Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Serious Police, Serious Mud, and Serious Sights

Jan — Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0700

Phnom Penh
Cambodia

Dear Family and Friends,

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photos of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The rain is incessant so Jeff and I decided to skip the beach at Ko Chang and go directly to the Cambodian border. I misplaced my passport photos so the border guards ripped me off for a couple of extra dollars for the visa.

Cambodia: Angkor Wat

Jan — Tue, 02 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0700

I left early in the morning by boat to Siem Reap -- the city close to Angkor Wat. This three-hour ride was calm and scenic. Beautiful river, beautiful wide Tonle Sap Lake –- so wide that no land can be seen as we traveled north.
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Arrival was at a spot in the middle of the lake. No pier. We climbed aboard a smaller boat.

And since I had made an advance reservation, my driver, standing in his long-tail boat, held a clearly lettered sign, “Welcome Jan Polatschek.” In the middle of a lake. In the middle of Cambodia.