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    🇰🇭 Kratié, Cambodia
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    Destination Kratié

    Yesterday in Cambodia ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    Heavy rain this morning. Set off at 8.20am for the journey in the mini van. Arm chair style seat with a back massage function. Enough litter at the side of the road to keep the south Leicestershire wombles busy for years. Even though I’ve seen it for a week now, the number of shops and stalls which open straight onto the road amazes me. Selling everything. The raw meat is a worry, no refrigeration and it’s so hot and it’s just hung by the road side. Toilet stop - very good ventilation - see photo! Sights along the way - townships, jungle and rice paddies. Roads got narrower once we’d crossed the mighty Mekong river by bridge. More motorbike hazards, everyone must have one. Arrived at the guest house, aeroplane themed - double bed issue so they constructed a single bed in the room. Hired bikes for a ride around Kaoh Trong island - an odd shape, a 10km loop. Back for dinner - stir fried beef and a beer!Read more

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    More Temples

    November 6 in Cambodia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    Same lady tuc-tuc driver as the other day. Doing the “the Big Circuit road”. Driver brought flowers and scarves for Lilly and Missy. First stop was at Preah Khan - a Buddhist temple - one of the largest complexes, a maze corridors and fine carvings on the stonework. Next stop was Ta Som, another Buddhist temple. Then a Hindu temple - Eastern Mebon, the brick shrines are dotted with neatly arranged holes, which attached the original plasterwork. The base of the temple is guarded at its corners by perfectly carved stone figures of elephants. We crossed a floating bridge to Neak Pean Temple, which was in the middle of an artificial island, another Buddhist temple on a circular island there was a walk way all around it.
    Got back in time for happy hour!
    Went out to the circus in the evening. Strange system bought $10 of tokens to spend on food and drink - exchanged the tokens for sweet and sour chicken, a beer and an ice cream! The circus was fun - acrobatics, dancing and stunts.    Read more

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    APOPO Visitor Center

    November 5 in Cambodia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Breakfast at The Muffin Man, we are their best customers - 3 visits in 24 hours! Best chocolate brownie ever - warm with a gooey centre. Ordered a tuc-tuc using the Grab app, like uber but for tuc-tucs. Arrived at the APOPO Visitor Centre to find out about the Landmine Rats which are also known as HeroRATs! The African Giant Pouched Rats are trained to detect landmines and unexploded bombs. This work keeps people safe by reclaiming land from the dangers of landmines and returning it to farmers and local communities. We saw the different types of mine - the rats can detect the explosive smell from a metre deep. Then we saw Poppy in action, scratching the ground when he could smell TNT. Finally, we got to hold the rats, Nino and Jordan.
    After a lunch of gelato ice cream we watched the boat races - Oxford v Cambridge it was not! But it was entertaining. Got back in time for cocktail happy hour! Dinner at New Leaf - chicken pie and chips - Cambodian style.    Read more

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    Angkor Wat and more

    November 4 in Cambodia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    Breakfast at the Muffin Man - ham and cheese toastie - nothing like what we sell on the plane. Got a tuc-tuc - Tracy had pre-booked it with a lady driver - very few of them. She gave us both a scarf to wear. We also had a guide who gave us lots of interesting information. Incident - a car drove straight into the side of the tuc-tuc, no damage to the tuc-tuc but his bumper was dented. First stop Angkor Wat - a Hindu-Buddhist temple, the largest religious structure in the world, constructed in 1150 and took 35 years with 35,000 people working on it.
    It is surrounded by a moat more than 5 km long and 2 metres deep. It has Hindu motifs covering most of it - the story of the Churning of the Ocean of Milk was explained - from the carvings in the sandstone. It was built as the king's state temple in the capital city but when the capital was moved to Phnom Penh the temple was abandoned. Had a good explore.
    Next stop was the Bayon temple 54 towers each decorated with smiling faces. There were many huge carved panels depicting scenes of war. Next was the Baphuon temple - dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. I climbed to the top to get the best views. We walked past Phimeanakas temple the king's private temple. The king’s house would have been near by but it was moved to Phnom Penh when that became capital. All that’s left are his fish ponds. We were then dropped off at a restaurant for lunch - I had sweet and sour chicken. Last stop was the Tomb Raider Temple - Ta Prohm - several scenes from the film were shot there. A lot of the temple is crumbling because it’s been taken over by the jungle and the roots of the trees are destroying it. The tuc-tuc driver was so kind, cold towels every time we returned, chilled bottled water, a coconut to drink and fresh mango and pineapple to eat. Tracy’s booked her again for our day out on Thursday.
    When we returned to the hotel I took advantage of the swimming pool and 3 for 2 cocktails. Walked into town - the Water Festival was in full flow! It was like Ibiza - banging music, heaving with people, lights and lasers.    Read more

