Hi All,
We are now in Langkawi and arrived here about 3 days ago. We have met some lovely people from all over the world already and are at home in this quiet paradise.
So far we have relaxed and relaxed and done some more relaxing.
Yesterday evening me and Saskia ventured away from our touristy backpacker and holiday resort area to town, in search of bargain shopping.
We got to the town after spending an extortionate 12 UK pounds to get there to discover it was full of crap although Sas did get a bargain cabin luggage suitcase for all our extra bits we have managed to gather.
We have been to a few cool bars on the beach and listened to lots of reggae music well the Malaysian versions of reggae. Everyone on our little stretch is so friendly and lovely, unlike the town were me and Saskia got stared up and down, mostly by women looking at us like we were porn stars for wearing shorts. Yet again women here like India go swimming in the sea fully clothed?!! I never will understand this!! And the men rock up in speedo's, NOT HOT!!
Also another reason why I am not so fond of the town, wanted to buy some jeans for New Zealand but no size would fit in my big butt!! Even XL was too small even though I have lost a tiny bit of weight!! :( Other than that the island is amazing and we are loving it, loving it, loving it!!
Today we went for lunch and tried some sweetcorn ice cream at cafe were we had our lunch! Surprisingly it was quite nice but tasted like vanilla ice cream mixed with a hint of sweetcorn!
Also on our little walk venturing down our road like intrepid (the word I learnt from Saskia) explorers we discovered a fruit shop. The man was so generous as are most we have found in Asia and gave us a couple of mangostein fruit to try for free. Was really sweet and delicious. P.S I don't know if I have spelt that right.
During our trip we have seen, tasted or smelt some weird things and my word for all these is Rancid!! I love this word!! It truly portrays the grossness of things. Although I am also not sure if I spelt Rancid right.
Me and Sas tomorrow are going on a tour of the neighbouring Islands, Island hopping!! 4 in a day! Not bad, although 7.30am wake up is not appealing especially since we live next to Babylon Bar on the beach which plays music till late!! So far we have had the attitude if you can not beat them, join them and been there every night! (We also now Love earplugs!! They rock!)- Sas said thanks Paul!!
During this trip me and Sas have realised we are such granny's, not like the normal backpackers who rock up looking hot with not a thing on them as everything is in their rooms. Oh no, we are far to sensible for that! We have our money belts, factor 50 sun lotion, tiger balm for after bites, mosquito repellent, wet wipes and the list goes on. We carry this backpack with us at all times, yes if we were at school we would be the geeks!! But hey ho, geek chic I say!
Lots of Love Hugs and Rancidness
Poonam and Saskia!!!
P.S Arghhhhhh we are home soon!!! Hope you all miss us!!
mwah!!!!!!! xXx
Monday 6 June 2011
Thursday 2 June 2011
Penang Island...
Since the last blog post we had a few more lazy days in KL then took a very fancy coach (the seats were really wide, had loads of foot space and had back massages in the seats!) to Penang. One of the nicest and easiest journeys we have had, no messing about just one straight coach to the bus station then a taxi ride to our guest house. Anyway we arrived here on the 31st May and have explored Georgetown where we are staying, had some really cheap Indian food (about 2pounds each) and found a couple of vege restaurants though neither were particularly tasty.
The Malaysians seem to love their fake meat, they even have fake fish which I have not seen anywhere else, unfortunately I can't tell you if its any good as I have never eaten fish to compare it with. We shared our table with two lovely local ladies because there was no room in the restaurant and they told me what I was actually eating as it was a buffet and Poonam and I had no idea what anything was, they even offered us a lift to one of the temples but we had already been.
Anyway today we took a tour of the island to see all the sites, we went to The Reclining Buddha Temple:
the famous Penang Hill which had some amazing views:
a temple with a huge Buddha on a hilltop:
the Snake Temple complete with real snakes:
The Snake Temple was a little disappointing as we were expecting snakes to be everywhere but there were only a few, our tour guide said that when it was first built it was grassy all around so the snakes came to the temple of their own accord but when the surrounding area was build up they stopped coming and only a few are left and they live in the temple.
We also visited a tea/coffee and chocolate factory where me and Poonam brought some coffee each, it was soo nice and we are still buzzing because we tried quite a lot of it! It was the first time Poonam tried coffee and she loved it...though it was all white coffee and very sweet so not so much like UK coffee. There were loads of flavours like honey, coconut, toffee, ginger etc. I brought some coconut coffee and Poonam got some Tiramisu coffee which was super sweet! We are not sure how we are going to fit all our purchases into our bags! Poonam already has an extra suitcase for gifts and I am going to have to buy one for mine as well soon! We are hoping we can put them on the plane as hand luggage hehe!
