tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664525169018936482024-03-12T18:57:31.515-04:00Chasing TigersThe chronicles of robs' Southeast Asian adventures.robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-58036856721640735042007-10-24T12:36:00.000-04:002007-11-24T01:02:21.313-05:00"When will you make an end?... When I am finished!!"-- The Agony and the EcstacyThat is right ladies and gentlement boys and girls... the blog is complete... I know you are all impressed, and i've broken it down here for you:<br /><br />I've added things to these posts:<br /><br />5/26<br />6/5<br /><br />These posts are new:<br />7/14<br />7/15<br />7/16<br />7/16<br />7/29<br />7/30<br />8/3<br />8/6<br />8/9<br />8/14<br />8/17<br />8/18<br />8/18<br /><br />So I hope you have all enjoyed following my misadventures in SE Asia! Feel free to shoot me any questions you have, or if you'd like a copy of a calander i'm putting together.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />-robsrobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-32386969122775926652007-08-18T12:34:00.000-04:002007-11-24T01:02:08.379-05:00"Cambodia is like you're always tripping."-- Off the Rails in Phnom PenhWhile things have definately gotten better(?) since this quote was published in one of the most infamous underground books ever written, and read by every traveler to Phnom Penh in the last 10 years... there is still an air of truth to it... its a city like no where else... and if i had had more battery in my camera, you would have seen a lot more of it... but alas... these pics will have to do....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And here now we get at quick glimpse of the city where I lived... the most fabulous Phnom Penh...<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxlwRfrtFQI/AAAAAAAACGc/_9KlcPEoH_A/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+sunset.JPG"></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxlvivrtFKI/AAAAAAAACFs/221vbCFS3bY/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--++Independence+Monument.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123248693816661154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxlvivrtFKI/AAAAAAAACFs/221vbCFS3bY/s320/Phnom+Penh--++Independence+Monument.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxlvnPrtFNI/AAAAAAAACGE/EKfTnqnmXZE/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Independence+Monument,+center+of+city.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123248771126072530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxlvnPrtFNI/AAAAAAAACGE/EKfTnqnmXZE/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Independence+Monument,+center+of+city.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxlwR_rtFRI/AAAAAAAACGk/YfzgDuwG-XA/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Sunset2.JPG"></a>This here is independence monument... a major landmark to know if you want to get around the city.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxlvi_rtFLI/AAAAAAAACF0/DgFUFB7OEFc/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+cool+old+abandoned+place.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123248698111628466" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxlvi_rtFLI/AAAAAAAACF0/DgFUFB7OEFc/s320/Phnom+Penh--+cool+old+abandoned+place.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is a really awesome Fench style abandoned place... i think it was the embassy back in the day... but really don't know for sure.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxlvofrtFOI/AAAAAAAACGM/W7kRbgMNDys/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+National+Museum.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123248792600909026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxlvofrtFOI/AAAAAAAACGM/W7kRbgMNDys/s320/Phnom+Penh--+National+Museum.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This here is the national museum... which i unfortunately never actually got to go in... guess i was jut saving it for next time<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxlvlfrtFMI/AAAAAAAACF8/YdRbX07NAjg/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+happy+pizza.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123248741061301442" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxlvlfrtFMI/AAAAAAAACF8/YdRbX07NAjg/s320/Phnom+Penh--+happy+pizza.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />And here we have the infamous row of "happy" pizza shops along the waterfront... if you don't get what they are, i'm not really sure if i should tell you.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwzzny0a-NwLlrsjgvgdd0OJAhKQ9eNAp1oAcWHtTyUgssDgiaXrRQRQBFAVinH3oABi0nrOkFDFl77bzkqSg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br />This first video is of the resturants that I ate lunch at every day... how awesome are they! Shame we have nothing like that here.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzWvLBJkqJBMfQY0JAEEORzURybeMt4qOd515mPxUI-SUTbv8r1IOiByGnQbrW3mOx5zY9yYRV4A2UMu3zZkg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br />And this is the main strip down at the waterfront... lots of resturants, bars, cafes, shops, hotels, etc. and the video ends at the FCC... the basic hub of expat life... with a very traditional french expat feel to it.robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-62243689658313463262007-08-18T11:12:00.000-04:002007-11-24T01:01:56.229-05:00"This house is circus, berserk as fuck, we tend to see that as a perk though."-- "This house is a Circus", Arctic MonkeysSo here it is... my grand palace... I've written about it before... so no real need to get into details... its awesome....<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIczsHGMI/AAAAAAAAB_I/7tBmQj6YT8E/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+My+place,+squat+pot.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113846667883780290" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIczsHGMI/AAAAAAAAB_I/7tBmQj6YT8E/s320/Phnom+Penh--+My+place,+squat+pot.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />First we have my Squat Pot, in my second bathroom... never used... by me at least<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIzzsHGTI/AAAAAAAACAA/29W9-QIMR3c/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--View+of+Back+Patio.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113847063020771634" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIzzsHGTI/AAAAAAAACAA/29W9-QIMR3c/s320/Phnom+Penh--View+of+Back+Patio.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIzDsHGSI/AAAAAAAAB_4/nAkGgu0SanY/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--View+of+back+patio+furniture.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113847050135869730" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIzDsHGSI/AAAAAAAAB_4/nAkGgu0SanY/s320/Phnom+Penh--View+of+back+patio+furniture.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIeTsHGQI/AAAAAAAAB_o/ItOMQ5V-ufg/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+View+from+porch,+fire+station.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113846693653584130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIeTsHGQI/AAAAAAAAB_o/ItOMQ5V-ufg/s320/Phnom+Penh--+View+from+porch,+fire+station.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIyTsHGRI/AAAAAAAAB_w/LeCsLG0HquY/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+View+of+neighbors+house.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113847037250967826" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIyTsHGRI/AAAAAAAAB_w/LeCsLG0HquY/s320/Phnom+Penh--+View+of+neighbors+house.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This here is the my balcony/patio thing... and the view from it... plus my next door neighbor's house.<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIeDsHGPI/AAAAAAAAB_g/hF6Bz3oFaoM/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+View+from+my+back+porch.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113846689358616818" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIeDsHGPI/AAAAAAAAB_g/hF6Bz3oFaoM/s320/Phnom+Penh--+View+from+my+back+porch.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is the view from my door.<br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIdTsHGNI/AAAAAAAAB_Q/RdUW9ycUf68/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+the+cat+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113846676473714898" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIdTsHGNI/AAAAAAAAB_Q/RdUW9ycUf68/s320/Phnom+Penh--+the+cat+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIdzsHGOI/AAAAAAAAB_Y/2CWlgHecoKw/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+The+cat.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113846685063649506" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgIdzsHGOI/AAAAAAAAB_Y/2CWlgHecoKw/s320/Phnom+Penh--+The+cat.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And this is the cat that was living in my 2nd bedroom and caused me to shut all my windows b/c he ran out of it one day and through my living room and had peed all over the bed... he ran when i tried to give him cheese this day... poor kitty cat...