First stop for Winter break was Phenom Penh, next we went went to a homestay in a town off the map and finally to Siem Reap.
We flew thru Korea:
Met with Bennett and immediately jumped in a tuktuk to our hotel.
First day we took a tuktuk out to see the Killing Fields [where the mass graves of some 17,000 Cambodians were found in 1979]
Then we went on ATVs thru the countryside:
Which, unfortunately led me to fall off an 8 foot cliff. After a day or two of ice packs, I was able to move like less of a 90 year old grandma.
Bennett's luggage never arrived so he had to go shopping in the market for a whole new wardrobe. [It actually didnt show up until the day we were leaving- he was such a good sport about it tho!]
Lots of places around Cambodia are based around trying to improve the lives of victims of the Pol Pot regime in the late 1970's. For example, Friends restaurant is staffed by street children who are educated and given jobs in the restaurant:
The tail end of my ATV tumbles:
We explored some temples, had dinner on the riverfront and ran into an elephant in the park:
The next day we went to a cooking class. They took us to the markets to buy the food:
The cooking class was super fun and some really fun people came:
Brad got chili powder in his eye which led to some comical waterbottle use:
We hit up the Golden Palace then went for Christmas dinner and dancing after:
Next up, Homestay:
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