Hello!  Bri and I are now in the fabulous town of Siem Reap, Cambodia which is about 10 minutes from the Angkor temples. For anyone who isn't familiar with Angkor (I know I wasn't) let me give a little history lesson and quote from "Ancient Angkor", which is the book we bought from one of the many many children working and begging around the temples.  "The Khmer civilization centered on Angkor was one of the most remarkable to flourish in Southeast Asia.  Between the 8th and the 13th century, a succession of Hindu and Buddhist kings created magnificent temples in stone.  Their elaborate carvings and intricate architecture amazed the first Europeans who visited in the 19th century and continue to fascinate today".  This place was absolutely amazing.  The people in Cambodia are extremely friendly and the town of Siem Reap has a great deal of bars and restaurants serving fabulous Western food.  Interestingly enough, Siem Reap uses American money.  There currency is the riel, but when you go to the ATM, US dollar spits out!

We traveled from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam to Siem Reap on a 12 hour bus, which really isn't bad at all for us!  We loved Vietnam but were definitely ready to move on.  Ho Chi Minh was a bit larger of a city than we prefer, very similar to the chaos of Hanoi.  It was a very interesting and educating experience going to the tunnels.  Let's just say it was a bit awkward for us.  The film we watched was made in the 60s and was very anti-American.  I have lots more pictures of us crawling through the tunnels on my digital...it was too dark to use the iPhone which has no flash. We were sad to see Sam and Iain go but we know we will see them in Australia.

Bri and I are leaving for Koh Chang, Thailand tomorrow.  We were originally suppose to fly from Bangkok to Sydney on the 2nd of December, but there are huge protests going on in the Bangkok airport which has stopped all planes for the last 4 days.  So we have a few days to kill, but we figure there are worse places we could be stuck. We hope it will all clear up by Dec. 7th when we are scheduled to fly out.  That's it for now.  Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We miss and love you!