Tomorrow we are off to Lankawi - the next island along.
Bye from Saskia and Poonam xx
The Malaysians seem to love their fake meat, they even have fake fish which I have not seen anywhere else, unfortunately I can't tell you if its any good as I have never eaten fish to compare it with. We shared our table with two lovely local ladies because there was no room in the restaurant and they told me what I was actually eating as it was a buffet and Poonam and I had no idea what anything was, they even offered us a lift to one of the temples but we had already been.
Anyway today we took a tour of the island to see all the sites, we went to The Reclining Buddha Temple:
the famous Penang Hill which had some amazing views:
a temple with a huge Buddha on a hilltop:
the Snake Temple complete with real snakes:
The Snake Temple was a little disappointing as we were expecting snakes to be everywhere but there were only a few, our tour guide said that when it was first built it was grassy all around so the snakes came to the temple of their own accord but when the surrounding area was build up they stopped coming and only a few are left and they live in the temple.
We also visited a tea/coffee and chocolate factory where me and Poonam brought some coffee each, it was soo nice and we are still buzzing because we tried quite a lot of it! It was the first time Poonam tried coffee and she loved it...though it was all white coffee and very sweet so not so much like UK coffee. There were loads of flavours like honey, coconut, toffee, ginger etc. I brought some coconut coffee and Poonam got some Tiramisu coffee which was super sweet! We are not sure how we are going to fit all our purchases into our bags! Poonam already has an extra suitcase for gifts and I am going to have to buy one for mine as well soon! We are hoping we can put them on the plane as hand luggage hehe!
Tomorrow we are off to Lankawi - the next island along.
Bye from Saskia and Poonam xx
Sunday 29 May 2011
Fake designer bags, Vibrators and indoor theme park...Oh yes KL!
Hi All,
We are still in Kuala Lumpur as we are lazy bums...
And still staying in china town. (Right next to the market...so is good for shopping)...I have been taking full advantage of the free wifi and downloaded lots of books on my i touch! I can not remember what order we have done things or all of everything we have done so here goes...
Me, Kayleigh (a friend from home we met up with) and Sas ventured to one of the many malls near the golden triangle, every shop you pass, people are trying to sell the latest fake handbags or fake raybans (seen everywhere). I am easily sucked into shops and decided I was going to go in to this gadget shop dragging Kayleigh and Saskia with me. It was full of many massaging gadgets...one of which was a vibrator which they were trying to palm of as a face massager and put near my face to demonstrate. My instant reaction was "put that anywhere near me and I wont be happy". Me, Kayleigh and Saskia were in fits of laughter as they tried to get all three of us to try it. Hahaha, maybe they are more innocent than us in the UK?
We are loving the copycat fakes and have found it amusing how they even sell fakes in big department stores for about 10 times the price you will find in the market. I have bagged myself a pair of beautiful Dior sunnies! 2 pounds cant go wrong! And Saskia got a nice pair of D&G's.
Yesterday we went to a indoor theme park (Cosmo world) , it was fun but made us feel a bit sick and dizzy after a few rides. In the UK you usually have to queue up but here the queues were so short or non existent we ended up going on ride after ride so nearlly threw up by the end of it all.
It was very cool as the theme park is in a shopping center (Time square) which is hugeee and has a cinema, bowling and archery center within it.
People here make weird kissing noises when they are trying to get you attention here, freaked me out at first but now I am starting to get use to it.
Also KL is so multicultural me and Sas cannot figure out what the Malaysian people actually look like?
We have found a few yummy veggie places and also ate a a weird vegan place where I had spinach and passion fruit juice which was delicious. Me and Saskia did not dare try the desserts was some wierd mung bean pudding?! Sounded gross!!
This afternoon and last night in true backpacker style we went to reggae bar which was super cool and got some good home food and chilled to Bob Marley.
Rambutan is a cool fruit we had in Thailand (the landlady in our guesthouse gave us some) and when we got to KL we made Kayleigh try it too, you all should try...it is a bit like lychees but not as slimey and really nice. Durian fruit is one we dare not try as it is banned from most hotels and guesthouses as smells that bad. When we walk pass the stand that sell it I actually gag!
