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grabs
- munich - bangkok - siem reap - angkor wat
we took the train to munich early in the morning, went for a meal there,
flew to bangkok, slept in the very stylish and free lounge of bangkok
airways (free drinks, free food, free internet etc) and arrived in
the late afternoon (+5hrs time difference) in siem reap, cambodia.
there we got a hotel (first choice of lonely planet - sometimes not
the best choice, but easy to find) and some lovely food. the next day
we cycled the 7km to the park entrance of angkor wat, the largest religious
monument in the world. the small circuit took us the whole day but
was really nice and interesting. but after a day we had seen it and
decided to carry on the day after.... |
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siem
reap - phnom penh - sihanoukville
in
phnom penh we went to markets, enjoyed delicious food and read
about the terrible khmer rouge's genocide of 17000 civilians
(1975 – 1979).
on the streets we saw lots of people with only one leg (or
none at all) and being there made me really realize how lucky
we are, in switzerland, such a safe and fearless country. we visited
"friends", a great project to get street children into secure
surroundings! |
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sihanoukville
sihanoukville wasn't really what
we had imagined. we compared much too much with thailand, but of
course cambodia went through horrible times – and most of the people
in our age or older lost a family member because of famine or the
khmer rouge! there are still lots of mines all over the country
and obviously lots of people still loose a leg or two if they step
onto the wrong spot of land! there are lots of kids on the roads – and
lots of really good projects to keep the kids from the roads and
provide secure places for them to play. www.artcambodia.org/ |
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bangkok
on a short stop-over for shopping in bangkok we decided to go to
koh tao again. so we booked a bus and ferry and spent the rest
of the days shopping in mbk, eating at rainee's and other places
of course, reading and enjoying asia by bus, boat or on foot. |
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koh tao 1
we knew that koh tao was paradise. and we needed
a really nice place to relax, read and cool down. so we spontaneously
decided to take an overnight bus down to surrathani and the ferry over
to koh tao. moondance was our aim. but the bungalows we knew from the
last time were now sunset – but still beautiful and quiet… and jack was
still there and even remembered us! we met lots of really great people – trina
(canada) and duncan (australia), whom we already got to know on the
bus down south, sofia and patrick (both sweden) who asked us to join
them on the once-around-the-island-snorkelling-trip etc. |
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koh tao 2
most of our time on koh tao we went snorkelling or read on the
beach – in the shade or hammock. if you felt like drinking or eating
you would go to the bar and get a delicious fresh fruit shake with
ice, to cool you down. yes, mieke and erwin, the famous no name
burger is still alive and still delicious!!! in the eves we sometimes
went to viewpoint or buddha view for a dinner. yes, it still is
paradise. but for how long? they are planning a dive station over
at moondance – things are developing extremely fast! |
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bangkok - munich - home
back in bangkok we went to the sea world in siam and bought some
cheap clothes, dvds and thai deco style stuff for home. but after
such a holiday you don't really want to think about home – but
about your next trip, about another year travelling, about free
time and lots of fun and adventure!
we arrived at midnight and had to get up at 6am the next day to go
working... |
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