So it seems we are a bit behind in our blog. So this will be brief.
From Siem Reap in Cambodia we moved onto the Capital Phnom Penh via bus, with bonus fan belt breakage stop on main highway in the heat of the day.
We arrived late to be greeted by the smiling faces and kiwi accents by friends from NZ, Sam and Katy. It was great to stay in a real house with people who spoke English. We had a couple of guided tours around the city, visited a rubbish dump where whole families live in shacks, the killing field and S21 from Pol Pots regime.
But our time in Asia was coming to an end and so back on the bus and returned to Bangkok for the last 2 days. We did some final shopping at MBK, imagine 6 huge floors of anything you desire. Our favorites were the leather bag shops, the numerous camera stores($20 tripod), the mazes of electronics, iphones, ipads and chuck tailors in every color, the food court and of course the huge cinemas, 2D, 3D and even 4D.
Back to the Khao San road for a legit Thai massage if a little painful.. Then a slighty worrying speedy van trip to the airport at 11pm in torrential rain.
Thus begins our airport fail #1. I had read the email wrong and thought we had a 5am flight so we avoided half sleeping the night at our hostel and went early to the airport. Really early.. Turns out the flight was at 9am. My bad. We slept on wooden benches in shifts guarding our bags whilst illegally charging out iPods in the power sockets. All to save 400baht. Which we spent on airport food anyway.
It wasn't too bad and we jumped on our Oman air flight full of sheet wearing muslim men and woman to Muscat, Oman. Cheap fares, good food, sweet movies and half empty flights meant jazz slept across 4 seats from Oman onto Frankfurt.
We arrived in Germany after 12hrs and tried to sprenkens the Deutsche and figure out the train to get to our hotel. We had book this in nz before we left and got upgraded cos its our "honeymoon"! I filled up good and proper with the buffet breakfast and we explored the paved old streets of Frankfurt Germany.
Rick
From Siem Reap in Cambodia we moved onto the Capital Phnom Penh via bus, with bonus fan belt breakage stop on main highway in the heat of the day.
We arrived late to be greeted by the smiling faces and kiwi accents by friends from NZ, Sam and Katy. It was great to stay in a real house with people who spoke English. We had a couple of guided tours around the city, visited a rubbish dump where whole families live in shacks, the killing field and S21 from Pol Pots regime.
But our time in Asia was coming to an end and so back on the bus and returned to Bangkok for the last 2 days. We did some final shopping at MBK, imagine 6 huge floors of anything you desire. Our favorites were the leather bag shops, the numerous camera stores($20 tripod), the mazes of electronics, iphones, ipads and chuck tailors in every color, the food court and of course the huge cinemas, 2D, 3D and even 4D.
Back to the Khao San road for a legit Thai massage if a little painful.. Then a slighty worrying speedy van trip to the airport at 11pm in torrential rain.
Thus begins our airport fail #1. I had read the email wrong and thought we had a 5am flight so we avoided half sleeping the night at our hostel and went early to the airport. Really early.. Turns out the flight was at 9am. My bad. We slept on wooden benches in shifts guarding our bags whilst illegally charging out iPods in the power sockets. All to save 400baht. Which we spent on airport food anyway.
It wasn't too bad and we jumped on our Oman air flight full of sheet wearing muslim men and woman to Muscat, Oman. Cheap fares, good food, sweet movies and half empty flights meant jazz slept across 4 seats from Oman onto Frankfurt.
We arrived in Germany after 12hrs and tried to sprenkens the Deutsche and figure out the train to get to our hotel. We had book this in nz before we left and got upgraded cos its our "honeymoon"! I filled up good and proper with the buffet breakfast and we explored the paved old streets of Frankfurt Germany.
Rick
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