We're exploring SE Asia

A Khmer Happy New Year from Siem Reap in Cambodia!  Noel and I are almost recovered from our 39-hour trip to get here and are enjoying a new region for both of us.  We're here to start a 16-day supported bike tour to Ho Chi Minh City.  From there we fly to Laos for a week+ before returning to Cambodia for a few days of island time.  
We did not try these fried goodies at the spider market en route from Pnohm Penh to Siem Reap.  The food's been very good, even if pictures are lacking so far.  
We spent the first day wandering around Siem Reap getting used to the tropical heat.
In a park we found this pro-peace art project.  Fortunately Thailand and Cambodia implemented a cease fire before we arrived (we're staying far from the conflict area along the border).
Display of 1000 Buddhas in the Angkor National Museum.
Today we got up early for a birding and floating village tour at Tonle Sap run by a local NGO.  No photos to share, but we saw 100s of storks and many flashy tropical birds.  All travel is by boat and most structures are on rafts to accommodate the 20'+ seasonal rise/fall of the water level.
As we're halfway into the dry season it's moving time here...
Tomorrow afternoon our tour group gathers and off we'll go!

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  1. mauriceJanuary 7, 2026 at 10:55 AM

    Have a great trip Jeff! Roni and I did the same trip a year ago, but in reverse.

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  2. JzolaJanuary 7, 2026 at 12:18 PM

    What a cool start to this adventure. Isn't Tonlie Sap amazing..our boat driver had the throttle attached to a string with a loop over his big toe! We tried to imagine raising kids on a floating house in a floating community. Love the pictures and really appreciate the captions.

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  3. ElaineJanuary 7, 2026 at 12:44 PM

    Looks fab! Definitely not keen on the spiders, but at least it's not the dogs of SE Thailand...! Enjoy...❤️

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