We also did a bus tour of KL...a hop on hop off tour which takes you around the whole city...to be honest I was soo tired I fell asleep for some of it...I know it is a shame but it was a really good nap!
Tonight me and Sas are meeting our friends Vish and Dipan for some drinks at Sky bar and some dinner and night market shopping in china town...
...and we had a lovely meal see above.
Hope you all are sparkly and well...
Poonam and Saskia...
p.s :( Only a month to go till we see all you beautiful people.
We are still in Kuala Lumpur as we are lazy bums...
And still staying in china town. (Right next to the market...so is good for shopping)...I have been taking full advantage of the free wifi and downloaded lots of books on my i touch! I can not remember what order we have done things or all of everything we have done so here goes...
Me, Kayleigh (a friend from home we met up with) and Sas ventured to one of the many malls near the golden triangle, every shop you pass, people are trying to sell the latest fake handbags or fake raybans (seen everywhere). I am easily sucked into shops and decided I was going to go in to this gadget shop dragging Kayleigh and Saskia with me. It was full of many massaging gadgets...one of which was a vibrator which they were trying to palm of as a face massager and put near my face to demonstrate. My instant reaction was "put that anywhere near me and I wont be happy". Me, Kayleigh and Saskia were in fits of laughter as they tried to get all three of us to try it. Hahaha, maybe they are more innocent than us in the UK?
We are loving the copycat fakes and have found it amusing how they even sell fakes in big department stores for about 10 times the price you will find in the market. I have bagged myself a pair of beautiful Dior sunnies! 2 pounds cant go wrong! And Saskia got a nice pair of D&G's.
Yesterday we went to a indoor theme park (Cosmo world) , it was fun but made us feel a bit sick and dizzy after a few rides. In the UK you usually have to queue up but here the queues were so short or non existent we ended up going on ride after ride so nearlly threw up by the end of it all.
It was very cool as the theme park is in a shopping center (Time square) which is hugeee and has a cinema, bowling and archery center within it.
People here make weird kissing noises when they are trying to get you attention here, freaked me out at first but now I am starting to get use to it.
Also KL is so multicultural me and Sas cannot figure out what the Malaysian people actually look like?
We have found a few yummy veggie places and also ate a a weird vegan place where I had spinach and passion fruit juice which was delicious. Me and Saskia did not dare try the desserts was some wierd mung bean pudding?! Sounded gross!!
This afternoon and last night in true backpacker style we went to reggae bar which was super cool and got some good home food and chilled to Bob Marley.
Rambutan is a cool fruit we had in Thailand (the landlady in our guesthouse gave us some) and when we got to KL we made Kayleigh try it too, you all should try...it is a bit like lychees but not as slimey and really nice. Durian fruit is one we dare not try as it is banned from most hotels and guesthouses as smells that bad. When we walk pass the stand that sell it I actually gag!
We also did a bus tour of KL...a hop on hop off tour which takes you around the whole city...to be honest I was soo tired I fell asleep for some of it...I know it is a shame but it was a really good nap!
Tonight me and Sas are meeting our friends Vish and Dipan for some drinks at Sky bar and some dinner and night market shopping in china town...
Hope you all are sparkly and well...
Poonam and Saskia...
p.s :( Only a month to go till we see all you beautiful people.
Monday 23 May 2011
Over 24hrs of travel later...
...and we are in Kuala Lumpur! We both said that weirdly it feels a bit like home, they drive on the left here so maybe that's got something to do with it, or maybe we are getting to feel like Asia is home I don't know.
My new favorite thing is guava fruit, they prepare it in this weird stuff and soak it overnight, tastes like really fresh apples. Well to be honest I only had it once when a women I was sitting with on the bus to KL was eating it and asked me to try it but it was awesome and I am totally buying more :)
I love the way there is fruit everywhere on the streets, they have little plastic bags of all the different fruits freshly cut and for cheap, the street food looks so nice but there is nothing for veges so me and Poonam spent a fortune on food from expensive places today (well expensive for our budget not for UK) We also managed to find the only nice place in China town that is affordable (affordable to us is about 10pounds each a night), we know because we went all down the street asking about prices and rooms, the ones we went to out of lonely planet were proper dives...one looked like something I had seen in a Victorian horror film! Swear it! Poonam now thinks lonely planet is a FAIL! The bed had iron bars round it which reached to the ceiling, so weird! Also the drinks they sell on the street are often from the glass bottles they recycle so they put the drink in a plastic bag with a straw to drink from which amused me.
