to the ferry terminal, itself beginning with a haul up the rocky path that almost finished us off on our way to Sunset Beach. It was actually less challenging...
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Kampot, Cambodia
To be fair, there wasn't much in the brochure
Kampot, googling suggested, was not exactly overburdened with tourist attractions. But we’d known that before we came here, viewing it as a reasonably chilled way of segueing...
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