The world from different perspectives
We’ve been traveling for nearly four weeks now and we still have just under three weeks until it’s all over. We’ve realized that sometimes you have to do nothing. You don’t have to do something every day for six weeks nor should you feel obliged to. You’re allowed to be tired and you’re allowed to rest.
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And the world was our oyster! Well, not quite.
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It was a short six days but a memorable six days. We regret not doing more research beforehand about what a great country Cambodia is. We would have stayed longer and perhaps seen more of the country instead of seeing it as a thoroughfare between Vietnam and Thailand. Alas, we can only learn from our mistakes and we’ll definitely return one day. And even still, there is a lot to take home with us:
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But really, what can we even say about Angkor Wat? No doubt you’ve already heard plenty about this world wonder, and there’s a reason why. The ancient temples and ruins that sprawl across the 400 square kilometers of Angkor Archaeological Park are simply stunning, not to mention the jungle, fields, and lakes that you’ll find there too.
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Before coming the Southeast Asia, we knew there would be plenty of opportunities to eat some unfamiliar delicacies. And since we may not be in this part the world again soon, we knew we had to partake while we could! Enter Romdeng, a restaurant serving traditional Khmer food, including plenty of options not usually found on a Canadian menu.
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The 1970s. Voyager I showed us the first glimpses of Jupiter’s rings. Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister. Video tapes and VHS were first being released. People were watching Jaws and listening to Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Silly Love Songs, and Bohemian Rhapsody. But in Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge were committing genocide and most of the world had no idea.
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We are what we refer to as ‘bouj-et’ travellers, where budget meets boujee. There are things we like to splurge on (like speakeasies or theatre tickets), but in order to do that, we have to save in other areas. And that is why we ended up spending fourteen hours trying to cross the Vietnam-Cambodia border.
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