Sitting in front of our guest house on the street drinking coffee. Motorcycles whizzing and beeping. Shopkeepers calling out to each other. It is 7:35am and I'm already hot and sweating.
I have not blogged since being in Cambodia, and now we are just two days away from leaving this beautiful country. We have spent so much time climbing around temples in the stifling humidity and blazing heat that we would be near collapse by the time we got back to our room. I usually had only enough energy to post on Facebook.
In Siem Reap, we fell in love with the Cambodian people. We spent time learning enough Khmer to stun many of them who had a hard time believing we knew as much as we knew. Often we got asked "how long you in Cambodia you speak good Khmer?" Often our "te aw kun" response (no thank you) to the street vendors elicited a laugh from them and they would turn away repeating the phrase to themselves.
I will post some Angkor Wat pics below. More from other temples once I straighten out the names, and then another post about our negative impression of Phnom Penh, a much more raw and even dangerous place. Our guest house is a dump, muddy footprints in the bathroom (made sure it was mud), looked like used towels, and the ac does not work (tho it did get down to 82F last night, so what am I complaining about?). Did I mention the sewer gas odor in our room? But hey, we do have a big screen tv and a mini fridge stocked with Angkor beer! And it really is a minor thing that Erin cannot unlock her pack to get to her toothbrush, deodorant, and other toiletries. Now, where did I put the Immodium....?
We are moving today, but somehow I'm hesitant to break the news to the very friendly Cambodian manager/owner.
I hope to post again tonite from a cool room.
I have not blogged since being in Cambodia, and now we are just two days away from leaving this beautiful country. We have spent so much time climbing around temples in the stifling humidity and blazing heat that we would be near collapse by the time we got back to our room. I usually had only enough energy to post on Facebook.
In Siem Reap, we fell in love with the Cambodian people. We spent time learning enough Khmer to stun many of them who had a hard time believing we knew as much as we knew. Often we got asked "how long you in Cambodia you speak good Khmer?" Often our "te aw kun" response (no thank you) to the street vendors elicited a laugh from them and they would turn away repeating the phrase to themselves.
I will post some Angkor Wat pics below. More from other temples once I straighten out the names, and then another post about our negative impression of Phnom Penh, a much more raw and even dangerous place. Our guest house is a dump, muddy footprints in the bathroom (made sure it was mud), looked like used towels, and the ac does not work (tho it did get down to 82F last night, so what am I complaining about?). Did I mention the sewer gas odor in our room? But hey, we do have a big screen tv and a mini fridge stocked with Angkor beer! And it really is a minor thing that Erin cannot unlock her pack to get to her toothbrush, deodorant, and other toiletries. Now, where did I put the Immodium....?
We are moving today, but somehow I'm hesitant to break the news to the very friendly Cambodian manager/owner.
I hope to post again tonite from a cool room.
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