20 some odd hours later we arrive in Phnom Penh.
Photo of Asiana Airlines hub in Incheon, South Korea
Photo of the development behind my Uncle's place, in the foreground is a fish farm's pond. Ducks are also raised here as well!
This is a small market catered to the workers of a nearby factory. At the moment calm, will soon be bustling with workers when they arrive, during their lunches, and when they get off.
My Uncle and his house. Most houses are built like this. 5m x 20m or so. Bifold doors and a collapsible gate. Commonly a business is run down stairs.
A local restaurant/karaoke bar
Water buffalo herd
Iced Coffee - A layer of condensed milk and coffee. Very popular and I've had it almost everyday.
Pitbull was in town, so officially my first concert!
Overload - very common. These trucks bring in workers from just about every province in Cambodia to work in factories.
Group of local children in the country
Local volleyball team that we donated to
My great grandmother's grave site on my mom's dad's side
Independence Monument at night
The central median is packed EVERY NIGHT. Music, dancing, badminton, a version of hackie sack, and people just hanging out. 
Dancing - You pay a dollar or so and everyone just follows the instructor and his/her music. All kinds but mostly Khmer and Korean dance types.
Water Buffalo!
The King's Royal Palace at night
A small water town. These people spend all their lives on these floating houses.
Sand dredger - Sand is in high demand in Singapore so everyone is scrambling to dredge sand from everywhere to meet the demand. The waterline will get to the lowest point as the boat fills with sand. It kinda looks like a low rider.
Motorcycles are the PRIMARY form of transportation. Even for transporting just about everything. One hand to steer/accelerate and the other can hold your: kid, pipe, metal, basket, or whatever.
Independence Monument during the day
Royal palace during the day!
My Aunt Lisa, mom, and my brother at Wat Phnom
Monkeys - Odd, they tend to like single girls... known to harass girls walking alone.
Riding Bo the elephant!
A Buddhist monk
Seriously, this is how you get around. No harness or anything.
Need to transport something big? Ad a cart to your motorcycle
So what I have done lately...
05/18/2010 - Vietnam
Finally met my Aunt Polly and my cousins in Vietnam. To get through the border, even though we had Visas to get into Vietnam required some patience unless we wanted to bribe them...
05/19/2010 - Vietnam
Took a taxi into Vietnam to visit my grandmother, likely for the last time. Spent hours on narrow roads with a crazy taxi driver weaving and honking his way around buses, trucks, motorcycles, and bicycles. Had lunch with grandmother and other family members, it was crazy. Everyone was crying and it kind of made me want to cry... after lunch we went to a temple to be blessed by a monk. Afterwards we head back.
05/20/2010 - Leaving Vietnam
Left Vietnam and visited my great grandmother's grave again to pay someone to fix the site.
05/21/2010 - Tortoise and a goat
Relaxed during the day and dinner that night. Key part of the menu of that night: tortoise and goat.
05/22/2010 - More family stuff
Another low key day. Family dinner with some family that has never been to the city.
I will upload new pictures soon! I hope that everyone is well, I am off to Ankor Wat!
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