Back home

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We spend 1 hour packing the whole stuff (even with Rita’s super-fast packing skills). Jeremie has a hair cut (the places to go are all scattered around Phsar Thmei). We could not finish this trip without buying some more CDs and DVDs. By far, the best place in Cambodia to buy the stuff is at Sorya mall, last floor. The DVD boxes are fantastic good value, and way cheaper than in Russian Market.

We check out late from our hotel and pick a taxi to the airport (the trip takes around 20 mns). We take our DragonAir flight to Hong Kong.

Then 2 hours lay over in HK. Then we catch out Cathay Pacific. As for the flight to get to HK, the plane is not that great. Movies work this time, but not the lights!! Impossible to switch them on (very practical to read….) whereas our neighbour can’t switch his off!! (very useful to sleep). Service on the plane is ok, but nothing like the other superstar Asian airlines.

We arrive in Paris, and go through the customs, praying for not being controlled. With our hundreds of pirated cds and dvds, we prefer passing through smoothly...

We leave our luggage at Gare du Nord station and wander around in Paris: walking around in Bastille, then in Baubourg and in the Marais towards Place des Vosges. We finish in Quartier St Germain before heading back to the station to pick our luggage and head to the airport. Once again we’re late: the plane schedule has changed and shall depart half an hour earlier than planned!

The trip is fine, we stop at Addis for a couple of hours and then carry on to Rwanda.

Bad surprise as we arrive: a luggage is missing. That’s the huge one where all our precious dvds are located… It shall take us 1 month to get the bag back.

Strange impression to be back in Congo after this great trip in the middle of Asia. Once thing is for sure, we'll head back to our favourite continent really soon.