This is the wonderful and lovely Le Royal Hotel here in Phnom Penh. We could never afford to stay here but we do go there and pretend we are rich and famous. This is the elephant bar and the highlight is that there is carpet (please note picture above). I could sit here for hours and read my book in the corner. They have couches that are almost like the comfy ones back in the states. There is this wonderful smiley man who plays a real piano at night. He sways back and forth to his soft 80s music and smiles away!

Three lovely ladies kickin' it after a long day of...probably Russian Market!

Some random bats at the Tuol Sleng museum. I thought they were marks on the wall until I looked a little closer. It was the middle of the day but the whole family was out!

Here's the gang at the pizza place the night they left. We had a great time but it seems like it just flew by.

This is on the road to The Killing Fields. We did a bit of off-roading on the way.

Here is mom styling it with her double layered goggles. They really enjoyed riding in the tuk-tuk.

And here is mom on Deary with Bud driving. This is our road and those lovely piles of rocks have been sitting there for a few months. Every once in awhile the "county" will spend the day driving up and down the road with the rollers and other fancy machinery that they have. They always seem to miss the piles of rocks. Somehow nothing every comes out of their driving except a road that is a little smoother. But really, how much can you smooth rocks? This is quite a step up from the beginning of the year. The potholes are gone and it makes it quite a nice driving experience. Mom liked driving on the back of the motos. Dad said she was not allowed to ride an elephant for safety reasons...I think he would have made the list a little longer if he saw everything she traveled in:)

Here is the entrance to Wat Phnom.

Here is a guy doing the daily "releasing of birds" ceremony. There is something symbolic about it, but I can't remember it. They just reach right in and grab these nasty birds and then throw them in the air. I think it must be a daily capture and release type thing.


And I hope you can all see the obvious connection with Wat Phnom here. This image took about 8 minutes to load, and then alas, I realized it was the wrong one...so you get the delightful experience of staring at our faces.

Noah having a great day!

Bud and his mom at the Sokha.

Noah having a great day!

Bud and his mom at the Sokha.