Mamma was in Town

It has been a busy month, but now we are back.  Starting four weeks ago Chris broke his wrists, then we were gone for our "spring break," then my mom was here visiting us, and last night we ended a very busy work week where I was training my successor to take over 2Five2.  But for now I want to give the highlights of my mom's visit.

We met her, and our close family friend, Mary Beth, in Tokyo where we spent 10 days seeing the sites of Japan and visiting friends who live there. We loved seeing the four different cities we visited and getting a glimpse into cherry blossom season.

After tour 10 days in Japan we all boarded the plane and headed back to Phnom Penh, and we continued to be their tour guides in Cambodia, and it looked a little like this...

 

 

Since this is my mom's third trip to Cambodia she knows the sites, is used to the noise, dust, and smells so we are able to send her off on her own adventures and then hear their stories when we would gather again for dinner at our house.  Mary Beth had never been so they visited the main tourist sites in town, but I joined them for trips to get a pedicure and I even surprised them with an early Mother's Day trip to the best spa in town.  It was a treat to spend an afternoon in relaxation in honor of my mom, and to share that sweet memory with her.

 

Also in their time in Cambodia we spent a weekend going to the coast and visiting two coastal towns, Kep and Kampot.  Only 6 miles apart from one another we would eat lunch in one, and dinner in another.  We stayed in Kep at one of Chris and I's favorite places, The Kep lodge, and enjoyed long mornings of book reading, coffee sipping, porch sitting, and mother daughter talking. It was wonderful.  But here is the photo tour of our weekend at the coast.

 

We started with dinner in Kampot at the famous Rusty Keyhole and dined on the finest of ribs, beer, and lemon meringue pie that this river town has to offer.

 

 

We then headed to Kep and enjoyed our porch chatting times with this amazing view.

 We spent our Saturday taking a boat to Rabbit Island where we napped, read, swam, ate wonderful beach front seafood meals, and ended the day with my favorite thing of all, Cambodian iced coffees.

 

 

 

 

To end the weekend we had our final dinner at the Kep Crab Market where you watch the women aggressively selling their newest catch, and head to the nearest over the ocean restaurant to literally watch them catch you meal, cook, and serve it. We enjoyed several amazing sunsets, great Cambodian seafood, and time together.



 

 

Now mom and Mary Beth are back in America, and we cherish their visit to Cambodia and the memories we created on this trip.  Thanks for the visit and your depth of love for Cambodia.