<br /><br /><br />And below are actual video's of the apartment... now, my batteries were dying, so i couldn't do it all at once... so you'll just have to bare with me... some of them are only a couple of seconds long....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxEwf9DV4ZwxeXQ5Ll6DjLBLy-fXrabxzVHTebpOwZGUjCfxbZLH4GNRfCUes5liCh7LHtY67c240G8Kg3pdw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p>My Kitchen, 2nd bathroom, and living room.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx3IBq5mFio2ECtXy3yQNJ_ywjLr9U42yuW504HK2L2Dj2_AfFrNW6qRlrP69Re_iRvip4-kBJKPXv4rdpw-g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p>My bedroom<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwtMJfYyigj7EiHU6OuZ3W-IvpO1JJiu4FHjIakfGq5MgzF28NDsmKQiDZmvMVNv8RUnq9CScd1AlWF0O5vAA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p>My bathroom<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxbq28prysaamG8IrBFHEK1dAWPcDML7pwn2LLp1tpp5JFetI6t0DKEZmaIN93DVDPJpL_nQn5tLKeQ5qPh8w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p>2nd bedroom<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx7rh8zrC9YqRifX-Ld6dWbl6BXnjqNYa8qTtqv9Th2yQqLJSJFwqI9n41Igopnouj3o2aYMy7HFardVlzpHA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy87iCd9Oh2Ibxm8TRI9rurY3WL5KbchhArXEVUVS5_vS9bKsOxssXam7qt6c2-1ZGidq-QWOlPaEvylTxScA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p>My patio and the view from it.</p>robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-55470498131329235662007-08-17T12:32:00.000-04:002007-11-24T01:01:41.235-05:00"All work and no play..." Ha!<div><br /><br /><div>So I've mentioned bits and pieces about where I work and what I've been doing here... so now I'll just give you the run down w/ some pics...</div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxl3s_rtFSI/AAAAAAAACGs/0n1zkkSYiKQ/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+CDP--+My+Desk.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123257666003342626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxl3s_rtFSI/AAAAAAAACGs/0n1zkkSYiKQ/s320/Phnom+Penh--+CDP--+My+Desk.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>This here is my desk</div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxl3tPrtFTI/AAAAAAAACG0/6hpZWHKS14s/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+CDP--+no+bribes.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123257670298309938" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxl3tPrtFTI/AAAAAAAACG0/6hpZWHKS14s/s320/Phnom+Penh--+CDP--+no+bribes.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>This is the no bribary sign... which i actually had some lawyers complain to me about, though i won't name anyone</div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxl3uvrtFUI/AAAAAAAACG8/O5DL7dfq41k/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+CDP--+Political+posters.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123257696068113730" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxl3uvrtFUI/AAAAAAAACG8/O5DL7dfq41k/s320/Phnom+Penh--+CDP--+Political+posters.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>Here are some political signs... also about bribing judges</div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxl3wfrtFWI/AAAAAAAACHM/frOAiGuJv_Q/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+CDP--+signs.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123257726132884834" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxl3wfrtFWI/AAAAAAAACHM/frOAiGuJv_Q/s320/Phnom+Penh--+CDP--+signs.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>And this is a fabulously translated sign that actually required the use of white out and they still got it wrong</div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxl-LPrtFXI/AAAAAAAACHU/m0epBOFryL0/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+CDP--+Wat+Lanka.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123264782764152178" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxl-LPrtFXI/AAAAAAAACHU/m0epBOFryL0/s320/Phnom+Penh--+CDP--+Wat+Lanka.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>This here is the most incredible view from a work location... What you're looking at is Wat Lanka...</div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxl3u_rtFVI/AAAAAAAACHE/kKf5OjnUCdo/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+CDP--+Printer+in+tub.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123257700363081042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxl3u_rtFVI/AAAAAAAACHE/kKf5OjnUCdo/s320/Phnom+Penh--+CDP--+Printer+in+tub.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>And this... This is an epson printer sitting the bathtub... along with tons of files and things.... there were even filing cabinets in the bathroom....</div></div>robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-16826537982000278652007-08-14T00:08:00.000-04:002007-11-24T01:01:25.946-05:00Insert witty title her cause i'm just about spentSigh... the last week. This week me and my boss, Jeff, headed all the way up Tongle Sap to Battambang.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxwi0PrtFvI/AAAAAAAACKQ/Jp8wmWoI9cM/s1600-h/Battambang--+CDP.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124008756999165682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxwi0PrtFvI/AAAAAAAACKQ/Jp8wmWoI9cM/s320/Battambang--+CDP.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />First we stopped off at the Battambang office...<br /><br /><br /><br />We went to a temple, Phnom Banan, and i was attacked by little children who made me a flower child and held my hand... especially the little girl, who was the only girl and group of boys... i can only imagine how this will impact her life later...<br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9tkPrtGBI/AAAAAAAACMY/vkMd7-VHAK8/s1600-h/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+Steps.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124935370423474194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9tkPrtGBI/AAAAAAAACMY/vkMd7-VHAK8/s320/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+Steps.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9tlPrtGCI/AAAAAAAACMg/8xJUYrnob_g/s1600-h/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+they+made+me+a+flower+child.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124935387603343394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9tlPrtGCI/AAAAAAAACMg/8xJUYrnob_g/s320/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+they+made+me+a+flower+child.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9s5vrtF8I/AAAAAAAACLw/rtmpLeU4ElI/s1600-h/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+me+and+a+little+girl.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124934640279033794" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9s5vrtF8I/AAAAAAAACLw/rtmpLeU4ElI/s320/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+me+and+a+little+girl.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9s6PrtF9I/AAAAAAAACL4/GUGrmSW1O2U/s1600-h/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+me+in+doorway.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124934648868968402" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9s6PrtF9I/AAAAAAAACL4/GUGrmSW1O2U/s320/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+me+in+doorway.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9s7vrtF-I/AAAAAAAACMA/OY66Ggmfous/s1600-h/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+more+ruins.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124934674638772194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9s7vrtF-I/AAAAAAAACMA/OY66Ggmfous/s320/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+more+ruins.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9s8frtF_I/AAAAAAAACMI/0r1HE9TnTIg/s1600-h/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+more+view.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124934687523674098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9s8frtF_I/AAAAAAAACMI/0r1HE9TnTIg/s320/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+more+view.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9s8_rtGAI/AAAAAAAACMQ/IraLCNZVOMQ/s1600-h/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+ruins.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124934696113608706" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9s8_rtGAI/AAAAAAAACMQ/IraLCNZVOMQ/s320/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+ruins.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxwjdvrtF3I/AAAAAAAACLQ/KSROlSeSziQ/s1600-h/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+doorway.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124009469963736946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxwjdvrtF3I/AAAAAAAACLQ/KSROlSeSziQ/s320/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+doorway.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxwjffrtF4I/AAAAAAAACLY/xNX0NIOzxcw/s1600-h/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+main+ruins.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124009500028508034" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxwjffrtF4I/AAAAAAAACLY/xNX0NIOzxcw/s320/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+main+ruins.