………to flashpacker!   Well I’m no Rex Murphy so I had to look up the meaning of flashpacker to see if we met the criteria and we do.   Basically my understanding of a flashpacker is someone with just about as much grey hair as Jim and I have(can’t speak for Marilyn) and who no longer are looking in the backpacker district for a place to stay but have upgraded their accommodation, and we have.   Flashpackers have a little more money than backpackers although they still carry a knapsack(which we are) but these few extra dollars allows them the luxury of riding on air conditioned buses, having their own private bathrooms, and not having to eat street food…..unless they want to.  They don’t have to eat in fancy restaurants, but they now have the option,  and they always drink bottled water…..which we are.    So I guess we’re flashpackers and we keep telling Jim if he wants to continue to be a backpacker then he has to travel with Yves because our backpacking days are over!

Currently we are in Siem Reap, Cambodia and it’s fabulous……the people, the food, the accommodation.    We arrived on an air conditioned bus from Phnom Penh which, for the most part, was uneventful except for the flash rainstorm that flooded the street and almost flooded Marilyn out of her seat……….she was in front of us and the bus sprung a leak.   She was sitting with a Cambodian business man and between the two of them they collected the rain water for a few minutes and then it all stopped……..and before too long we arrived in Siem Reap.    Today was spent exploring the town, the markets, and eating good food.    This blog will be the shortest ever because we have a wake up call for 4am so we can catch a tuk tuk to Angkor to see the sunrise which is supposed to be spectacular………….we will let you know later if it stands up to its reputation.

As a final note Marilyn says we’re not only flashpackers, we’re the three monketeers!!   Good night, sleep tight.