Anyway our journey to KL was epic! First we took a taxi then a boat from the Island, then 2 buses, then a tuk tuk ride where we met a mini van and got transferred to another 2 other mini vans then we grabbed an overnight sleeper train which reached KL at about 7am and grabbed a taxi to Jln Sultan Road (basically right in China Town.
Anyway in the afternoon we went for some impromptu shopping and spend loads of money but it was fun :)
Bye from Saskia and Poonam xx
My new favorite thing is guava fruit, they prepare it in this weird stuff and soak it overnight, tastes like really fresh apples. Well to be honest I only had it once when a women I was sitting with on the bus to KL was eating it and asked me to try it but it was awesome and I am totally buying more :)
I love the way there is fruit everywhere on the streets, they have little plastic bags of all the different fruits freshly cut and for cheap, the street food looks so nice but there is nothing for veges so me and Poonam spent a fortune on food from expensive places today (well expensive for our budget not for UK) We also managed to find the only nice place in China town that is affordable (affordable to us is about 10pounds each a night), we know because we went all down the street asking about prices and rooms, the ones we went to out of lonely planet were proper dives...one looked like something I had seen in a Victorian horror film! Swear it! Poonam now thinks lonely planet is a FAIL! The bed had iron bars round it which reached to the ceiling, so weird! Also the drinks they sell on the street are often from the glass bottles they recycle so they put the drink in a plastic bag with a straw to drink from which amused me.
Anyway our journey to KL was epic! First we took a taxi then a boat from the Island, then 2 buses, then a tuk tuk ride where we met a mini van and got transferred to another 2 other mini vans then we grabbed an overnight sleeper train which reached KL at about 7am and grabbed a taxi to Jln Sultan Road (basically right in China Town.
Anyway in the afternoon we went for some impromptu shopping and spend loads of money but it was fun :)
Bye from Saskia and Poonam xx
Friday 20 May 2011
Lots of Buckets.... Full moon Party!!
Hi All,
Me and Sas keep remembering we are missing so much of these blogs, we have done so much it is often difficult to remember or fit it all in a short blog.
For any of you that want to visit the orphanage in Cambodia it is called COFCO - Siam Reap.
So our last couple of days in Bangkok we relaxed and did not do much, for cheapness we ate our fave Falafel ladies stall, street food is cheaper and yummy but is rare to find veggie food!! Although I have indulged in pancakes and Falafel.
Me and Sas keep remembering we are missing so much of these blogs, we have done so much it is often difficult to remember or fit it all in a short blog.
For any of you that want to visit the orphanage in Cambodia it is called COFCO - Siam Reap.
So our last couple of days in Bangkok we relaxed and did not do much, for cheapness we ate our fave Falafel ladies stall, street food is cheaper and yummy but is rare to find veggie food!! Although I have indulged in pancakes and Falafel.
We also went to the cinema. It was crazy, like entering some luxury club with big leather seats and even couples seats at the back with big luxury sofas. Everyone really dresses up so me and Sas looked a bit skanky in our shorts and tee look. Oh well!
After the trailers, everyone started standing up...me and Saskia were well confused and then realised it was for the national anthem...You would not see it happening in the UK so found it very different. Through our trip we have realised every other nation seems to be more nation proud and we should be too. Many people at the full moon party were proudly decorated with the flag of their country. The only Brits who seemed to have our flag were the drunken idiots....ha-ha!!
We are currently in Koh Phanghang and got here after a long 20 hr journey. We have now recovered from the lead up to the full moon party on the beach...it was crazy and definitely one for the boys...all the women here are slim and beautiful, you don't see any ugly people?! Crazy!!! And drinks super cheap!! Me and Saskia adorned each other in florescent paint, full moon party tops and joined in with the fun. Fire throwers and slides were many of the crazy things we saw. They even had a mushroom mountain which we stayed well away from as you can imagine why it was named that.
To our amusement the next morning we woke up sleeping in a bed full of sand! It clicked in to us why there was a broom in our room, this must happen a lot, so Saskia had fun brushing up the sand on our bed and floor.
Today has been a lazy day chilling by the pool and sunbathing. I got teased by friends we made as I have my surname on my backpack...ha-ha!! It is cool to be geeky and plus people don't want to sell on or steal a bag with someones name on it! Clever I think!!