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxwi1_rtFxI/AAAAAAAACKg/RdaBu-pXoq0/s1600-h/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+Awesome+view.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124008787063936786" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxwi1_rtFxI/AAAAAAAACKg/RdaBu-pXoq0/s320/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+Awesome+view.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxwi3vrtFyI/AAAAAAAACKo/Dnng1haglPQ/s1600-h/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+body.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124008817128707874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxwi3vrtFyI/AAAAAAAACKo/Dnng1haglPQ/s320/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+body.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And then in black and white...<br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxwjbvrtF0I/AAAAAAAACK4/PawC_AxLeXs/s1600-h/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+BW2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124009435603998530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxwjbvrtF0I/AAAAAAAACK4/PawC_AxLeXs/s320/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+BW2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxwjb_rtF1I/AAAAAAAACLA/6OpQ0utjxeY/s1600-h/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+BW3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124009439898965842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxwjb_rtF1I/AAAAAAAACLA/6OpQ0utjxeY/s320/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+BW3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxwjdPrtF2I/AAAAAAAACLI/g1KMiXFvqwA/s1600-h/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+BW4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124009461373802338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxwjdPrtF2I/AAAAAAAACLI/g1KMiXFvqwA/s320/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+BW4.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxwi4PrtFzI/AAAAAAAACKw/9o-24UrpszQ/s1600-h/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+BW1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124008825718642482" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxwi4PrtFzI/AAAAAAAACKw/9o-24UrpszQ/s320/Battambang--+Phnom+Banan--+BW1.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxwi1vrtFwI/AAAAAAAACKY/o-i1bc68ifs/s1600-h/Battambang--+down+coconut+tree.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124008782768969474" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rxwi1vrtFwI/AAAAAAAACKY/o-i1bc68ifs/s320/Battambang--+down+coconut+tree.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Then on the way back from the temple the car was stopped... b/c they had cut down a coconut tree the kids all ran up and grabbed coconuts, and then they had to chop it all up to let us through.... awesome...<br /><br /><br /><br />Just a side note here... this particular trip was pretty awesome... and i got to hear a lot of stories especially from our lawyer in battambang who talked about his life during the Khmer Rouge... it was... well... unexpected...<br /><br /><br /><br />Then there are the scenes from the from the rooftop of our hotel and around the city...<br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9tmfrtGDI/AAAAAAAACMo/Xg8cuTl7M4g/s1600-h/Battambang--+road+in+front+of+hotel.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124935409078179890" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9tmfrtGDI/AAAAAAAACMo/Xg8cuTl7M4g/s320/Battambang--+road+in+front+of+hotel.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9uFvrtGGI/AAAAAAAACNA/VBMBRn9zvho/s1600-h/Battambang--+View+from+hotel+roof+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124935945949091938" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9uFvrtGGI/AAAAAAAACNA/VBMBRn9zvho/s320/Battambang--+View+from+hotel+roof+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9uGfrtGHI/AAAAAAAACNI/Zf8iNCROGHg/s1600-h/Battambang--+View+from+Hotel+roof+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124935958833993842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9uGfrtGHI/AAAAAAAACNI/Zf8iNCROGHg/s320/Battambang--+View+from+Hotel+roof+4.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9uG_rtGII/AAAAAAAACNQ/F_ZH6VhaJBk/s1600-h/Battambang--+View+from+Hotel+roof+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124935967423928450" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9uG_rtGII/AAAAAAAACNQ/F_ZH6VhaJBk/s320/Battambang--+View+from+Hotel+roof+5.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9uHfrtGJI/AAAAAAAACNY/Ga53A37GabE/s1600-h/Battambang--+View+from+hotel+roof1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124935976013863058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9uHfrtGJI/AAAAAAAACNY/Ga53A37GabE/s320/Battambang--+View+from+hotel+roof1.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9tnPrtGFI/AAAAAAAACM4/Nzr1YH75TMM/s1600-h/Battambang--+View+from+hotel+roof+2.JPG"></a><br /><br />And this here is a picture of a lot of my most popular beers and most often drank...<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9tmvrtGEI/AAAAAAAACMw/-V9jjeLaXqM/s1600-h/Battambang--+the+essential+beers.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124935413373147202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rx9tmvrtGEI/AAAAAAAACMw/-V9jjeLaXqM/s320/Battambang--+the+essential+beers.JPG" border="0" /></a>robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-9757211593277440892007-08-09T11:30:00.000-04:002007-11-24T01:00:47.694-05:00"They call him Flipper, Flipper, Flipper..."Welcome to Kratie (pronounced Krachae), one of the number one places on my things to do while in Cambodia. I had one goal and one goal only.... see the Irawaddy dolphins, and not even my translator could stop me. Of course i also did some work... interviews and what not. then the first time we tried to go we had all three of us (see first pic below) on a moto for about 45 minutes-hour... it rained... actually poored... and then we got there, and they were like, its too late... and the other two didn't know it involved getting on a boat... all completely rediculous ness so we were there for a couple of minutes... then left, and then i made them go back the next morning... well not really made them, i told them i would go on my own, but they wouldn't let me... In fact spock couldn't handle the idea of me doing things on my own... you can only imagine how this made me feel.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNEvPpYOI/AAAAAAAAB7o/xOOCcb3Asp4/s1600-h/Kratie--+K.+lawyer+and+Ravuuth.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109348152304558306" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNEvPpYOI/AAAAAAAAB7o/xOOCcb3Asp4/s320/Kratie--+K.+lawyer+and+Ravuuth.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here we have spock and the Kratie CDP lawyer... sheltered from the rain.<br /><br /><p><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNqvPpYPI/AAAAAAAAB7w/C_y3NU24KWw/s1600-h/Kratie--+lots+of+rain.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109348805139587314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNqvPpYPI/AAAAAAAAB7w/C_y3NU24KWw/s320/Kratie--+lots+of+rain.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><p>Here's a great view from our shelter...</p><br /><p>Next day was dolphin time:</p><br /><p><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugND_PpYMI/AAAAAAAAB7Y/mccuWkF5Fhg/s1600-h/Kratie--+irawaddy+dolphin+signb.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109348139419656386" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugND_PpYMI/AAAAAAAAB7Y/mccuWkF5Fhg/s320/Kratie--+irawaddy+dolphin+signb.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugN4vPpYUI/AAAAAAAAB8Y/IH4dP92r2T0/s1600-h/Kratie--+water.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109349045657755970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugN4vPpYUI/AAAAAAAAB8Y/IH4dP92r2T0/s320/Kratie--+water.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNCfPpYKI/AAAAAAAAB7I/NsGJdVpzFmw/s1600-h/Kratie--+Cloudy+sky.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109348113649852578" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNCfPpYKI/AAAAAAAAB7I/NsGJdVpzFmw/s320/Kratie--+Cloudy+sky.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNsfPpYTI/AAAAAAAAB8Q/5tzwqO5zPlk/s1600-h/Kratie--+Tree+in+the+water.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109348835204358450" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNsfPpYTI/AAAAAAAAB8Q/5tzwqO5zPlk/s320/Kratie--+Tree+in+the+water.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNr_PpYSI/AAAAAAAAB8I/4EFAEdOWML8/s1600-h/Kratie--+piece+of+dolphin.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109348826614423842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNr_PpYSI/AAAAAAAAB8I/4EFAEdOWML8/s320/Kratie--+piece+of+dolphin.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNC_PpYLI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/KxMUth7viQA/s1600-h/Kratie--+dolphin.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109348122239787186" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNC_PpYLI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/KxMUth7viQA/s320/Kratie--+dolphin.