Travel Day

Today is a travel day—a necessary evil when doing a complicated multi-country itinerary. We took a five hour boat trip up the Mekong to Phnom Penh in Cambodia. The Mekong is quite wide--like the Mississippi--and therefore not that scenic. It’s nice to have a down day, in a way. But we did go to the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Phnom Penh for lunch—a spot where you can imagine journalists hanging out during the various wars that have burdened this part of the world. We also made a visit to the National Museum, which houses many beautiful pieces of sculpture from Cambodian temples. We got a history lesson from our guide, and hope it will serve us well as we head to Siem Reap to see Angkor Wat and other temples over the next few days. But we spent a lot of time waiting for our flight to Siem Reap… drinking a beer now to cope!