We woke up on our first morning in Siem Reap with so much excitement. It would be the day when we’d finally get to see for ourselves some of the most famous historical buildings in the world, the Angkor Wat temples! Siem Reap had just recovered from a major flood so it was quite dusty. Although flood is quite common in Cambodia, the one that they just had was quite unusual and it had dragged on for months together with…
I haven’t really blogged about our days in Siem Reap. You know it is like THE PLACE to go to in Cambodia. People say it’s ok not to go to Phnom Penh in any of your visit to Cambodia but a visit is not even a visit if you come to Cambodia without coming to Siem Reap. Siem Reap that I had imagined was more like a village that happened to be lucky to be situated near to one of…
So, I joined the Borneo International Marathon 2012 last weekend, a run that I registered for at the very last minute, in fact the very last day before the registration was closed. The run was so dear to me probably because I did my very first marathon (or half marathon to be exact) at the BIM 2009 which was then the beginning of it all. I would have been amazed by the big turn-up if not for the fact that…