Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Well, indeed. Now in Cambodia, Phnom Penh. Fun city, 2 million people, 1,000 cars and 10 million motorbikes (that is how it looks). Staying in my fav guest house 1 street back from the Mekong River. This means paying $20 a night, not $200 (dumb ass tourists), and a slightly smaller room, with less glitz.
Spent the last week plus in southern Laos on the Bolaven Plateau. Never heard of it, don't worry, few have. It is a a plateau (you guessed that?), filled with lots of trees, waterfalls, and villages of folk living a mix of 10th and 21st century life. That is to say, each village has some sort of internet connection, and everyone wants a mobile phone, but 99% of the village is the same as it was 100 years ago. Mainly older folk, the younger have head off to the big city to find work for cash, adventure and social advancement.
Going to rest in Phnom Penh for a week or two. Got a few people to catch up with.
Hang loss.
Yes, its a cow and a house.
A 'Big Buddha' southern Laos.
An ancient Cambodian temple in southern Laos
Crossing the Mekong
Waterbuffaloes--always good fun.
Villages, mud and the Mekong.
Life on the Mekong
Crossing into Cambo from Laos, hordes of young people at the border waiting for a ride.
Is this a good pic or what? This young woman reading her Lonely Planet. Not staged at all, just how it was.
Me in Phnom Penh.
Little girl, living in the Laos jungle. Not romantic or 'back to nature' at all. Just hard.
Well, indeed. Now in Cambodia, Phnom Penh. Fun city, 2 million people, 1,000 cars and 10 million motorbikes (that is how it looks). Staying in my fav guest house 1 street back from the Mekong River. This means paying $20 a night, not $200 (dumb ass tourists), and a slightly smaller room, with less glitz.
Spent the last week plus in southern Laos on the Bolaven Plateau. Never heard of it, don't worry, few have. It is a a plateau (you guessed that?), filled with lots of trees, waterfalls, and villages of folk living a mix of 10th and 21st century life. That is to say, each village has some sort of internet connection, and everyone wants a mobile phone, but 99% of the village is the same as it was 100 years ago. Mainly older folk, the younger have head off to the big city to find work for cash, adventure and social advancement.
Going to rest in Phnom Penh for a week or two. Got a few people to catch up with.
Hang loss.
Yes, its a cow and a house.
A 'Big Buddha' southern Laos.
An ancient Cambodian temple in southern Laos
Crossing the Mekong
Waterbuffaloes--always good fun.
Villages, mud and the Mekong.
Life on the Mekong
Crossing into Cambo from Laos, hordes of young people at the border waiting for a ride.
Is this a good pic or what? This young woman reading her Lonely Planet. Not staged at all, just how it was.
Me in Phnom Penh.
Little girl, living in the Laos jungle. Not romantic or 'back to nature' at all. Just hard.
eroticgeek:
Glad you are having a fun time. Take lots of pictures for us to see when you return.
hyatt:
Err... the flow chart was a joke... I never thought anyone would take that seriously.