SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA (May 2012)

Making the most of the kids being on this side of the World, a trip to Cambodia was top of our list, it is somewhere I personally have always wanted to go to.  It is only a 2 hour flight from Singapore which is really nice and as we only had 3 days it fit the bill perfectly.  We also knew it would be a completely different experience for the kids from Singapore.

Even from such a fleeting trip it was hard not to be struck by the hardships caused mainly by war that this Country has gone through in fairly recent times.   We saw some really sad things, kids begging in the streets and desperately selling trinkets at the temples for one. Yet, the people are so gentle, kind and humble.

We also were amazed at the every day life we saw in Siem Reap.  The main mode of transport is the motorbike and the tuk tuk, making moving around on the roads let me just say "interesting"!  We knew we were in for a few wild rides when on our first tuk tuk trip out from our Hotel, the driver pulls into the road going against the traffic!!  He just kept ringing his bell and eventually just worked his way onto the right side of the road - phew!!!  We also kept an eye out to see if we could spot the most people on one bike - sometimes whole families were piled on, amazing!

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