The next big adventure

As we prepare to embark on another exciting journey, Mike & I decided we need to dust off the travel blog to give our friends & family a non-Facebook way to follow our adventure.
This time we're off to Cambodia, to visit our niece Maria. We last saw her in July of 2011, as she stopped in San Francisco en route to join the Peace Corps in Cambodia.  This photo's from our dinner together.  We went to a great middle-eastern restaurant, knowing that she'd soon be missing the immense variety that is unique to the American culinary landscape.  Of course Cambodia is "not all rainbows & unicorns," but is doing her part to make a difference, teaching English & a little of the American spirit to kids not that much younger than she.



We're terribly proud of her, & excited to have a tour guide in such a fabulous place who is local & speaks the language (which is Khmer, in case you're wondering)!
We'll have a couple of weeks with Maria, mostly visiting the south coast where she lives. Then her mom Teresa will join us, so we'll have the opportunity to see more of Phnom Penh & Siem Reap, home of Angkor Wat & other temple ruins.
We leave on Tuesday & have completed almost all the pre-trip rituals - passports are current, shots updated, passport photos for visas, digging through boxes to find gear we haven't touched in a long time.
More to come from the road!