My Trip To Cambodia

[TehBorken]

  A simple travel log of my recent trip to Cambodia where I got engaged to my lovely fiance:

My Trip To Cambodia (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/cambodia/)

I'll be back later, if you have any questions post them here and I'll answer them as best as I can.

You can also jump to the other trips from here if you want:

My second trip to Cambodia (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/index.php/topic,3388.msg58431.html#msg58431).
The TSA, The Drive Of Death, and Kompong Som 

My second trip (continued) (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/index.php/topic,3388.msg58776.html#msg58776).
Candy For Breakfast, Power Coffee, and Parking Attendants With Machine Guns! 

My third trip to Cambodia (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/index.php/topic,3388.msg84089.html#msg84089).
Hello Vietnam, Cloned Schoolgirls, Eating Bugs, and Bribing Border Guards! 

My fourth trip to Cambodia (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/index.php/topic,3388.msg93579.html#msg93579).
Bring The Boy, Kompong Som, Buying A Moto, No Criminals Allowed   

My fifth trip to Cambodia (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/index.php/topic,3388.msg102751.html#msg102751).
The Mud Garden, Awesome Landings, Phnom Penh Traffic Insanity 

My sixth trip to Cambodia (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/index.php/topic,3388.msg110306.html#msg110306).
More Traffic Insanity, Scary Mannequins, Fish Bladders, and The Buffet Of Death 

My seventh trip to Cambodia (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/index.php/topic,3388.msg113207.html#msg113207).
Christmas In Cambodia, How NOT To Laugh, And Awesomely Cool Nails 

My eighth trip to Cambodia (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/index.php/topic,3388.msg113207.html#msg113207).
Trafic Cops, Death To Schoolgirls, Hooting Noises, And The Magic Traffic Horn 

[Lise]

Aaaaaaah.........................

  What a beautiful read! I love it, TehBorken. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! It was funny and touching at the same time.

  She's gorgeous especially in the last photo. So happy for you, man.

  I like the part about the dentist. Hilarious! The picture of the brain part was.... *cough cough*    

[SusanJ]

  TehBorken wrote:   A simple travel log of my recent trip to Cambodia where I got engaged to my lovely fiance...

Thanks for sharing all that.  I know how much she means to you and am so glad you've included me in this journey.  I wish you two the very best - I have a feeling you two are 'forever keepers' to each other.  You deserve the very best, and it looks like you found her!

xoxo,

Susan
Syracuse NY
     
     

[Russ]

wow, sounds like an experience. Welcome home again to you and your bride! Congrats again.

  EDIT: It looks like a cross between parts of Africa and China where Ive been. Alot of your food stories seem similar as well, I hope you had something like immodium. Did the McDonalds join other fast food outlets like pizza hut and KFC? Ive seen ones like that, and you actually get seated AND SERVED including booze in them.

Im glad you went and experienced that, most people I talk to havent ever experienced how alot of the world lives.'bless'

[purelife]

Wow TB.  Those are lovely lovely pictures and thank you so much for sharing this.  I loved it... and WOW, Sakha is absolutely breathtaking.  She is such a beautiful breath of fresh air.  (scented, of course)  

  Oh, CONGRATS!  *hugs*

[kitten]

Congratulations, TehBorken.  She is so very beautiful!  The pictures and commentary were fascinating.  

[Gopher]

kitten wrote:
 Congratulation, TehBorken.  She is so very beautiful!

  .........

  She certainly is.

[Liz]

I'm new here, but I'm curious as to how you met your fiance.

[TehBorken]

 Lise wrote:
I like the part about the dentist. Hilarious! The picture of the brain part was.... *cough cough*

Yeah, that's exactly what my stomach said: "*cough cough*". I ate a lot of stuf I shouldn't have and I paid for it, believe me I paid for it. There's nothing like Cambodian diarheaa, the wondrous green color and tapioca-like consistency has to be ummm experienced to be believed.

[TehBorken]

 Russ wrote:
EDIT: It looks like a cross between parts of Africa and China where Ive been. Alot of your food stories seem similar as well, I hope you had something like immodium.

Nope, it's almost unobtainable. There is almost no medicine in the entire country. Over-the-counter stuff like immodium or Tylenol or even aspirin is nearly impossible to get. She did find me something that worked, but it took a special trip to the "Pharmacie".


Did the McDonalds join other fast food outlets like pizza hut and KFC?

No, thank god, there are no fast food places in Cambodia that I saw. The closest thing was the Lucky Seven, but no McDonalds, No Pizza Hut, Wendys, etc. None.

[TehBorken]

 Liz wrote:
I'm new here, but I'm curious as to how you met your fiance.

I met her through a friend of mine who lives here (in Seattle). He and his wife are both Cambodian.

 

[tenkani]

Ah! Welcome back and yes, thank you for sharing your journey    
You were missed.
 

[P.C.]

Wow....what an excellent adventure TehBorken.  [FONT size=5]Loved your story.....GREAT !!!!!![/FONT]  

[Moolah!]

Ha ha! Enjoyed the pics and write up.



Those dentists were hilarious.

[mr pomegranate]

  Nice travel log and wedding story.... well done!!

Thank you! (Actually we just got engaged, not married. But we will. )