Music: Boys Noize
At the moment I am hanging out in Thailand. The hanging out part won’t be for long though, on December First I start doing some volunteer work out in the north east of Thailand. The last month has been gorgeous though! Clearly, so much fun that I havn’t been able to blog it up.
Vietnam feels so long ago, its strange to write about it. Natalie and I spent a full three weeks there. We finished off in Saigon (probably my least favourite part of Nam) for our last touch of Vietnam city life (aka, dirty, loud and hot) then strolled down to the Mekong for a lovely boat ride into Cambodia.
Unfortunately we only had time for 2 weeks in Cambodia. I really liked Cambodia, but its funny thinking back, two things that stand out in my mind are: sadness and the biggest friendliest smiles I have ever seen. Strange a bit eh?
The sad part obviously comes from the (relatively) recent genocide. One day in Phnom Penh checking out killing fields and museums can sure put a damper on a travellers high. Furthermore the poor begging children and the land mine victims arn’t all that uplifting either. The saddest thing I have ever seen was the look on a young boys face (about eight or nine) after he took a hit (is that what you call it? a hit?) from a plastic bag full of gas. An eight year old. Huffing. Unreal. It broke my heart.
We also spent a day at an orphanage, playing with kids whose parents are too poor to take care of them. But the smiles, the smiles are the best in Cambodia. Even after all this tragedy they give everyone their happiest smiles and cheekiest grins.
Clearly a highlight of Cambodia was Angkor Wat. Holy hell amazing! Something everyone should see for themselves… so go!!! I’d go on and on about it, but seeing isn’t the same as hearing about it. If you’re lucky i’ll show you pictures.
So yah, sadness and smiles.
