Angkor What?

Wow! the time in Cambodia has just zipped by. I can't believe I'm leaving today when I just feel like I'm getting my Cambodian feet under me. Yet another location to put on the MUST REVISIT List. The first few days were visits to the Angkor area and the temples there-Angkor Thom and the elephant ride, Angkor Wat at sunrise and Angkor Something where Tomb Raider was filmed. These last few days have been in the capital city Phnom Penh and some of the sites here have been a bit more sobering-The Killing Fields and The S-1 Museum (aka The Genocide Museum). But there is also the National Museum (get a guide if you can) and the Royal Palace. I managed to not go to the two big markets and that's the only way I'm going to get through the rest of my trip, I think-avoid the markets.
Some of the things not to be avoided are the places set up to provide safe haven and education for kids. We had a very cool dinner and show at a restaurant that feeds kids from an orphanage. After dinner the kids perform the same traditional Khmer dance we saw on the first night in Cambodia. I like the kids version better! The next day lunch was at a restaurant that provides training in food service to street kids. The food and service was great. Next door is a craft shop and all the stuff was made by locals and the $ goes to the orphanage, too. There are lots of opportunities to help out like that throughout this region. I don't mean to soapbox but it couldn't hurt to checkout a couple of ways to support these kind of programs. Come 'on-it's all just a click away from where you are right now. when I get home I will change this line of text to a hyperlink to one of the sites. Please check this entry later. thanks.

In less than an hour, the journey out of Cambodia begins. There be a boat awaitin' dockside for a five hour voyage down the Mekong River to the border. As quick as this entry is, that's how quick my visit to Cambodia has been. Waay to short.