A Week of Exploring

Well, we had some family come visit us last week, so we took a couple days and did some exploring around Cambodia. First we went down to Kep, an old provincial resort town on the Gulf of Thailand. Its a small city, only about 4,000 residents, so its a nice breath of fresh air (literally) from Phnom Penh. Very relaxing. Kep is famous for fresh seafood, so we made sure to enjoy some crabs, prawns and fish prepared with locally grown Kampot pepper. Next, we hired a fisherman to take us out to a small island named Koh Tonsai (Rabbit Island). We stayed on the island for about two days, soaked up the sun, played in the water, and caught up on relaxing. After the weekend was over, we took the bus back to the city and saw some of the sights here in town that we haven't gotten to yet.

Last Thursday, we headed to Siem Reap via bus, a 6 hour trip. It was well worth it, though, as we got to spend two days exploring Angkor Wat and the surrounding temples. A very cool experience! After the bus trip back to PP, our family headed out and we got back to work. Its our last week of work at TLC, so we've been working on wrapping up our loose ends and saying goodbye to all the great friends we've made here. We're going to miss Cambodia a lot, and hope to come back within the next year, at least for a visit.