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='280' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxF464MCiHiD7OTCyW6viylG19zghTeUra0zVO85s2hYTNJnY5RPUFdkRmro0XLcs66EJE5-kdyZB5Gls-DLg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='280' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx7s4yIO6f_5EIZzB6a0uDW9Nj3PI6hU74fsEPgume1knGdoub9w0XbsbboYNJrP16G6t2gweTUo9QUTaSteg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p>The dolphins... these are irawaddy dolphins... the only freshwater dolphins in the world. And there are only about 14 of them left. Now these bad boys are pretty ugly... no nose. And the spit... In otherwords... awesome. The videos aren't too bad... but are pretty good if you pay attention... Just remember i was out there for a couple hours... and went for like 20 minutes at a time without seeing a thing. So just imagine how many videos i deleted.</p><br /><p><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNrPPpYQI/AAAAAAAAB74/NMHUAWCw15g/s1600-h/Kratie--+old+women%27s+homes.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109348813729521922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNrPPpYQI/AAAAAAAAB74/NMHUAWCw15g/s320/Kratie--+old+women%27s+homes.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNrvPpYRI/AAAAAAAAB8A/lEXPbunqPGo/s1600-h/Kratie--+On+the+top+of+the+hill.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109348822319456530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNrvPpYRI/AAAAAAAAB8A/lEXPbunqPGo/s320/Kratie--+On+the+top+of+the+hill.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNEfPpYNI/AAAAAAAAB7g/a_uHpPPFo7c/s1600-h/Kratie--+inside+the+temple.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109348148009590994" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugNEfPpYNI/AAAAAAAAB7g/a_uHpPPFo7c/s320/Kratie--+inside+the+temple.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><p>From there we stopped off at a womans temple. Sad to say women can never become monks. But when the are old they come here to retire... shave their heads, dress in white... no physical beauty allowed. And they help out the monks by cooking and things.</p><br /><p>After seeing the dolphins, I wandered around the town hoping to see another red sunset and grab pictures of it... unfortunately, no such luck... but I got other great pictures as a storm was rolling in...<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgHZDsHGII/AAAAAAAAB-o/tHhV9jZCyjw/s1600-h/Kratie--+main+street+into+the+market.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113845503947643010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgHZDsHGII/AAAAAAAAB-o/tHhV9jZCyjw/s320/Kratie--+main+street+into+the+market.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgHZjsHGJI/AAAAAAAAB-w/2nBbYskEDWw/s1600-h/Kratie--+more+storm+clouds.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113845512537577618" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgHZjsHGJI/AAAAAAAAB-w/2nBbYskEDWw/s320/Kratie--+more+storm+clouds.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgHZzsHGKI/AAAAAAAAB-4/2FqKyfy0L1w/s1600-h/Kratie--+side+of+the+road.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113845516832544930" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgHZzsHGKI/AAAAAAAAB-4/2FqKyfy0L1w/s320/Kratie--+side+of+the+road.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgHaTsHGLI/AAAAAAAAB_A/s2MaWgZq4L8/s1600-h/Kratie--+storm+rolling+in.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113845525422479538" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgHaTsHGLI/AAAAAAAAB_A/s2MaWgZq4L8/s320/Kratie--+storm+rolling+in.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgG2DsHGDI/AAAAAAAAB-A/Y0rA0qJjCTI/s1600-h/Kratie--+around+the+town.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113844902652221490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgG2DsHGDI/AAAAAAAAB-A/Y0rA0qJjCTI/s320/Kratie--+around+the+town.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgG2TsHGEI/AAAAAAAAB-I/mWRVXXobGPA/s1600-h/Kratie--+big+fancy+building.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113844906947188802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgG2TsHGEI/AAAAAAAAB-I/mWRVXXobGPA/s320/Kratie--+big+fancy+building.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgG2zsHGFI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/CuxXQFh4fvg/s1600-h/Kratie--+Cloudy+sky.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113844915537123410" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgG2zsHGFI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/CuxXQFh4fvg/s320/Kratie--+Cloudy+sky.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgG3DsHGGI/AAAAAAAAB-Y/r-g43USLSyw/s1600-h/Kratie--+Cow.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113844919832090722" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgG3DsHGGI/AAAAAAAAB-Y/r-g43USLSyw/s320/Kratie--+Cow.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgG3zsHGHI/AAAAAAAAB-g/OvQFgJwVeyk/s1600-h/Kratie--+empty+street.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113844932716992626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RvgG3zsHGHI/AAAAAAAAB-g/OvQFgJwVeyk/s320/Kratie--+empty+street.JPG" border="0" /></a> </p>robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-6647565163985718432007-08-06T11:14:00.000-04:002007-11-24T01:01:06.528-05:00"Y'all act like you've never seen a white person before..." EminemGranted… that might just be b/c they haven’t… actually, where I’m at right now… even I can’t help but to stare when I see another westerner wandering around… I’m currently in Kompong Cham… Cham is the name of the Muslims who settled here and in Vietnam… very small minority… I’m actually out here on assignment.<br /><br />I’m checking out a land rights case where the first time they tried to have a trial, our client (the defendant) showed up with 85 witnesses… the trial was postponed b/c the authorities had a few safety fears… He is now only allowed to have 4 witnesses (can we say violation of an individuals right to defense, and to call and question witnesses)… I guess I should start over a bit… at least for those of you interested in this kind of thing… or interested in the kinds of corruption issues going on… basically a bunch of people have been living on land since 1982… they were poor… so they didn’t apply for a title… but they built on the land and began cultivating it (cashews, rubber plants, aloe trees, etc)… in 1996, someone moved in, then filed for title in 1997. *the law says something like to claim ownership of occupied land you must occupy the land for 5 years… so the title is super shady… basically illegal… and our clients… the occupants have been on the land since 1982 w/out incident until 2003… but the guy w/ the “title” is rich… and rulings fall in favor of the money. So I opted to come out and see this trial… and our defendant called this morning and said he was boycotting… So it’ll be interesting to see what exactly happens tomorrow.<br /><br />The trip here was just a continuation of the excitement of the weekend… I’m traveling with Ravute, our translator… who I like to call spock… hopefully I’ll grab a picture of him at some point and you will all know why… now Spock is a bit of a pain in the ass… he treats me as if I’m about 5 and have never left the house on my own before… he also presumes I have absolutely no knowledge or background on Cambodia… which kind of promotes the whole being treated like I’m 5… but I’m dealing. So he told me he would take care of the bus tickets and lodging and things… today rolls around, he’s 20 minutes late… we get to the first bus station too late… same with the next one… and finally get seats on the third…<br /><br />I’ve had 2 uber sketch meals today… I can’t even identify the meat I ate at dinner.<br /><br />Meeting w/ the other lawyers was interesting… they explained their civil law criminal system… I gave them my bastardized version of the common law criminal system… which I then think Spock may have translated it to being even more off then what I said… maybe someone else out there can answer this question better…. At what point does the trial judge get the case to review before trial?<br /><br />Now before I had left, I had asked Jeff if I should book reservations at the hotel he recommended… and he was like… no no no… it should be empty… If it isn’t empty, I’ll pay for your room… Yeah… apparently this week is examination week for secondary school and all the teachers come into town to proctor exams…. EVERYWHERE is out of vacancies in Kompong Cham… Except this one little guest house… which is now full btw… now it doesn’t seem too sketchy to start off with…. Seems nice and clean… no a/c… but there’s a fan…<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuaxZBLIykI/AAAAAAAAB6I/0u5GEa-qoCU/s1600-h/Kompong+Cham--+evil+broken+fan.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108965870668401218" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuaxZBLIykI/AAAAAAAAB6I/0u5GEa-qoCU/s320/Kompong+Cham--+evil+broken+fan.