Today was a travel day from Laos to Cambodia. There is no direct flight from Laung Prabang to Siem Reap, so we had to take a one stopper through Penske.
.A one stopper on some odd little MA 60 plane that was probably new during the Carter Administration. It is a Chinese aircraft and it wasn't reassuring when a bunch of workers climbed onto the roof to pour gunk into the engines.
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Yikes! (Still, even with minimal air-conditioning, more comfortable than an Embraer.)
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Once in Siem Reap, we checked into the hotel (loverly) and had b it of a walk about.
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This evening (before dinner that we are about to go to), we went to the floating village to see the sunset. There is almost no way to describe it - so I will wait until Ed does pictures. It wasfreaky and unexpected. The oddet thing was to pass what you assume to be abject poverty on a boat, only to see the family gathered around a color TV, sometimes powered by Solar cells. Like I said, unexplainable in 20 words (or 500 words) or less.
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Miss you all.
