Cambodia

Cambodia. This country is truly one of a kind, for all the wrong reasons. Well really just one - the Khmer Rouge genocide induced by the US carpet bombing near the end of the Vietnam-America war. We were here from the 12-16...

12: arrived via 7 hour bus from Saigon, e-visas worked flawlessly. Met Devasting Dave.. the tuktuk driver.

13: got up early, went to tuol sleng genocide museum as well as the killing fields. What a harrowing experience, I felt absolutely sick to my stomach upon hearing and seeing the atrocity remnants firsthand. See video on facebook of over 9000 skulls found in mass graves at the Phnom Penh killing field ALONE.

That night we went out, and Kayla pwned me at darts. My bum still hurts.

14/15: Took the first bus we could to Siem Reap (6 hours) , the site of the infamous Angkor Wat. We weren't allowed into the temples until 4:45 or we had to pay an extra $40 as that was the time that you could purchase a day pass for today and the next day inclusive. Were able to see Angkor Wat at sunset. Stayed that night in pretty much the sweetest guesthouse ever, the Siem Reap Guesthouse. They had EVERYTHING. Spent the next morning at the ruins as well (we have 230894 pictures), specifically of ta prohm and the bayon, and caught the latest bus we could back to Phnom Penh.

16: Flew from Phnom Penh to Bangkok, and were tagged with a $25 p/p departure tax. Thanks a lot, douchebags.. joining New Zealand and Cuba as the only airports i know with such a thing. Then flew BKK to Macau , we were flying AirAsia exclusively (crazy not to) and they only go to Macau due to the high cost of landing @ HKIA.

It also monsooned while we were there.. torrential downpours like clockwork at the same time every day.