Cambodia

Our adventure has begun. The first flight of three to Cambodia has just finished from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur and we are sitting in the KL airport eating noodles already. We have a thing about them. We love them. The flight from Melbourne left at 12.30 am and arrived in KL at 5.30 am. It was a good flight with the occasional bit of turbulence. The pilot managed this very well. When we got on the plane the lights were put on and they served us a lovely vegetarian curry with pastries, in a long box. Washing these down with a cup of green tea was delightful. A pillow and blanket which was really long were on our seats and the lights were soon dimmed. We snuggled down for the night and slept. Before long breakfast was being served including vegetable curry, fresh fruit, yoghurt and a muffin. A hot drink was unavailable due to turbulence so we settled for an apple juice.   The landing came all too quickly and was very smooth as we glided in on wet tarmac.

 Now time to visit the wonderful world of shops and cafes that is the KL airport. Wandering around looking at everything took up time. We got around on travelators and a light rail that takes passengers between gates. The airport was enormous. We waited for a flight to Phnom Penh where we will spend five hours hanging around for a domestic flight on to Siem Reap. We turned the wrong way at the gate and nearly missed our flight but we got there just in time when we realised. The flight although a little turbulent and cloudy went very quickly as we ate a prawn curry and rice which was delicious, washed down by more green tea. It was fantastic as we came into Phnom Penh to see the mighty Mekong river snaking its way through the landscape below in the Kingdom of Cambodia. It is a huge magnificent river.  The excitement mounted. We were nearly there. 

The landing over, we had only one more flight to go. Making our way to the domestic terminal to wait it out till departure we decided to sit in a cafe called the Blue Pumpkin. We each got the most delicious mango smoothie made with yoghurt. This is where we spent the afternoon, on a couch, with our feet up, writing our blogs. Already I can tell that these Cambodians are compassionate people as they regularly approach us to ask if we were alright and do we need anything or know where to go. So nice. Can't wait to move on to our next destination, our hotel and settle in.

The last flight was hilarious. We were taken by bus out to the plane and unloaded. Everyone was amazed by what they saw. An old propellor job on the runway with a flight of stairs up into it. Everyone looked shocked and took pictures of this mighty machine. Inside the interior was hanging on by duck tape. I got my fan out to help us get off the ground. The takeoff was good ( thanks to me ) but the noise levels were incredible as we were seated beside the propellors. We never laughed so much in our lives. View below magnificent. Onward and upward.