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    To Siem Reap

    November 3 in Cambodia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    Nearly a six hour drive from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. Taxi arrived at 9am. Luckily it was an suv because there was a lot of luggage - mainly for the cats! I got the one working seatbelt, the driver is allergic to cats and the indicators didn’t work! Then it started raining, thank goodness the wipers functioned. I liked the red leather seats! I noticed that where there were lampposts every one of them had a Cambodian flag fixed to it. The cats were very well behaved and stayed in their carrying case. Most of the way there were houses opening onto the road, most with a shop or stall to sell stuff. As we got further away from the city the houses were on stilts and cows were tethered to them. The driver had more WhatsApp notifications than I get in a month - constant dinging! Finally got to Central Corner d’Angkor Hotel. Nice en-suite room. Went for a late lunch / early dinner - had steak and ale pie and chips! Lovely refreshing pool. The city looks like Blackpool illuminations at night and along the river like Matlock Bath! Had a blue Hawaii but it looked green at the hotel.Read more

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    Udong

    November 2 in Cambodia ⋅ 🌧 27 °C

    Got a tuc-tuc to Udong. It took about an hour to do 40km, Almost all the way had shops opening onto the road. Udong was the capital of Cambodia between 1618 and 1866. Had a chocolate and banana pancake. Walked the 509 steps (I didn’t count them, the guide book said!) of the main, monkey. lined north stairway. The monkeys were begging for bottles of water! The steps changed from stone to marble - time to take shoes and socks off. Rain started, marble - slippery when wet! Large market, had a walk through and a tasty treat. Tuc-tuc back took a different route - more rural - more potholes, more hazards - cow, goats and dogs on the road.
    Went for a late lunch at Wild - a specialty spring roll restaurant. Had Wild West - minced beef and for dessert had Oreo Cookies in a spring roll.    Read more

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    Orientation

    November 1 in Cambodia ⋅ 🌧 26 °C

    Had a walk around the local area, past the Royal Palace and along the river. Got back in time, it lashed it down for 2 hours. Went to lunch in a tuc-tuc. Had an all day breakfast burger and a piña colada. Walked around a market, anything you need was there, piled up high, from shoes to motorbike spares. In the evening we went along Walk Street - on Saturdays and Sundays it’s lined with street vendors. All sorts of things - fried insects, snakes and spiders, cheese in the centre of a thick pancake - delicious and lots of dubious looking meat on sticks.Read more

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    Phnom Penh

    October 31 in Cambodia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    Arrived at last, 24 hours after checking at Birmingham Airport! There was air traffic control slot delay on the last leg, - will try and make up the time in flight. Same plane same seat. TV screens malfunctioned so manual safety demonstration. TV programmes worked fine, watched Absolutely Fabulous. Dinner served, chicken curry, very tasty. Finally arrived in Cambodia. Very efficient, passport scanned, photo taken, fingerprints scanned - no queue. Tracy and Lilly both at arrivals to greet me. Walked to the bus stop, locals translating what the driver was saying. Bus fare $1.50! Needed a tuc-tuc for the final part of the journey. They weave in and out of the traffic really well. Lots of motor bikes, the roads of crazy! The cats weren’t overly impressed that I’m here - a few snarls!Read more

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    Stop in Singapore

    October 31 in Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C

    Not much to note. Had a pizza and piece of cake, watched the remaining episodes of Friends. Had a sleep and then mushroom omelette for breakfast. The seatbelt sign is put on at the slightest amount of turbulence. Landed in Singapore to drop some passengers off and pick some more up and a crew change. Gate C20.Read more

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    Dubai

    October 31 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ 🌙 25 °C

    Boarding took a long time and there was overhead locker space issues and passengers sitting in the wrong seats - even Emirates have these problems! Comfy aisle seat - 49C near the front of the plane - can see the flight deck door and the FAP - was tempted to increase the temperature as it felt a little chilly! At easyJet we get a snapshot of we do anything wrong! The cabin manager would be dishing them out left, right and centre here! No guard of the door when going into the flight deck! Trolley left unaccompanied in the aisle! No trolley service for the first drink - just order from the crew as they pass, had a wine! Dinner was tasty - potato salad, fish cake, strawberry cheesecake. Also ate the bread roll and cheese and biscuits - just like we get on late flights and a chocolate with another wine and a 7-Up. Watched lots of episodes of Friends. They were very keen with the seatbelt sign with mild turbulence. Arrived in Dubai. Long walk from concourse B to concourse C - massive airport. Ready for the next 11 hours!Read more

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    Birmingham Airport

    October 30 in England ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Checked in. They won’t let me fly with my powerbank - they were going to throw it away so EasyJet management are looking after it for me. Watched the dnata strip and loaders - they have a lot more to do than they do for EasyJet! Boarding took ages! I’ve got a short time to connect in Dubai, hope I make it!Read more

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    October 30, 2025
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