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>that I go to move closer to my bed, and it came apart when I picked it up… the windows don’t close… they are like blinds… and there is no screen… but plastic weavings to keep out mossies…</div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuaxaRLIymI/AAAAAAAAB6Y/HRbNh8yYJKE/s1600-h/Kompong+Cham--+holy+mossie+net.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108965892143237730" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuaxaRLIymI/AAAAAAAAB6Y/HRbNh8yYJKE/s320/Kompong+Cham--+holy+mossie+net.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>with big holes where people stuck their fingers through…. And then theres the sink… </div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruax9RLIyoI/AAAAAAAAB6o/CdKGd7veZYw/s1600-h/Kompong+Cham--+no+drain.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108966493438659202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruax9RLIyoI/AAAAAAAAB6o/CdKGd7veZYw/s320/Kompong+Cham--+no+drain.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>that has no drain pipe… there used to be a pipe… but now its just a hole that splashes to the floor… where there isn’t a drain… but rather a hole in the side… </div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruax9hLIypI/AAAAAAAAB6w/t_UpFU2ewZY/s1600-h/Kompong+Cham--+No+Toilet+Paper.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108966497733626514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruax9hLIypI/AAAAAAAAB6w/t_UpFU2ewZY/s320/Kompong+Cham--+No+Toilet+Paper.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>I had to buy toilet paper… and they sprayed the room for mossies about half an hour ago. But hey, its $3 a night… can’t really beat that.<br /><br />I have a new theory as to why Buddhists hold all life sacred… even that of bugs… actually this pertains mostly to just bugs… its b/c there are soooo friggen many of them here… that it’s a futile waste of time to try to kill any of them… the only way not to go insane is to just embrace their existence and go with it… except mossies… mossies are just evil dengue in the day, malaria in the night carrying bastards that should just be wiped off the planet.<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruax-BLIyqI/AAAAAAAAB64/tr_8GzR6m2Q/s1600-h/Kompong+Cham--+panaramic+view.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108966506323561122" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruax-BLIyqI/AAAAAAAAB64/tr_8GzR6m2Q/s320/Kompong+Cham--+panaramic+view.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruax9BLIynI/AAAAAAAAB6g/zRDjg3M437Y/s1600-h/Kompong+Cham--+Mekong+View.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108966489143691890" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruax9BLIynI/AAAAAAAAB6g/zRDjg3M437Y/s320/Kompong+Cham--+Mekong+View.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuaxXRLIyiI/AAAAAAAAB54/VBQtd3RQKwM/s1600-h/Kompong+Cham--+along+the+river+front.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108965840603630114" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuaxXRLIyiI/AAAAAAAAB54/VBQtd3RQKwM/s320/Kompong+Cham--+along+the+river+front.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuaxZRLIylI/AAAAAAAAB6Q/hAmYVwDBbrY/s1600-h/Kompong+Cham--+fishing+boat.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108965874963368530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuaxZRLIylI/AAAAAAAAB6Q/hAmYVwDBbrY/s320/Kompong+Cham--+fishing+boat.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />But in all seriousness, its pretty awesome here… despite my bitching… The architecture is beautiful, the people are friendly… everyone hangs out down by the river in the evening… its nice… they say that the invention of the air conditioner has resulted in the downfall of western culture, society, and community… and I have to say that I agree… everyone here just sits outside, or the whole block eats dinner together on the corner… And no, it isn’t tv… they all have tvs… but they still prefer to congregate together outside in the heat b/c its cooler than inside… with air conditioning we keep ourselves inside, windows shut… closed off from interaction with everyone else.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Rather than ending the post there, I opted to keep all of Kompong Cham together as one post....</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>First let me sum up what happend with the trial for those of you interested in that sort of thing...</div><br /><br /><div>The common practice in Kompong Cham is to schedule a trial for 8am and then not actually show up or begun until 8:30am. In this case, the judge scheduled a meeting at the time that our trial was to take place. At first we were told the trial would last until 10am, but it ended up running until 11:45am; being so close to lunch, the judge postponed the trial until the afternoon. Present at the trial was the judge, plaintiff’s lawyer, and a prosecutor representing the state there to determine if the state had any interest in the case, or wished to file criminal charges against our client. Our client did not show up out of fear of being detained. Then our lawyer decided not to show up in protest of the proceedings. The trial moved forward. No witnesses were called; their statements were just read by the clerk, along with the statement made by defense. It really was one of the more bizarre situations I have been in… especially when the judge asked us if we had anything to say as representatives of the CDP.</div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruax-hLIyrI/AAAAAAAAB7A/YPZpkXvttuk/s1600-h/Kompong+Cham--+volleyball+net+at+court.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108966514913495730" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruax-hLIyrI/AAAAAAAAB7A/YPZpkXvttuk/s320/Kompong+Cham--+volleyball+net+at+court.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>This here is the court house... please note that the court house has a volleyball court.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuaxYBLIyjI/AAAAAAAAB6A/dPaZFVUHhPA/s1600-h/Kompong+Cham--+courtroom.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108965853488532018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuaxYBLIyjI/AAAAAAAAB6A/dPaZFVUHhPA/s320/Kompong+Cham--+courtroom.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>This here is the court room... not exactly what we are used to at home.</div></div>robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-4225276717357031632007-08-05T00:34:00.000-04:002007-09-11T10:59:16.985-04:00"You can plan a pretty picnic, but you can't predict the weather." -- "Miss Jackson", Outkast<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruaq6RLIyPI/AAAAAAAAB3g/hFt-7MN6EDE/s1600-h/Sihanokville--+beach+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108958745317656818" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruaq6RLIyPI/AAAAAAAAB3g/hFt-7MN6EDE/s320/Sihanokville--+beach+5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div>So... the entire time i've been in cambodia its rained every day... for about 10 minutes in the late afternoon or at night... except on saterdays... which it rains all morning... its been hot and sunny, and uncharacteristcly dry for the rainy season. until this week... until I work up the nerve to venture the 4 hours down to the beach in Sihanokville. And now i'm here, and its done nothing but pore for 2 days. Yesterday, i was fiercly determined to go down to the beach, which i did, and got soaked by rain.<br /><br />Now I had a back up plan if it rained... i would go shopping.<br /><br />This seems like a great idea... everyone says not to go to Sihanokville b/c its touristy and things, and I figured... well that will give me things to do... right? No, wrong... This place is empty... nothing... over crowded by locals... no shoping no clubs, nothing within walking distance except the beach. I'm sure when it isn't dark grey and miserable out its probably beautiful... but when its like it is... it becomes dirty and unpleasant... Locals are dirty... there's a lot of trash... they just kinda throw it where ever... which is a tad bit frustrating... and sad...<br /><br />In some ways the beach reminded me of the main strip of virginia beach... at least as far as the over crowding of people and the houses that are built up around it.<br /><br />Sigh... oh well...<br /><br />The weather has also thwarted my plans to go up and see preah vihear next weekend... turns out, during the rainy season the only way to get to the top of the mountain is to be an expert dirtbiker... which I am not. I have grabbed a couple of pictures here and there... Theres a good possibility that nothing else will be uploaded till i get home and get a hold of some high speed internet, as I will be out in the provinces for the next week and half... probably w/out internet.</div><div> </div><div>On the upside however... here come the pictures... yeah!<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruaq5RLIyMI/AAAAAAAAB3I/HM8KBDd89xc/s1600-h/Sihanokville--+beach+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108958728137787586" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruaq5RLIyMI/AAAAAAAAB3I/HM8KBDd89xc/s320/Sihanokville--+beach+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruaq6BLIyOI/AAAAAAAAB3Y/ZnhajNX2Vj8/s1600-h/Sihanokville--+beach+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108958741022689506" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruaq6BLIyOI/AAAAAAAAB3Y/ZnhajNX2Vj8/s320/Sihanokville--+beach+4.