• They let you fire guns (yes the government does)
• The people are actually really really nice
• Its laid back
• Its very tourist friendly

However there are some down points

• The road between Siem Reap and Poipet is bad - like really bad - like you can get air by just sitting on your seat - be prepared if you take this route to consume a lot of dust
• Its actually more expensive that Vietnam!

I recommend a trip to Cambodia, I would even recommend going to The Killing Fields and S21 (the prison) even though these are quite upsetting experiences. My brother Alex was quite surprised when I told him that human bones and rags are still present on the killing fields and the tower of skulls meant I really didn't want to stay long, especially as the Khmer Rogue didn't like to waste their bullets and just smashed people in the back of the head instead. It actually makes me quite angry that the international community let this happen (but Mark says this was due to Cold War politics), especially to let a former school because nothing more than a torture chamber. Most of the rooms in S21 have pictures of the inmates - they have numbers around their necks - we worked out that this was their cell number and it was upsetting to realise just how many people spent time in each cell - or how quickly they were sent to the killing fields, even more distressing was the fact the Khmer Rogue locked up small children and even babies - how were they going to write "confessions". From the stories we read it seemed like most of the inmates were people who had given up eveything to fight for the Khmer Rogue who had turned on them as many a corrupt regime does.

I think that is all until we get to Chiang Mai.

Vicki

ps - I only ever saw one "Danger Mines" sign.