Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The first two weeks in Cambodia


Cambodia was great.  The highlight of our time there was definitely the trip to Angkor Wat.  The complex is so big it would take weeks to see all of the smaller buildings.  It truely is one of the wonders of the world.  There is no written history of the people who lived there, only carvings, so not much is known about it.  Archaeologists have been putting the temples back together for many years.  They were all partially or fully damaged by the trees breaking them apart.  
Phnom Penh is a city in transition.  A gas station is an old person with a few liquor bottles of petrol on display.
There is a lot of construction, so the city is changing quickly.  There were about 20 of us in the Languagecorps group in Cambodia.  6 of us went to Vietnam.

The journey begins

Yes, we did bring a few things with us.  More than anyone else, but we're moving and figured we should bring some stuff we might need.  What we didn't know is that we'd be in a fifth-floor walkup room once we got there.