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruaq5xLIyNI/AAAAAAAAB3Q/tlw-NslsxBw/s1600-h/Sihanokville--+beach+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108958736727722194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruaq5xLIyNI/AAAAAAAAB3Q/tlw-NslsxBw/s320/Sihanokville--+beach+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruaq5BLIyLI/AAAAAAAAB3A/Z0bn4NCxQD0/s1600-h/Sihanokville--+beach+10.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108958723842820274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ruaq5BLIyLI/AAAAAAAAB3A/Z0bn4NCxQD0/s320/Sihanokville--+beach+10.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuasVRLIyTI/AAAAAAAAB4A/WJU8Isu_Im4/s1600-h/Sihanokville--+beach6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108960308685752626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuasVRLIyTI/AAAAAAAAB4A/WJU8Isu_Im4/s320/Sihanokville--+beach6.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuasVBLIySI/AAAAAAAAB34/29A8TOkaTQg/s1600-h/Sihanokville--+beach.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108960304390785314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuasVBLIySI/AAAAAAAAB34/29A8TOkaTQg/s320/Sihanokville--+beach.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuasUhLIyRI/AAAAAAAAB3w/5VFBVfhxWnM/s1600-h/Sihanokville--+beach+8.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108960295800850706" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuasUhLIyRI/AAAAAAAAB3w/5VFBVfhxWnM/s320/Sihanokville--+beach+8.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuasURLIyQI/AAAAAAAAB3o/5rCKU4Kk8ok/s1600-h/Sihanokville--+beach+7.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108960291505883394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuasURLIyQI/AAAAAAAAB3o/5rCKU4Kk8ok/s320/Sihanokville--+beach+7.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>And last but not least... check out this internet shack...</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuasVxLIyUI/AAAAAAAAB4I/1mAGbCvXjHM/s1600-h/Sihanokville--+internet+shack.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108960317275687234" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuasVxLIyUI/AAAAAAAAB4I/1mAGbCvXjHM/s320/Sihanokville--+internet+shack.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div>robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-22822821934001282952007-08-03T12:09:00.000-04:002007-11-24T01:00:32.863-05:00Preah Kho BotrSo, tonight we went and saw some traditional shadow puppets in a play called Preah Kho Botr... Yeah, there are some videos in there...<br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugPv_PpYVI/AAAAAAAAB8g/vZQJUj-Pt40/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109351094357156178" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugPv_PpYVI/AAAAAAAAB8g/vZQJUj-Pt40/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+1.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugPwPPpYWI/AAAAAAAAB8o/qp6JpJ0Nk08/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109351098652123490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugPwPPpYWI/AAAAAAAAB8o/qp6JpJ0Nk08/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />First they have the Sampeah Kru, or master invocation, where they offer prayers to the god's first...<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='280' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dycuirlCYsGt5RNvb0xpwf-hFRp9xjcVQM4H2ZqpTH1k-hFAeN4UnBpGXBbBK5ek0A37fNiuzvelNcSoMXs-A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='280' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwGs7oQKNHMbH4DZ7bbkPRkyPQmm08nVXGnPij0LycdSw_mv41LzjqbibDvjs16HR-B4jr5aqqKuuW3qys05Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Then Sva So and Sva Khmao, the monkeys fight<br /><br /><br /><br />Then its the actual story, which was about the son of the Sun and his Wife who they entrasted to humans... etc. etc.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugPxPPpYZI/AAAAAAAAB9A/LJJfeXSfI_k/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109351115831992722" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugPxPPpYZI/AAAAAAAAB9A/LJJfeXSfI_k/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+5.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugTdfPpYeI/AAAAAAAAB9g/COCFD5ZC4_U/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109355174576087522" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugTdfPpYeI/AAAAAAAAB9g/COCFD5ZC4_U/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+6.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Young Preah kho Botr (the baby) and the ancestral master Maha Eysei and a young man who serves him<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugTdvPpYfI/AAAAAAAAB9o/ayC-BDMU_2s/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+7.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109355178871054834" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugTdvPpYfI/AAAAAAAAB9o/ayC-BDMU_2s/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+7.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugTePPpYgI/AAAAAAAAB9w/ETMd-Bgkpm4/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+8.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109355187460989442" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugTePPpYgI/AAAAAAAAB9w/ETMd-Bgkpm4/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+8.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This was the monkey Hemebien<br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugPwvPpYXI/AAAAAAAAB8w/WxslYlb61FA/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109351107242058098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugPwvPpYXI/AAAAAAAAB8w/WxslYlb61FA/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugPw_PpYYI/AAAAAAAAB84/f4RJbZ6ucTc/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109351111537025410" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugPw_PpYYI/AAAAAAAAB84/f4RJbZ6ucTc/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='280' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz_Yk90n87w-4GYPNT-wq4QUJDYMO9DFkf7dEqYTA62j1uxqwSRLErB82YCBKpKUZij_T7vwQJB_jCroggwJA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />The Apsara Queens/Goddesses<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugTefPpYhI/AAAAAAAAB94/9itcF5tAGgo/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+9.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109355191755956754" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RugTefPpYhI/AAAAAAAAB94/9itcF5tAGgo/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Shadow+Puppets+9.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The Cast<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxiel9HgZQwRWfT0CZ-BRvtALBXkD_sGkqfOmc6tuJq8T2BT4LRNaIUsEjTJ8P7Y8Cy3sJSCS7qFlBiHAbMlw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Awesoem battle scene...robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-43716003420378552082007-07-30T17:53:00.000-04:002007-11-24T01:00:17.725-05:00"The itsy bitsy spider..."<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKQYPrtFGI/AAAAAAAACFM/I1lj_byZggs/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Terrantula+legs+sticking+out.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121314472474776674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKQYPrtFGI/AAAAAAAACFM/I1lj_byZggs/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Terrantula+legs+sticking+out.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKQYvrtFHI/AAAAAAAACFU/9UhboVwYHY4/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Terrantulas.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121314481064711282" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKQYvrtFHI/AAAAAAAACFU/9UhboVwYHY4/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Terrantulas.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKQZPrtFII/AAAAAAAACFc/Kc1l6bJZJgI/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+headless+Terrantula.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121314489654645890" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKQZPrtFII/AAAAAAAACFc/Kc1l6bJZJgI/s320/Phnom+Penh--+headless+Terrantula.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKQZvrtFJI/AAAAAAAACFk/Oz5KVHYWF8I/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Me+eating+Terrantula.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121314498244580498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKQZvrtFJI/AAAAAAAACFk/Oz5KVHYWF8I/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Me+eating+Terrantula.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>... went into robins mouth....</div>robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-14368171513384325682007-07-29T14:23:00.000-04:002007-11-24T00:59:57.793-05:00The King and IHere we are at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh... biked it here, which triggered a lot of biking around the city...