It has been a while, but we finally have some pictures up from our trip to Cambodia. We put together a slide show. We were there Aug. 5-22. First, you will see us in Phnom Penh, the capitol city of about 2 million people. In Phnom Penh we visited the Royal Palace, the Killing Fields, and the markets. Then you will be whisked away to Mondulkiri. We spent 2 days there. It is the most sparsely populated province in the country despite being the largest in land area. There are only about 60,000 people in the whole province. We went on an elephant trek there. Our guide was a local minority called Phnong. These people live and hunt in the jungle. They speak a tribal language, but he spoke Cambodian also, so I could talk to him. It was about a 4 hour trek through the jungle. It was awesome! From Mondulkiri we traveled to Siem Reap. In this province we spent three days exploring the old Hindu and Buddhist temple ruins. This is the most touristy part of Cambodia. We got a deal online with our Entertainment book, and got to stay in a beautiful 4 star hotel for only 25 dollars a night. After Siem Reap we went to Battambang for 2 days. This was a province that first opened while I was on my mission. Some of the families I taught there have now been sealed in the temple! You will see pictures of these families. It was so fun to have Joanna meet these special people. We then went back to Phnom Penh and on to Sihanoukville, a port city in southern Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand. We stayed here for three days. We went snorkeling, hiked in the jungle, and played on the beach. We then went back to Phnom Penh, and the next day flew back to America.
The video is 14 minutes long. It is kind of long, but this is about 1/100th of our pictures. It was hard to choose. I hope you enjoy it!
