Visited: Kampot and Phnom Penh
(Featuring Alex and Ollie – we do get rid of one of them, I promise)
The HIGHLIGHTS:
Kampot: pepper farms, Crab markets (with the best grilled squid!), Man vs. Food challenge, and the longest power cut known to civilisation.
Attempted timed food challenge, by worlds slowest food consumer
Crabby crabby
Phnom Penh: The best veggie burger that ever existed (@Cousins Diner), 8 fluffy puppies whom we greeted every morning on our coffee and pastry stroll,, the Killing Fields, S21 museum, a Bon voyage to our baby Alex (whom we have shipped over to the Americas to live a better life).
One of the puppies I nearly dognapped
The DREAM TEAM
VISAs:
So getting a visa for Vietnam is easy …unless you're picking it up from Cambodia. Note: the Embassy workers are the spawn of Satan. They will fuck up your visa. They will charge you $55 for no reason. They will take your soul and live happily ever after, in hell.
The SERIOUS STUFF
So one of the more sombre moments of my travels was visiting the Killing Fields and the S21 museum in Phnom Penh. Now, I had no real knowledge of Cambodian history/not too distant history, so when I learnt what happened during the “secretive” Civil War, I was completely undone. Fi and I felt very different for a few days after visiting, and I think it's difficult not to be once you learn how people suffered, and the cruel barbarity that was adopted by those in charge. The fact that these acts of inhumanity were done during our parents lifetime, and by those sharing the same nationality, is completely incomprehensible to me. The whole experience is a struggle – you cannot, and do not want to believe that such a thing could happen, but by visiting these places it's almost like you can feel the suffering and depression that lived there.
I strongly advise anyone travelling to Cambodia to visit. You will need a Kleenex, and some time to recover afterwards. Never forget 🌾
Next stop: VIETNAM
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