We left the hotel very early to see the sunrise over Angkor Wat. We arrived in the dark and walked, along with several hundred other people, to see the sun rise over Angkor Wat, which is a Buddhist-Hindu temple in Siem Reap. The sunrise over the temple was beautiful. There are hundreds of temples within… Read More Angkor Wat
We drove out of the city into a little village to visit a school started by Srey Sros who used to work with Matthew and Melissa. She is the daughter of a pastor and has a heart for teaching and helping families. The students attend the local primary school in the morning and then attend… Read More Siem Reap Village School
Today we visited an organization that houses boys and girls who are either orphans or cannot live at home for safety reasons. As westerners we look at the home as a shelter, but they really try to make the space feel like so much more. Their goal is to create a family within each home.… Read More Siem Reap Children’s Home
We left Phnom Penh in the early morning hours and drove 5 hours north to Siem Reap, the town where Matthew and Melissa lived for 5 years. We were excited to see where their lives in Cambodia began. The drive was beautiful. We saw lots of rice fields and lotus flowers, lots of open countryside… Read More Siem Reap
Our friends Matthew and Melissa have lived in Phnom Penh for the last 7 years. We toured around the city with them these past day and a half. There are many outdoor markets that are full of anything you could possibly need, flowers, shoes, shirts, rice cooker, lotion, hair clips, fried crickets, salted snails, questionable… Read More Phnom Penh
The last few days have been a peaceful and relaxing pause in our Cambodian itinerary. Matthew and Melissa recommended we take some time to relax and unwind and they couldn’t have been more right. The resort they recommended, The Secret Garden, has been the perfect place to unwind. This island and this resort seem to… Read More Koh Rong Island
Today we visited two recent historical sites, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, also known as S21, and The Choeung Ek Genocidal Center, also known as The Killing Fields. The two sites tell the tragic story of the imprisonment and death of thousands of Cambodians at the hands of the Khmer Rouge from 1975-1979. We heard stories… Read More S21 & The Killing Fields
We landed around 10:30am and wanted to do our best to stay awake for the day. We had lunch with Matthew and Melissa and then Melissa kindly toured us around Phnom Penh via Tuktuk so we could see a bit of the city and get adjusted to the new time zone in the warm weather.… Read More Cambodia Arrival
We connected in Hong Kong on our way from San Francisco to Phnom Penh. Fortunately, our gate was across the skybridge so we got to see Hong Kong from a great vantage point.
24 hours of journey ahead…
