miles of abbie

I am laying on the couch, not feeling like moving at all. My body aches and I can barely lift my arms to grab the remote. The flu? Not quite. VACCINATIONS! Two in each arm, actually.
When I signed up to go volunteer in Cambodia, the last thing on my mind was vaccinations, so heed [...]

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1. Tuk-tuks/taxis
– Tell them you’re almost there (doesn’t matter where “there” is)
– If they offer to take you somewhere, say you’ve already been there, or you’re going there on another day
– Shake your head no and keep walking
– DO NOT wave, contrary to what you might think, they are not just [...]

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This post is the end of a series of journal entries I wrote during my recent trip to Southeast Asia.
July 14 -cont-

On the plane to Bangkok I met a couple from Hawaii who offered to let me ride in their taxi into the city (it was a ½ hour drive from the airport). I was [...]

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July 12
$2.50 breakfast at the Temple Club. Amazing. A picture is better than a description…

We went to the Bodia Spa and got a 1 hour massage, body exfoliation, and 1 hour facial, AND a pedicure. Amazing.
July 13
We dug at ditch at Khmer Chewy Khmer today and saw a crab. It looked [...]

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July 9
This time we weren’t supposed to go to the school because the king was coming, and of course, Phaly wanted us to see the king. The staff at the Shining Angkor didn’t know anything about it, so Kristen and I went on another adventure into town. We looked around and went to the Lucky [...]

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