Last but not least...

thank you to everyone who has enjoyed our wee blog, it hasnt been the best system to work from but I have persevered...next time i will use a better platform...all the grammar and spelling mistakes are not my fault but very time consuming to resolve!!! Ha ha ha....anyway, we are off to the airport soon. Our luggage has grown a little from when we left so we are hoping the luggage and airport gods will be on our side as we depart from here...but more so on arrival in Auckland...we all know what they can be like!!

Steve and I are so grateful for the experiences we have had! I cant wait to see my animals...I know in my heart the next nine months will fly and there is no doubt in our hearts and minds that Cambodia is where we belong! We are looking at China next year also....I am on a mission to discover the dumplings of the world!

Our new friends in Vietnam will get a visit too...

It is with heavy hearts we leave but open minds, and a wonderful sense of accomplishment and adventure remains...

Thanks for listening....all our live Kel and Steve

PS We are flying Malaysia Airlines...I am opptomistic they wont get three strikes...if we are unlucky as so many beautiful people in our world are in this day in age, know we are together and we love you all very much!

Kel and Steve xxx

More Bangkok....

Its been a crazy place to try and take some deep breaths and time out! the city that never sleeps....funny after a week or so here we again have met some beautiful people, planned a trip to china next year and steves a local at the coffee shop down the road! very hard place to leave...not long to go now...been nice to be hiding away from all the horrible stories of the world...

Bangkok Babes & Lady Boys...

Been a few days of chaos and craziness here in Bangkok...we seem to be in a good busy area and have been using the train, bus and tuk tuks to get around! Amazing how expensive it is here, we were so spoilt in Vietnam! Good times though and soaking it all up before quiet time in Lummy....

Just to make you jealous shots of fantastic food!

Some great food, some cheap beer and fantastic company so far!

Khmer Nights & Monkey Bites...

We have loved Siem Reip...our first day we went to an amazing floating village and have been with our same tuk tuk driver since we arrived. His name is Chaay Chou, 28 years old, married for 6 years, 2 beautiful children and a very very hard life. It has been such a delight becoming friends with im. We have been to his families home a couple of times, his wife Srey Mom cooked us beautful food and I played with all the local kids...we have eaten like kings, had lots of cold beer and are sad to be leaving! We went and did sunrise at Angkor Wat, we have covered miles by tuk tuk and we have made good friends...the monkey bite was funny as I was taken on by a very protective Mamma Monkey...its healed well and was fortunately a female so her teeth werent too big!

Angkor What?

Holy Moly...this place was huge, overwhelming and busy busy busy! We were suprised about how many people were there...Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some 400 km2, including forested area, Angkor contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century. They include the famous Temple of Angkor Wat and, at Angkor Thom, the Bayon Temple with its countless sculptural decorations.
The history of these temples is a little hard to comprehend, some as far back as 800....basically Angkor Wat was the last and biggest temple built in this city of temples. The name seems to now encompass the whole city of temples although each one has its own name. Angkor Wat was built in the 1100's and was dedicated to the buddhist deity Vishnu. The city of temples was preceeded by the last king who built Angkor Wat by 3 others who built their temples to not rival each other but in their own styles and sizes relative to their own empires at the time. We have spent 2 and a half days here. Again one of those places to get lost and imagine being here a thousand years ago, imagine building these amazing structures, imagine this being a city of 1,000,000 people as it once was. With more than 2 million people visiting and making pilgramiges here each year it does make you wonder how much longer it will last? Aside from unsafe areas, we were free to walk around and explore freely...amazing!