The end
Trip Start
Sep 23, 2008
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Trip End
Oct 31, 2008
Fleet, England, United Kingdom
Friday, October 31, 2008
Some reflections on Cambodia:
It's a pretty country.
The people are very friendly and cheerful.
It has a varied history (both great and dire).
It will be a sucessful tourist venue - go soon before it ruins itself in the process.
We were both pleasantly surprised by Cambodia.
And Sarah really liked the tuktuks.
And some thoughts on the whole thing:
It rains in SE Asia, quite a lot.
It can also be very hot and very, very humid.
The traffic is interesting (in a death at any second, from any direction type of way).
China has a lot of people - more than you can count, even using both hands.
The food was very good (though Sarah doesn't want to see a pineapple for months and Shane never wants to see a fried tarantula - or a bucket of them - again).
It is a distinctly different culture to anywhere else we've been and each country has a slightly different version.
It was perhaps less intimidating / scary / culture shocking than we might have expected.
Seeing people ask (in sign language) to have their kids photographed with Sarah, only to have them run away screaming is a memory that will stay with me for years.
Again we were lucky - no illness, no crime etc. Apart from crossing the roads we didn't feel threatened / in danger throughout the trip.
Oh how the bean counter cheered - we came in under budget and every Dollar / Yuan / Dong etc was accounted for.
That's all folks!
Shane and Sarah
