Travel People

In Cambodia can be found various ethnic groups with their different dialects depending on where in the country you are, but their always are polite, kindness and have a big smile on their faces. In major cities you can find people who speak English, but if you go a little far way, the universal sign language will be your great ally unless you speak Cambodian or Khmer!.

We were waiting for our tuc-tuc, in our way to the south of Laos, we met these monks under the shade of a tree. We took our camera and asked them for a picture with us, all of them rose up in less than a second!

Laos people are meek and kind, they have good sense of humor and they will allways try to help you. Business are runnig from women and they will try to sell you everything, they get to you with a smiling face and quiet voice telling you: Do you want to buy this for me... and when you look to their hands, they talk to you with a deep voice telling you: Ganga, opium!

Indonesian goverment doesn´t like really much this culture and nude people. In the 2003 the indonesian army had a fight with them and after 2 days 150 army people were dead against 25 natives. Natives at night were really dangeours.

Everybody in the island has allways a smail in their faces, they help you in everything you need and lot of people speak english or italian, sometimes you will need some mime, like us with this goatherd trying to explain him that we lost our cammera where the goats were living..., he just was laughing for a while!!.

The city of Stone Town was the main place of slavery of the East Indian and it is the old side of the capital that was declared Patrimony of the Humanity in the 2000 year. It´s worth to get lost in the streets, visiting the fishing and fruit market, just sit down and get some fruit juices and watch the superb wood doors of the houses that at their time were distinguishing of wealth.

Go with a local guide is essential in an expedition of eight days through the jungle, otherwise you´ll be dead in less than 24hrs!! Chirui and Don Nicolas, two huitotos natives, were our guides, they teach us everything about every corner of the junle and different ways for fishing piranhas for dinner. Before get into the jungle we bought some bullets, wich can be changed for food.

Here we are, "The Cousins" in the "mansion van" Fiat Ducato. We rent that van for one month, only 30 euros per day... hot shower, microwave, kitchen,... awsome!! High season prices could be increased four times. This is the best way to travel around the island, but you also can buy a used car and sell it before you leave the country, there is a big second hand market. You only have to be very careful if you are not used to drive on your left.