Next stop Malaysia, if we have time we may squeeze in another island visit in Thailand.
xxx Hugs and Love... Poonam and Sas
p.s I accidentally deleted my photos from past 5 days but I am in the process of recovering them after 4 hours of trying and think I have them back!! Woooo!!! So will update last few blogs with pics soon!
Sunday 15 May 2011
Lazy bums...
Well this is our third day in Bangkok and we have been shopping and that is about it! Brought some pretty things to wear though, my holey trousers were getting a bit of a joke! And we got some bargin Birkenstocks for about 5pounds each. We also went to the cinema to watch 'Something Borrowed' A rom com that we really enjoyed and yes the film was in English :P It had Thai subtittles.
We also decided to save some money by taking a tuk tuk across town for only 10baht (about 22p) but the 1 stop that he took us on....I should explain here that if you take a tuk tuk for cheap they always insist on taking a stop at a shop, you have to spend 10 minutes there and then the driver gets a petrol stamp and you don't have to buy anything. But anyway we stopped at 2 tailors because the first taylors kicked us out!! Because we said we just wanted to see designs and they said "Designs not important, cost important" To which I replied, "actualy thats the most important thing to a women!" Then he got really angry when we said his stuff was expensive. The next shop was even worse...
Poonam pretended she wanted to buy some dresses and wanted to see material and designs. He said "First you say you buy and then we talk about the dress" Which we though was odd. Then when we asked if he had anymore material or designs it was a flat no, he was so rude we couldnt believe it, kept trying to make us come back later and it seemed like he really didn't want our business. Anyway we managed to stay in the shop for 10 minutes so we got our stamp. He ended the consultation by calling Poonam a "Stupid girl!" Very strange people...the only unfriendly people we have met in Thailand.
On a lighter note we are now chilling waiting for 4 o'clock when we are heading to the train station to catch the overnight train then bus then boat to the full moon party woop! We wern't planning to go but then we were in Thailand at the perfect time to go and it seemed like fate. Managed to get the last two train tickets although we are not together, but we will mostly be sleeping anyway. I am not entirely sure what to expect at the party, I know from what other travelers have said that its on a beach and very messy!
We had an epic time booking the tickets, all the agencies said there are no train tickets left, and no sleeper bus tickets left (A bus with beds essentially) so we took it upon ourselves to go to the train station and get them and hurah we got some tickets! We also saved loads on the fare as the tuk tuks wanted 200baht and the taxi charged about 60baht. It pays to know the general costs of things.
We still love Thailand and our looking forward to seeing another part of it, we would also love to go visit the North but there is not enough time unfortunately. Oh yes a little random fact for you I forgot to write in before...kind of gross but whatever! The toilets on the trains...Poonam was pretty surprised to find that when looking down the toilet she could see the train tracks, people literally wee right onto the track!! I have seen it in old films but I didn't think they actualy still did that, its very weird, especially with the window open to watch the view as you go lol! Not so good if you pull into a station though!
Lots of love Saskia and Poonam xx
We also decided to save some money by taking a tuk tuk across town for only 10baht (about 22p) but the 1 stop that he took us on....I should explain here that if you take a tuk tuk for cheap they always insist on taking a stop at a shop, you have to spend 10 minutes there and then the driver gets a petrol stamp and you don't have to buy anything. But anyway we stopped at 2 tailors because the first taylors kicked us out!! Because we said we just wanted to see designs and they said "Designs not important, cost important" To which I replied, "actualy thats the most important thing to a women!" Then he got really angry when we said his stuff was expensive. The next shop was even worse...
Poonam pretended she wanted to buy some dresses and wanted to see material and designs. He said "First you say you buy and then we talk about the dress" Which we though was odd. Then when we asked if he had anymore material or designs it was a flat no, he was so rude we couldnt believe it, kept trying to make us come back later and it seemed like he really didn't want our business. Anyway we managed to stay in the shop for 10 minutes so we got our stamp. He ended the consultation by calling Poonam a "Stupid girl!" Very strange people...the only unfriendly people we have met in Thailand.
On a lighter note we are now chilling waiting for 4 o'clock when we are heading to the train station to catch the overnight train then bus then boat to the full moon party woop! We wern't planning to go but then we were in Thailand at the perfect time to go and it seemed like fate. Managed to get the last two train tickets although we are not together, but we will mostly be sleeping anyway. I am not entirely sure what to expect at the party, I know from what other travelers have said that its on a beach and very messy!
