Hello all. Today I have seen, heard, smelt and tasted Cambodia for the first time. There are so many things to see, so many people... Friendly children waving as we drive past in the tuk tuks. Dust and grime every... We breathed, tasted it, lived in it...
We flew in from Vietnam this morning after re offending our Vietnamese customs officers at the airport, with our hundreds of contraband glasses. But after some sweet talking by Heidi we were on our way, with our glasses, to our final destination! Our last flight literally flew! 45 min later we where on the ground in Cambodia with 15 checked in bags, 22 carry on bags and 2 wheelie walkers safely arriving with us! Our tuk tuk drivers are specialists at making lots of luggage fit into a small amount of space... And then getting it all safely through the 'no rules' driving style of Phnom Penh's streets.
So here we are at our home for the next five days--the Bonitar hotel. Caroline and Heidi along with Cheryl have gone to town at the pharmacy and come back with boxes and boxes of supplies for the clinics. Rach and Bec braved the supermarket to source food, snacks and bottled water.
And all of us first timers to Cambodia got to take the 30 min drive to the Choeungek Genocidal centre: the killing fields... And we took the very sobering audio led walk through the site where once thousands of Cambodians had been tortured and killed under the rule of Pol Pot. This is one story and place I will never forget.
And on that note good night guys!!!
Sally
