An Adventure in Udong

We decided to get out of the city and have an adventure over the weekend. There are lots of great places to explore within a couple hours of PP, so we decided to go to Udong - a royal "mountain" (if you live on the West coast, read: hill) where Cambodia's kings have been buried for about the last 600 years. It takes about an hour and a half each way to get there, even though its only 40km from the city! That made for a long, dusty, noisy day in the tuktuk.

Once we arrived, we climbed the 600 steps to the top. There are about a dozen stupas, ranging from 100-600 years old. Its a very beautiful place, with many little temples and some great views. I think i'm over my file size limit on the blog, but there are some pictures in this album:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2030853&id=98300269&l=8055cd377f

Now we're back to work on a Monday morning. We take language classes every M/W/F before work, and love it! Its very fun and entertaining to try to learn to speak with the locals, even though there is lots of laughing because of how badly we butcher the pronunciation. We are excited about our progress with our projects, as well. The girls are working on making jewelry, and our goal is to eventually be able to offer it for sale online to allow them to earn some extra income from an activity that they enjoy! We'll be sure to keep you posted.