The perfect end to our holiday together was a helicopter ride over Angkor Wat and the Tonle Sap. Madeline treated us both as a special birthday experience and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. Just the fact that we went up in a helicopter was experience enough, but we also enjoyed a gorgeous day to do it, really beautifully clear skies and a wonderful aerial view of Cambodia. I sat up front (of course) with Captain Mick and we got to wear earphones and everything! Captain Mick communicated with the Siam Reap control tower and then we were off! And all he had to control this machine was a joystick and handbrake! amongst thousands of dials and buttons. My only previous experience of helicopters is watching Airwolf as a kid (remember that one?) and films such as James Bond whereby the baddie usually has a helicopter waiting for a quick getaway which the goodie usually forces to crash into a mountain/building/other helicopter. They seem to be such delicate little things and rather prone to blowing up in a big ball of flames at the slightest malfunction. Well, this certainly didn’t feel at all fragile and after hovering about a metre off the ground for a while we whizzed off into the air. We got a great view of the Cambodian countryside, saw Angkor Wat and many of the other nearby temples before zooming off towards the Tonle Sap where we spied the floating villages from the sky – amazing! A fantastic birthday present!
Not enough time...
These are some of the blog entries from the ‘Madeline does Cambodia’ tour of 2008 that would’ve made it to the blogspot had there been enough time to write them...
“That could’ve been my head!”How I almost lost my hand in a slight altercation with a ceiling fan.
Hypochondria?
Headache, funny poo, sunburn, bruises, you name it, Mads turns it into some of the worst disease known to man.
Subtitles RuleHow the most frightening film became the funniest thing on TV thanks to some very badly written English subtitles. “Go to your room”!
Roles Reverse
Madeline is begged to come back to Phnom Srok by the locals and I become the worst passenger (on an elephant).
Night of the Bugs
Madeline is attacked by insects during a night in Phnom Srok which really tests her fear of 'lotsoflittlethingsclosetogether'.
2 comments:
I think Anna has taking advantage of my lack of computer access to write an abhoration of lies!! (the trek part is true but I definately would have won Click!!!)Haven't got time to add many comments after reading all this but your blog definately had me laughing and crying as I remebered the trip. What an awesome holiday! Can't wait to try and get back out there next year and am glad your workshop went well. As I have a lack of computer I'll try and write soon. Miss you loads (you lying exagerating drama queen!) Mads xxxxx
I love you anonymous Mads xx
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