Phi Phi Island was, again, a blast. I went rock climbing - it was much easier this time around (than last November) - a blast as usual. Amy also went climbing - I'm so proud of her!! She was mighty terrified at first, but by the end of the day, she had finished a 5.8 route with no difficulty. Yay - Go Amy! Besides climbing, we also went snorkling, and hung out a lot on the beach.

After Phi Phi Island, we flew back to Kuala Lumpur (KL) for a night. The hotel we stayed in was smack in the middle of Chinatown, which was awesome, because we went out at midnight, and right down the street were all these food hakwker stalls serving all the yummy Chinese food you can imagine. We sat down and had some Lamb Satay and a big bowl of yummy Pei Dan Sau Yuk Jook (Rice Porridge with pork and egg).

The next day early in the morning we flew out to Phnom Penh in Cambodia. We spent the day exploring around Phnom Penh. We first visited the Killing Fields, one of the largest and most notorious Khmer Rouge "extermination" camps, and on the way back in the city, visited one of the more notorious "interrogation" centers - sometimes known as the Auschwitz of Cambodia. Very chilling... very scarry. I'm shocked at how little I know of the history of Cambodia, and I'm shocked how unaware I was that something this horrible happened so recently.

On the way back, we stopped at a marketplace along with two friends from Singapore we had met along the way. We sat down at a hawker stand, had some noodles, and then walked around the city until we got back to the hotel...

Yesterday, we took a 8 hour boat ride that took us from Phnom Penh, up through the heart of Cambodia, and into Siem Reap - the acccess point into Angor Wat. We spent half the day yesterday, and all day today exploring the ruins around Angkor.

Cambodia has been a rich experience. I've seen both evidence of one of the worst modern atrocities, and also the ruins of one of the grandest civilizations that existed at its time. Cambodia is a poor, backwards country that is just now beginning to enter the modern world. It hasn't been comfortable or pleasant, but it's very much worth experiencing.

Back in the island of Ko Phi Phi in southern Thailand...

LA was lots of fun... I flew out there Saturday morning - and spent most of the day driving around the beach, and sleeping on the sand. For dinner, I met up with an old friend, Rainbow, and we went to her friend's house warming party, where we were served yummy BBQ. The next morning, I drove to the airport and picked up Amy. We then spent the whole day running around LA, visiting friends. We stopped by Venice beach, and visited the Getty musuem.

The flight to KL was looooong. We stopped off in Taipei for a bit. After landing in KL, we immediately hopped on another plane bound for Penang. We looked around penang for a day or so, and decided that it would be much more fun hanging out on a beach... so the next morning we hopped a bus headed for the Thai border.

We arrived in Phi Phi island last night, and have already gotten a lot of beach time.

Anyways, that's it for now... "Cheers and hello!" to everyone who reads this!