<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKMjfrtE0I/AAAAAAAACC8/Xus2QtroB_o/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Entrance.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121310267701793602" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKMjfrtE0I/AAAAAAAACC8/Xus2QtroB_o/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Entrance.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKPFPrtFCI/AAAAAAAACEs/zgEdkBq56F0/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Throne+Hall.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121313046545634338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKPFPrtFCI/AAAAAAAACEs/zgEdkBq56F0/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Throne+Hall.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />This is the entrance walkway and throne hall<br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKPbfrtFEI/AAAAAAAACE8/7t8pIPaRNzs/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+View+of+the+complex.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121313428797723714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKPbfrtFEI/AAAAAAAACE8/7t8pIPaRNzs/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+View+of+the+complex.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKLIfrtEyI/AAAAAAAACCs/leK6EWCv47I/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Chan+Chhaya+Pavilion.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121308704333697826" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKLIfrtEyI/AAAAAAAACCs/leK6EWCv47I/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Chan+Chhaya+Pavilion.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's the back of Chan Chhaya Pavillion<br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKMnPrtE3I/AAAAAAAACDU/G2ceP-ih5GM/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Prasat+Khemarin--+Palace+of+the+King.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121310332126303090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKMnPrtE3I/AAAAAAAACDU/G2ceP-ih5GM/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Prasat+Khemarin--+Palace+of+the+King.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKKHvrtEqI/AAAAAAAACBs/YpxHL0iGUW8/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--++The+King+1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121307591937168034" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKKHvrtEqI/AAAAAAAACBs/YpxHL0iGUW8/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--++The+King+1.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKKI_rtErI/AAAAAAAACB0/dB-UV9GuW6E/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace-++The+King+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121307613412004530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKKI_rtErI/AAAAAAAACB0/dB-UV9GuW6E/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace-++The+King+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKKJfrtEsI/AAAAAAAACB8/XQPZAZsMP9U/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace-++The+king+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121307622001939138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKKJfrtEsI/AAAAAAAACB8/XQPZAZsMP9U/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace-++The+king+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Now when i walked out of the thrown room all these people were gathering around... and i was like... "what are we lookin at??"... then out of no where... its the King... H'es the little guy in white w/his hands in the air... that more or less rocked my socks.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKPE_rtFBI/AAAAAAAACEk/ApdSG2WIsXs/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace---+Throne+Hall--+Preah+Thineang+Dheva+Vinnichay--+Sacred+Seat+of+Judgement.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121313042250667026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKPE_rtFBI/AAAAAAAACEk/ApdSG2WIsXs/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace---+Throne+Hall--+Preah+Thineang+Dheva+Vinnichay--+Sacred+Seat+of+Judgement.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKLHvrtExI/AAAAAAAACCk/oVfkJ3R7aoE/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Chan+Chhaya+Pavilion+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121308691448795922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKLHvrtExI/AAAAAAAACCk/oVfkJ3R7aoE/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Chan+Chhaya+Pavilion+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another view of the thrown room and pavillion<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKNz_rtE7I/AAAAAAAACD0/OwZL8HKMiJM/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Royal+Dining+Hall--+Gift+from+Napoleon+III.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121311650681263026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKNz_rtE7I/AAAAAAAACD0/OwZL8HKMiJM/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Royal+Dining+Hall--+Gift+from+Napoleon+III.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKMk_rtE1I/AAAAAAAACDE/v7ORFDTKsjc/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+gate.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121310293471597394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKMk_rtE1I/AAAAAAAACDE/v7ORFDTKsjc/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+gate.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />This here is the royal dining hall donated by Napoleaon III , and a gate<a 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src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKPEfrtFAI/AAAAAAAACEc/Lx5ZtlAqadE/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Stupa.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKPa_rtFDI/AAAAAAAACE0/UHzkbrPxs4A/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Up+Close+Stupa.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121313420207789106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKPa_rtFDI/AAAAAAAACE0/UHzkbrPxs4A/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Up+Close+Stupa.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Stupas<br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKPEPrtE_I/AAAAAAAACEU/V0tzUbDwwRs/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Story+wall.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121313029365765106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKPEPrtE_I/AAAAAAAACEU/V0tzUbDwwRs/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Story+wall.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKNzfrtE6I/AAAAAAAACDs/s4gGg3VEcpY/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Ramayana+Frescos.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121311642091328418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKNzfrtE6I/AAAAAAAACDs/s4gGg3VEcpY/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Ramayana+Frescos.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Wall paintings<br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKN0frtE8I/AAAAAAAACD8/3VWOtKALgVY/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Silver+Pagoda--+Preah+Vihear+Preah+Keo+Morakot,+Wat+Preah+Keo.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121311659271197634" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKN0frtE8I/AAAAAAAACD8/3VWOtKALgVY/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Silver+Pagoda--+Preah+Vihear+Preah+Keo+Morakot,+Wat+Preah+Keo.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKPD_rtE-I/AAAAAAAACEM/C0Ydz1mVfUE/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Statute+of+HM+King+Norodom.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121313025070797794" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKPD_rtE-I/AAAAAAAACEM/C0Ydz1mVfUE/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Statute+of+HM+King+Norodom.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Silver Pagoda and statue of King Norodom<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKN0_rtE9I/AAAAAAAACEE/9c_A7XTb7ZY/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Spires+of+stupas.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121311667861132242" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKN0_rtE9I/AAAAAAAACEE/9c_A7XTb7ZY/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Spires+of+stupas.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKKK_rtEuI/AAAAAAAACCM/9BmEmlhLffY/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Another+Stupa.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121307647771742946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKKK_rtEuI/AAAAAAAACCM/9BmEmlhLffY/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Another+Stupa.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />More stupa spires<br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKKKfrtEtI/AAAAAAAACCE/2N8NVCrMVUE/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+A+pondering+monk.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121307639181808338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKKKfrtEtI/AAAAAAAACCE/2N8NVCrMVUE/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+A+pondering+monk.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKLHPrtEwI/AAAAAAAACCc/kL4bwzhLuTU/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Buddha+statute.