so here we are in cambodia!
upon our arrival on tuesday we were greeted with a friendly face from home- the travelling musician wonderwoman jaymie friesen. we got to stay the night with her, as well as spend the evening with her and a friend at the Boat Noodle restaurant. gastronomically satisfying, to say the least.
first thing the next morning karlene and i jumped on a bus to take us to siem reap, home of the 8th(?) world wonder Ankor Wat. we saw a huge number of ancient ruins from kingdoms in the 11th and 12th century. it was fascinating to walk around and explore all these places. pictures do not do justice to the grandeur of some of these ruins. but that didn't keep us from taking about 500 each. we also took the opportunity to chat with people from a bunch of different places : sweden, england, finland, israel, and of course, cambodia. so cool!
we have also realized that cambodia is host to a variety of foods that we may consider questionable. on our bus ride up we stopped at a stand that carried whole roasted birds (beaks and feet included), cockroaches, and tarantulas. a restaurant menu we checked out tonight (and passed on it) included crocodile, snake, frog, ostrich, kangaroo, and more. eating could be quite the adventure here!
the bus ride up was beautiful, the epic asian countryside complete with thatch houses perched on stilts, cows with large back humps in the front yard (or lying in the river), and beautiful little cambodian children running around. it was beautiful, and unlike any place i've been before.
anyway, our time is up and we're off to paint the town... nah, just kidding. but we're off anyway. big love to you all!
becki and karlene