Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Really the only reason we wanted to go to Cambodia was to see Angkor Wat. It’s sort of like the pyramids in Egypt, you have to see it to believe it. And they shot parts of Tomb Raider there so how could we pass it up?

After a short ride through the countryside, we arrived in Siem Reap, the gateway to Angkor Wat. Jim, the owner of the guesthouse where we stayed in PP, gave us an outline of what to see in the three days we were spending in Siem Reap. Of course we left that in PP, so we had to go by memory. We managed to remember that he recommended we visit …

Before heading up to Siem Reap, we went to the US embassy in Phnom Penh to have some pages added to our passports. I’ve never been to a US embassy but what I pictured in my mind was a building with a huge American flag in front, some American soldiers standing guard at the entry, and upon showing our American passports, we would be welcomed with open arms as fellow Americans. The actual embassy, at least in PP, was a little different. Firstly, the building was enormous. Actually it was more of a compound and it filled an entire city block. There was a huge brick wall surrounding the compound and one entry where …