The 4,000 islands and Cambodia...

Traveling through Laos was much different than Thailand and Vietnam. Laos has a slower pace. The biggest city only has 200,000 people and most of the country is covered in dense jungle. We finished our time in Laos by visiting a place called the 4,000 islands. It's at the very southern part of Laos on the border of Cambodia. We stayed on a small island called Don Det. It was small, maybe 2 square miles. We rode bikes around the island during the day and went to a raggae bar at night. After a few days on Don Det it was time to cross the border into Cambodia. We took a bus into central Cambodia to a city called Siem Reap. Fantastic city. One of my favorites so far! The night market is filled with people and there is a famous pub street next to it. The first couple days we walked around and checked out the night life and grabbed some food. You can pay in dollars or the Cambodian currency called Riel. I got change back last night in both dollars and Riel. Today was a big day! We woke up at 5:30 to ride bikes down to Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat is a Buddhist temple from the 13th century. It's big. The biggest religious building in the world. I'll put pics up. Oh ya before I forget to tell you...we were riding our bikes around Angkor Wat and saw monkeys playing in the trees. We got off our bikes and walked towards them. It was the craziest thing. A couple of the young ones came right up to us. We biked around 15 miles today on old bikes we rented for $1. My butt hurts from the seat haha. But on a serious note Angkor Wat was the most remarkable thing I've seen in SE Asia. If you have a second you should google it. I slacked this last week on writing to you guys. But I'll keep it updated in my travels through Cambodia. I love this country. It's filled with so much pride and heart. If you don't know Cambodia has recently come out of a huge genicide called Khmer Rogue. It ended about 15 years ago. It destroyed the country. Led by a man Pol Pot who killed 1.7 million people. Google it. Very interesting country too visit. I'm not sure if we're leaving today or tomorrow. It's 9:30 am here and I'm going to grab some breakfast. An omelette sounds so good right now. I'm super excited its going to be Christmas time when I come home. My favorite time of the year! Love you guys and thanks to everyone who reads my blog and has followed me along my trip. Until next time...love