First time in Cambodia

Eating our glorious breakfast in taipai... it was soooo good.

I'm so happy about my neck pillow. We all ended up buying them so we could get some quality sleep on the plane

Phil went for a morning jog up the down escalator in Taiwan
Now after traveling almost 24 hours I have made it from sfo to taipia which was a phenomonal airport and then all the way to Cambodia. In taipai we had a 4 hour layover where we sampled taiwanese food including dim sum, dumplings, some authentic soups and rice milk. The flavor was unlike anything I have ever tasted... It was god enough that I ate evrything besides the rice milk which was too rich and it looked like chocolate milk. Another interesting thing was that the airport had themed gates. The one for hong kong was a full blown hello kitty center which caught me off guard.
When we landed in Cambodia I noticed right away that I was in a third world country as the airport was tiny and very simple. I was so excited to finally make it but a little nervous of what was to come. To get to our hotel called the tin tin we were met by two fevers who were relatives of dr. Khauv. They were very nice but didn't speak a word of English. On our way to the hotel we noticed one thing that was very different, everyone drives mopeds or toyotas I mean everyone! Also the lane dividers are there but people here don't care about them. During our ride we were probably inches away from other cars and bikers.
Once we made it somehow back to our hotel known as the tin tin we decided to get adventurous and walk about the town. There was constant action in the street due to the racing mopeds, toyotas and the tiny family owned shops that lined its sides. Each shop snuggly fit into a slot that rivaled that  of a single car garage and was packed full ofaterials waiting to be sold. We ended up walking around an outside mall where we met up with dr. Khauvs father (papa khauv) who brought us to an adjacent 8 story mall which we somehow previously missed. It was filled with everything you could possibly imagine. After reahing the top Our stomachs drove us onto the floor that the food court was on. We were grossed out by the selection of food since it had been sitting out raw for at least a day. Somehow I was convinced to eat some soup which looked like pho. It tasted pretty darn good and luckily we were treated to froyo by Nick... Yum!
  Upon returning back to the tin tin our night was directed in a whole new direction when papa khauv and his cousin ( a 2 star general) decided to drive us in his truck for a night tour of the city. The weather was perfect as was the night life. Everyone was out dancing or walking on the street this Saturday night. We were brought to some statues, new developments, and some large hotels all along the river. This car ride lasted about 2 hours and yes even though we were excited to see the city, we were extemely tired and somehow fell asleep in the back of the pickup.  We thought our ride was going back to our hotel but we pulled over off the side of the road for dinner. 
  We walked down an alleyway and entered the restaurant. It was very exciting because the walls were filled with aquariums swimming and squirming with crabs, jumbo shrimp, eels, and all sorts of funny looking fish... Yum. When we sat down we were greeted by a waitress who filled our glasses with a gigantic ice cube and then unlimited beer (no joke it was hard to finish without being refilled). The beer was a necesity due to the flamming hot dipping sauce which went with our pig stomach (house specialty), calamari, soup, spicy vegetables, and these thick noodles with chicken that rocked my world. What a great way to end our first night in Phnom Penh. We made it back to our hotel so full from dinner that we were hardly able to climb the four floors to our room where we crashed. Day one finally came to an end.