We leave Vietnam on our first Intrepid Tour... 9 days through Cambodia, ending in Bangkok. There's 11 of us on the tour, from NZ, Aussie and England. Good sized group for the tour and the people are great.
First stop is Phnom Penh... with a dinner boat cruise booked, followed by the usual tour of the Genicide Museum and Killing Fields. Pretty grim stuff. It's a heavy day that one. Phnom Penh was interesting... was more Modern than I was expecting in some places and we found a good roof top bar overlooking the city.
The Genicide Museum was pretty eerie. There were survivors there selling books of their torture, one man was 94 years old. That brought it home how horrible this place was. Brutal.
After driving to Batembang, we had a bit of a tour around the countryside visiting some local producers. It was really interesting seeing how these families make and sell their products. Makes you appreciate how easy we have things back home.
Rice Paper drying in the sun
It really felt intrepid, this part of the tour and we really felt a part of something authentic. It's what we came here for really and the tour definitely delivered.