We had an epic time booking the tickets, all the agencies said there are no train tickets left, and no sleeper bus tickets left (A bus with beds essentially) so we took it upon ourselves to go to the train station and get them and hurah we got some tickets! We also saved loads on the fare as the tuk tuks wanted 200baht and the taxi charged about 60baht. It pays to know the general costs of things.
We still love Thailand and our looking forward to seeing another part of it, we would also love to go visit the North but there is not enough time unfortunately. Oh yes a little random fact for you I forgot to write in before...kind of gross but whatever! The toilets on the trains...Poonam was pretty surprised to find that when looking down the toilet she could see the train tracks, people literally wee right onto the track!! I have seen it in old films but I didn't think they actualy still did that, its very weird, especially with the window open to watch the view as you go lol! Not so good if you pull into a station though!
Lots of love Saskia and Poonam xx
Saturday 14 May 2011
Back in Bangkok
Hi all,
Arrived in Bangkok today and we are staying at Cafe Samsun again...feels like home :)
Anyway back to Cambodia...quad biking was loads of fun, they gave us a little practice run and then let us loose on roads and dirt tracks, dodging children and animals as we went! Poonam almost killed a chicken, swerved out of the way and into the path of a man on his bike then back again to the other side...it was so funny to watch. I almost killed some ladies dog, everyone screamed and I breaked in time to not squash it phew!! We went at sunset and watched the sun set a little bit then decided it was too scary to drive home in the dark so made our leader take us back before it set. The views were amazing, rice fields and real countryside houses and people.
In the evening we went into town and tried the fish massages. You probably know what I mean, when the fishes suck the dead skin from your feet, kind of grose really! It was so tickily, Poonam lastest all of 10 seconds with the women holding her feet in the water! She freaked out at the fish big time, I thought it was weird but worth the 1 dollar we payed for it for the experience.
The next day (yesterday) we did nothing, we got up at midday and layed by the pool all afternoon...I worked on my tan and its gotten a little better but its still laughable...incidently Poonams auntie is laughing at my none tan now over skype...I am so getting a spray tan!!
That evening Poonam and I were missing Indian food so we went to a restaurant and had a really nice food, the waitress was really sweet and when we asked for tissue they didn't have any so she went out and brought some for us!
I think the thing I will most remember about Cambodians is there sense of humour, everyone is a joker, always teasing and messing around...we don't always get it and that makes then laugh even more. It was really hard to leave Okay Villa in Siem Reap, the loveliest staff ever, so friendly and funny...I had great fun watching the boys teasing the cleaner and making her jump poor women, she thought it was funny too though.
Anyway I only have 2 minutes left of internet time so that is all for now! The rest of the update to come soon
Lots of love Saskia and Poonam x
Arrived in Bangkok today and we are staying at Cafe Samsun again...feels like home :)
Anyway back to Cambodia...quad biking was loads of fun, they gave us a little practice run and then let us loose on roads and dirt tracks, dodging children and animals as we went! Poonam almost killed a chicken, swerved out of the way and into the path of a man on his bike then back again to the other side...it was so funny to watch. I almost killed some ladies dog, everyone screamed and I breaked in time to not squash it phew!! We went at sunset and watched the sun set a little bit then decided it was too scary to drive home in the dark so made our leader take us back before it set. The views were amazing, rice fields and real countryside houses and people.
In the evening we went into town and tried the fish massages. You probably know what I mean, when the fishes suck the dead skin from your feet, kind of grose really! It was so tickily, Poonam lastest all of 10 seconds with the women holding her feet in the water! She freaked out at the fish big time, I thought it was weird but worth the 1 dollar we payed for it for the experience.
The next day (yesterday) we did nothing, we got up at midday and layed by the pool all afternoon...I worked on my tan and its gotten a little better but its still laughable...incidently Poonams auntie is laughing at my none tan now over skype...I am so getting a spray tan!!
That evening Poonam and I were missing Indian food so we went to a restaurant and had a really nice food, the waitress was really sweet and when we asked for tissue they didn't have any so she went out and brought some for us!
I think the thing I will most remember about Cambodians is there sense of humour, everyone is a joker, always teasing and messing around...we don't always get it and that makes then laugh even more. It was really hard to leave Okay Villa in Siem Reap, the loveliest staff ever, so friendly and funny...I had great fun watching the boys teasing the cleaner and making her jump poor women, she thought it was funny too though.
Anyway I only have 2 minutes left of internet time so that is all for now! The rest of the update to come soon
Lots of love Saskia and Poonam x
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