Year of the Buffalo.

We have made it almost all the way up the incredibly long country of Vietnam with a few stops along the way and it has been the best country so far. Great food, mountains and people. Tomorrow is Chinese new years which is a real big deal out here. Fireworks and parties galore. As for the next week and half we have some real good adventures planned that I am real real excited for. Just over a month left of travelling. Never enough. Eat more rice and curry.

Vietnam

In Vietnam - it is the greatest country ever. So much to see, so much to do. 30 days here will never be enough.

Cambodia in pictures.

We just spent 3 weeks in Cambodia. Here are a few pictures from the good times spent there. Tomorrow we are going to vietnam.

At orphange.

Brent playing uno/scaring children at orphange.

Crazy roots/power stance.

Kampot.

Christmas dinner in our finest clothes.

Cambodian gas station.

Cliff jumping into ocean.

Me + ruins.

Angkor Wat.

Ta Prohm. Parts of tomb raider filmed here.

Brent cut his hair with a knife one night.

New Years Resolution: Keep fit and have fun.

Over the last two months Brent and I have occasionally been introducing ourselves under different names to other travellers, taxi drivers or just locals who want to talk to us. Some of the more popular names we have used include Karl Malone and Larry Bird. Nobody has questioned us on them so far and it always provides us with a good laugh.

Over the last week we rode in an ox cart and bathed under a waterfall in Kampot, did a full day of hiking and ate the worlds best pancake in Kep and are currently in the capital of Cambodia - Phnom Penh where we have learned alot about the terribly violent history of Cambodia and also visited some markets and temples.

Cambodia

Merry Christmas.
About a week ago we crossed the border from Thailand into Cambodia and immediately we could notice a difference. Cambodia is much less developed and there are many landmine victims. The public transportation is very interesting also as the roads are an extremly bumpy mixture of dirt, rocks and big holes. Also one of our buses broke down on the side of the road last week. However we have been having a great time with many new expereinces. Last week we seen Angkor Wat which was incredible, its one of the wonders of the world I was told and probably the best architectural structure I have ever seen. Also last week we went out for supper one night and ended up eating some Kangaroo and Crocidile meat.

For christmas Brent and I decided to go all out and get a super nice hotel room where we are treated like kings, have hot water, no bed bugs, ac and even a tv. We spent christmas day relaxing by the ocean and playing frisbee with some cambodian kids and a middle age speedo clad french man who loved diving for the frisbee. I purposely through it away from him so he would chase it and dive for it, it was extremely funny. Tomorrow we are doing a little boat cruise to some island where we can do some cliff jumping or something. Happy Holidays.

PICTURES

Here is a select few pictures from the past month in Thailand, hopefully some will be of interest to some of you. Enjoy

My belongings.

Maya Bay

Brent looking like Tom Hanks.

Monkey beach (Tyler...yeah, it was better)

Ko Phangan

Greatest shower ever (also the first in days probably).

Brent and I riding daddy elephant.


Lots of temples.

Lots of palaces (BLING!!).

Holding a PYTHON.

On a totally unrelated note...while travelling I read alot. If anyone has any good book suggestions for me please let me know. Happy holidays.

The Beach.

Right now I am on the island of Ko Phi Phi. For anyone who cares Leonardo DiCaprio made a movie here. Wow! Its incredibly beautiful, but also very touristy, as is many of the beaches in southern Thailand. It will be nice to get away from these super resort areas soon as it doesn't even feel like Thailand alot of the time. We have done alot of fun things though like solid frisbee sessions everyday on beaches till our shoulders ache, getting a killer suntan (yes, I have a killer suntan), eating lots of street pancakes and a couple days ago we did a kayaking tour down a river through some water filled caves. Tomorrow we are doing a boat tour around the island to some of the best snorkelling areas here. In a couple days we are going to head south all the way to Malaysia to renew our visas and possibly spend a couple days there before heading all the way up to Cambodia.

I would like to put up some pics, but haven't been able to hook up my camera to any computers lately, I got alot of pics though - all good ones.

I seen a christmas tree today and it was real strange. I totally forgot it was that time of year.