October 18, 2009

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Where do I begin?  The Cambodian Consulate Visa Scam?  Government officals taking down our nationalites when we haggeled for a taxi?  Angkor Wat?  European guest houses?  Australians! Mr. Vina the Tuk-Tuk driver? Walking across the border and into another world?!

Ladies and Gentlemen: we have arrive in Cambodia, the worlds newest Enigma.

Gordy and I came into Cambodia on the 16th, after a long day of traveling, scams, total anhiliation of my understanding of poverty, and a dinner of ramen noodles.  More on that story later.

We spent the 17th in the temple complexes of Angkor, a must on our list for the trip.  Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, and Ta Prohm took us the entier day.  Tomorrow we are going to do a sunrise walk at some other temples, and hopefully our faithful Tuk-Tuk driver Mr. Vina will be able to wake up early enough.

The guesthouse we are staying at is wonderful enough to offer free internet services, but with only one computer and over 50 rooms the line gets rather long- and I am currently being stared down by a rather large Swedish woman in hiking boots.

ciao.


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August 14, 2009

The average American walks 5,210 steps in her day: 1,901,650 a year. How many of my less then two millions steps this year retraced the same path that I created last year? The next few months I have set aside to make footprints in areas never touched by my toes. It is time to take my small dotted line around the map of the world, far outside it’s comfort zone, and gain some blisters along the way.