Wednesday 2nd April 2008

It is so hot in Cambodia - probably the hottest place we've been in Asia and Nikki is having trouble sleeping at night... it might have something to do with the fact that our room is the size of a shoe box and I won't fork out for air-con (ha ha). So, after getting up quite early, we sat in our bar where we had some breakfast and then went to an internet café to use the internet. We spoke with Arno and told him about the Killing Fields and S-21 and he recommended an interesting bar, called The Heart of Darkness - so we said we'd check it out.

When we were ready to go out, our driver was outside waiting for us. He's so grateful for all the business that we're giving him that he calls us his friends - and lets us pick our own fares... yippee! Today, he took us to an orphanage, which is just outside town. All the children have got HIV or Aids and they get no support from the government. There were only about 8 there when we got there and the rest were at school (they can't afford to send them all every day). On the way we bought a huge jar of lollies and had a great time playing with the children. We spent a couple of hours there, just the two of us, our driver and four staff. Me and Nikki chatted with them, did some drawing and played footie. Despite their situation, they were all pretty happy and great fun.

This evening, we watched another film in our bar and then went out for some food... yep, Suvann drove us. He took us down to the river and we went for a Mexican. It was really nice and afterwards we walked round to the bar that Arno had mentioned. He was right... it was definitely interesting. It was like being in some ancient temple or a museum and they played a really weird mixture of music. One minute we had Westlife or Whitney Houston and then the next was a disco song or heavy rock... brilliant!

I can't believe how sad Cambodia is... can't these poor people get a break?