OnTheRoad

But I took a cooking course this morning, traditional Khmer styles. Good deal, we did it all from wandering the food market picking up things (8 types of eggplant here, 3 types of basil and the fish was still wriggling when we bought it) to cooking to eating. Note to self: next cooking course, don't eat breakfast beforehand. I am one full falang!

Yesterday went cruising around the countryside to check out some old temples and some caves where the Khmer Rouge had killed of something along the lines of 10,000 locals. Pretty harsh; never seen a human skull before, let alone a pile of them on top of other human bones... Actually, the best part of the trip was cruising through the countryside checking out the villages. My moto driver (moto = motorcycle, with you as the pillion passenger) took us off the main roads, wicked scenery, the incredibly vivid green of the rice fields with the odd temple appearing from nowhere, lots of little kids who all know how to say hello, good fun :)

Phnom Penh tomorrow, from there east to Vietnam. I'm trying to find out details on how to cross to Cau Doc, down the Mekong, rather than the standard border crossing route. If I can find a cruise that does the whole thing for a good price, I may do that, otherwise it sounds like a bit of a hassle - still worth doing though!

Also considering heading all the way north and dropping in on a little bit of China - thoughts anyone? Josh, do you read this at all? I've lost my cellphone with your contact details, but any advice you've got on China would be appreciated!