Some photos

Hello from Phnom Penh! I'm here in the capital for 2 nights. This morning was rather depressing where we visited S-21 and the Killing Fields. I'll leave those stories for when I get back but I'll sum it up with the entire time we were at both places - hardly a word was spoken by anyone in my group and I only took two photos.

On a lighter note- last night we ate at a restaurant called Romdeng. There's a lot of street children in Cambodia and there are several restaurants that teach the children and give them experience to work in hospitality. It's a really nice restaurant with traditional dishes from all over Cambodia - including tarantula (no one in our group would eat the hairy thing :). For the children too young to work in the restaurant, they just get an education for starters.

And here's some photos from Siem Reap. The first is a group shot in front of Angkor Wat. Some monks asked to take a photo with us (there was a third monk with their digital camera!). How cool is that? We see monks all over the temples and tourist sites - we wonder if it's to spread good will. The next photo is from the dinner we had in Siem Reap at a local family's house - sensational! Not the normal tourist experience!! It was set up because of our guide's relationship with the family. (and of course we compensated them for the meal). After we finished eating (the family ate earlier) the kids were excited to hang out with us and some music was put on - Cambodian pop! So we all boogied down together until bedtime. They're all so sweet!