In which I have my first visitor

     May was quite the hectic month.  The highlights of which were when my dear friend Punch visited me from Thailand.  She had never been to Cambodia, even though it is only an 8 hour bus ride from Bangkok, so we crammed all that we possibly could into two full weeks of adventuring.  We visited Siem Reap, Angkor Wat, my lovely little village, and Battambang.  I took over one thousand pictures while Punch was here, so I couldn't possibly pick only a handful to post on here.  Instead, I created a web album on Google Plus, and manage to cut it down to only 346 pictures.  The link is on the bottom of this blog post.

     The first several days were spent in Siem Reap, visiting some modern pagodas first, and then getting the 3-day pass to Angkor Wat.  We saw nearly all the temples, except for only a few of the really tiny ones that we just didn't possibly have time to fit in.  After that was a stretch spent at my site, which Punch enjoyed very much.  She was quite enchanted by my family, especially my little host brother and sister.  (They are quite enchanting, though sometimes it's a good thing, sometimes it's not.)  She also went to school with me, and many of my students who have been learning Thai got the chance to practice their Thai with her.  From there we visited Battambang for a couple days. There we rode the Bamboo train, climbed a few mountains, saw lots of bats, a neat fishing village, and some more pretty pagodas.  Then, to end it all, we headed back to Siem Reap and saw the circus.  The circus is run by an NGO, (non-government organization) that takes children from orphanages and other unfortunate circumstances, and helps them out by giving them a place to live, sending them to school, and teaching them how to be awesome circus performers.

     I really liked to take pictures of the following:  trees, doorways, bats, clouds, and stairs.  I am not your average tourist.  Otherwise, I hope that you enjoy this album, and I look forward to showing you even more of the wonders of Cambodia in the next coming year.


My Web Album   <-- Click on it!

PS.  Don't forget to look at the captions.