Our guide, Saravy picked us up at 4:45am and we made our way with hundreds (thousands?) of others to Angkor Wat to see the temple at sunrise. We still hadn’t seen Angkor Wat so this promised to be a dramatic introduction. There was a hum of many voices in the dark. Angkor Wat is arguably one of the seven wonders of the world. It is also the world’s largest …
A few days ago, I offered John a probiotic capsule and asked him if he had taken his malaria pill. He informed me that he didn’t want to be treated like a child and that he would take care of his own medication. Over the next couple of days, John complained about tiredness and would go for naps in the middle of the day. He said that he must …
I had trouble falling asleep last night. Pictures from our visit to the Genocide Museum and Killing Fields kept going through my head. I was shocked when I saw the sites but even more horrified when I had time to think about it. We were up at 5am and our taxi driver picked us up at 6am to take us to the airport. Our 35 minute flight to Siem …
This morning we took a half day tour to the Tuel Sleng Genocide Museum and Killing Fields. The museum used to be a school but the Khmer Rouge took it over in the 70s and turned it into a prison and torture centre. There are just no words to describe this place and what happened here. The pictures were graphic. Although years and continents apart it is like Auschwitz. …