Obviously I haven't been keeping up on the blog but we''ve made it to Cambodia as of today. We landed in Siem Reap at about 5 PM Sunday. After getting to our hotel, we unpacked EVERYTHING - we'll be here for 3 nights, and I headed to the bar! We took a taxi for $2 to the town center to find a place for dinner. I spotted a Mexican restaurant and we had ribs and fish tacos - FINALLY!! YUM!
The last several days we were in Pattaya, Thailand with some new friends: Kai, Tucki and Poo. We were treated to the most wonderful food, beaches, shopping and hospitality on the planet! ( I dare anyone to rival these ladies for taking care of us!) We had (and I'm sure I'll forget something): lobster, crab, oysters, several types of fish, pecking duck that puts a Thanksgiving Turkey to shame, veggies, rice dishes, noodle dishes and desserts to spoil a queen! We also had lasagna, pizza, ice cream, beer and whiskey once in a while! I can't believe how much food we can eat! I really need to stay in the gym longer every day!
Now that we're in Cambodia though, I hope to work off some calories at the gym and in climbing the thousands of steps at Angkor Wat and the surrounding wats. We're here for 3 nights. (maybe Mexican for 2 out of 3?) Who knows. The hotel has a restauant but they have a prix fix menu for $19 or $25 per person. We chose the city for the $2 cab and $12 dinner for 2! That, internet, people who speak English, plenty of cabs for the ride home (where are we staying again?), and we're all set.
Bangkok is just like NYC! Huge sky scrapers, lots of pollution and traffic. The food is good and the people are friendly though. Not as much horn beeping as NYC! Our trip to Chiang Mai in Norther Thailand was a lot of fun too. We rode and elephant, I paddled us down a river for an hour on a bamboo raft and we (again) ate as if the end was near! :-)
We're collecting an armful of ''good luck"" bracelets. I now have my original one from Cancun, one from the monk in Bangkok, one from the Monk University in Chiang Mai and one from the kids at the elephant camp. I should be buying lottery tickets soon!
There are a lot of people in a very small space both in Thailand and Cambodia. Seems like a little goes a long way. the next time I'm temped to shop at Bed, BAth and Beyond just because I'm in the area, I'll think twice. It's amzaing how happy people (of any nationality) can be on so little - food, furnishings, material things like clothing / cars / 'stuff''. These people eat to live, recycle whenever possible and conserve natural resources. I look at us in the US and see us eating till we're ''stuffed'' when we go out, we toss recyclables regularly and we use water and electricity like it's a gift from heaven. They say third world countries have a long way to go but I believe it's us in the other countries that have more to lose then the petroleum is scarce or global warming really has an impact on how we live day to day. Some of us would never survive in this 'simple'life...
In the meantime, I'd recommend everywhere we've been. Bangkok has the Grand Palace, Pattaya has wonderful beaches and a fabulous drag show that really would put Vegas to shame and Cambodia gets by on a lot less than Thailand! More to come.....
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
From Coogee Beach
Hi-
We're about 25 minutes south east of Sydney at a popular beach spot. Lucky me - I've found a nice private, women only beach nearbye! We've both been in the water several times. It's cold but refreshing. There's lots of shops and restaraunts around so Dad is in heaven. He's going to eat his way through eat town I think! He's getting brown like an Indian and I'm not far behind him!
If I get my butt in gear, I'll book a day trip to the Blue mountains for tomorrow and allow for an overnight stay if I feel like it. It's suppose to be like the grand canyon but GREEN! We'll leave for New Zealand on the 7th of Jan. but not before we finish our tans.
I ran at 7 am this morning along the beach. It was wonderful. I did part of the run on the boardwalk then about 10 minutes, calf deep in the water. (Gotta work off this beer belly somehow! ha ha ha)
I've had trouble uploading photos but I'll keep trying. All the best to everyone.
Love, Jen
We're about 25 minutes south east of Sydney at a popular beach spot. Lucky me - I've found a nice private, women only beach nearbye! We've both been in the water several times. It's cold but refreshing. There's lots of shops and restaraunts around so Dad is in heaven. He's going to eat his way through eat town I think! He's getting brown like an Indian and I'm not far behind him!
If I get my butt in gear, I'll book a day trip to the Blue mountains for tomorrow and allow for an overnight stay if I feel like it. It's suppose to be like the grand canyon but GREEN! We'll leave for New Zealand on the 7th of Jan. but not before we finish our tans.
I ran at 7 am this morning along the beach. It was wonderful. I did part of the run on the boardwalk then about 10 minutes, calf deep in the water. (Gotta work off this beer belly somehow! ha ha ha)
I've had trouble uploading photos but I'll keep trying. All the best to everyone.
Love, Jen
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