Well, the group has made it "back home" to Siem Reap.  I (Prof De Rooy) arrived a day early to attend a meeting, while Prof Dornbos and the students arrived today.  Here is a blurb from him about the trip (as it relates to the distance from PP to SR):

 " From the Peace Bridge ... its precisely 312 km.  315 from "the Riverside".  I know each of these km's well b/c having just arrived back in Siem Reap safely with everyone, am reflecting on how slowed each km ticked by (there are concrete markers every km).  They ticked by slowly b/c our bus broke down something like 7-8 times (fuel pump I think).  Each time the driver/mechanic disappeared into the engine compartment he was able to get the dud bus to run about 10-20 km's.  After 4 hours, we made 140 km.  Then the bus wouldn't start.  After several retries in the back, he got it running and it stayed running ... he kept the rpms high all the way to S Reap w/o another stop.  So the motto, "go with the flow" certainly did apply.  In the end, a good experience."

 After they arrived, many of us went to the Blue Pumpkin for fruit shakes and something to eat.

We had the following winners for the distance question: Dave and LuAnn Horstman, Al Lindsten, and David Goodman.

Tomorrow we will spend the day with the UN office here in Siem Reap.

Regards,

Leonard De Rooy