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121308682858861314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKLHPrtEwI/AAAAAAAACCc/kL4bwzhLuTU/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Buddha+statute.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKLGvrtEvI/AAAAAAAACCU/ectpcZvBJTc/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Buddha+face.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121308674268926706" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKLGvrtEvI/AAAAAAAACCU/ectpcZvBJTc/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Buddha+face.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A monk sitting and thinking, along with a buddha<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKLK_rtEzI/AAAAAAAACC0/Xi76cpOcY-0/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Cool+picture.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121308747283370802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKLK_rtEzI/AAAAAAAACC0/Xi76cpOcY-0/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Cool+picture.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKPcfrtFFI/AAAAAAAACFE/8F1zG_S6lyo/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Weaving.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121313445977592914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKPcfrtFFI/AAAAAAAACFE/8F1zG_S6lyo/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+Weaving.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Some arts and crafts<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKMpvrtE4I/AAAAAAAACDc/4I5RwKRSUKQ/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+outside+the+palace.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121310375075976066" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RxKMpvrtE4I/AAAAAAAACDc/4I5RwKRSUKQ/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Royal+Palace--+outside+the+palace.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Outside the palace... the main square<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwLZ5ZwSqlARq5QIQBIv9snnGrPgFjbDd5h12eOII6YdMOO6y-DdC1UU-lkZ4Rl9FJ1Q6Fver6q26snd35jng' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Classic music inside the palacerobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-14942490693872360332007-07-27T03:23:00.000-04:002007-07-27T03:34:50.925-04:00"Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes"-- "Changes", David BowieSo one of the coolest things about Phnom Penh is how in the past few months its been going through rapid changes... Its been growing, developing, booming at a pace I've never seen before. First there's little things, like before I left there were supposedly only 2 ATMs in Phnom Penh... now there is one in almost every store. There are buildings and things up now, that weren't there when I got here in may. Heck, since I've been in my apartment, the skyline view has changed... everything is under construction, except the roads, which are the one thing that need it. Huge buildings go up in about 2 weeks... if we had these builders in va beach, we'd of finished "down town" about 5 years ago. While this is all very exciting... its also very distressing when you get around using land marks...<br />On a similar note... and actually what prompted this e-mail would be the changes to wat langka... as i said before its right across the street from where I work... And its really pretty so i look at it a lot... then yesterday there were these flags outside of it... looked like maybe different provinces. Now today they've run different colored flags up some poles... so I wanna know... what on earth is going on? Oh, and there was a flip flop on top of the gate... which I can't figure at all, b/c there really isn't a way to climb up there... and the only reason I saw it, was b/c i was looking down from my building.<br />Oh and they've also started finishing construction on what I believe are monk quarters... nothing is wierder than looking over at a 3 story building that wasn't there the day before.robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-33506417231250589812007-07-20T03:03:00.001-04:002007-07-20T03:03:44.863-04:00Black Sheep III saw the black sheep again today… he really is becoming one of my favorite people… just as long as he doesn’t feel the need to talk to me again… so I guess I should rephrase that a bit… he’s one of my favorite people to observe. Today I saw him riding a push bike. Now I ride a push bike too… but only to and from work… in the morning and afternoon…. He’s riding at like 12:30… its hotter than hell outside. But there he is biking along. Now you have to imagine a decent looking guy around 6’4”ish… athletic etc. Shaved head, goatee… on an oldschool granny push bike… we’re talking women’s bike, no gears, basket in the front. Now he also is doing this shirtless… which is really just unheard of hear… I mean, I’m wearing dress pants, and a three quarter length shirt w/ a tank top underneath… it’s a modest place… even the men here… the most they do is lift their shirts above their bellies… never off altogether. But that really wasn’t the funny part… he was wearing bright girly pink pajama pants. It made my day.<br /><br />On another note… there is something to be said about developing a routine… My lunch routine involves going and eating at the herb café. I know there are other places to eat… I just never get to them. It’s a quick walk, fairly cheap… all the main meals are between 3-4 dollars. And they have all sorts of sandwiches and good lunch stuff. As long as they aren’t playing Christmas carols, it has great atmosphere… perfect for people watching. And I can just sit back w/ my book, dining outside, and just chill. And now they know me. They know that I don’t order the same thing everyday. They know to shoo off people trying to sell me things. They know not to make me wait a long time. They throw in an extra side salad. Today they even gave me a free glass of water. Of course I tip well (meaning that I actually leave a tip… somewhere around .50… which is a huge deal here).<br /><br /> Its also come to my attention that it may be costing me more to go grocery shopping than it is to eat out every night. Which is really a completely foreign concept. But it costs me about $40 a week just to pick up bread, cream cheese, milk, yogurt, peanut butter, cereal, apples, and gram crackers… plus a few other odds and ends… like frozen veggies, and easy things I can cook up. The cheapest way to go food wise is to hit up vendors and stalls… but there are some draw backs to this… first… they aren’t really around where I live… so it means I need to travel somewhere… 2nd… according to last years health report put out by the Cambodian government… 75% of all food stalls had significant levels of bacteria… so yeah… that’s a bummer… and its not like you ever know what your eating… except fruit stalls…. I love fruit stalls. And most exotic fruit has to be peeled… which works well… I love passion fruit, mango, magosteins, lychee, and rhambutan. I do no like dragon fruit or papaya.<br /> What keeps me from eating out tends to be 1) there’s only one place really close to where I live… 2) it gets dark really super early here… like around 6:30 ish… So what I’ve done is I like to eat lunch out, making it a decent sized lunch, then make like a cheese sandwhich for dinner… unless my people call me to go out… then I go outrobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-74230447926258730722007-07-17T22:05:00.000-04:002007-07-17T22:06:53.151-04:00Black SheepI met the most bizarre guy today… The worst part is I was intending to write about him even before I met him. I’m having lunch in my usual spot, the Herb Café… I’m on my own, but by this point I don’t really mind… it gives me time to just chill outside and people watch… read a book… whatever… so this guy pulls up in this big fairly nice car… it’s a greenish turquoise color… but rather than looking for a place to park, he makes the tuk tuk drivers move… which I thought was a little odd… but whatever, people do whatever their gonna do. So he comes and sits down at the table next to mine… Now he isn’t bad looking… older… maybe mid-late 30’s. He’s wearing all grey… grey pants with a different colored grey shirt, redish sunglasses and black commando boots. He had tattoos up and down both arms, the one arm had a beautiful Buddha picture on it. So anywho… he starts talking on his phone… fairly loud… and he’s angry about something… everything, whatever. And he’s like… “I’m the black sheep, I don’t care what the white sheep do… I’m the black sheep… I like to be on my own, not that white sheep can’t survive on their own, but they herd with other white sheep… and your born that way, you can’t change that you’re a black sheep”… so at this point I’m amused… but eating a crunchy sandwich so not hearing everything. Next he starts talking about the law… and how he’s had to read the law, and there is law in Cambodia, you just don’t know about it. Then there was stuff about how some guy owed him $3,000 and then I just kinda zoned out. So he gets off the phone and starts talking to the tuk tuk and moto drivers that are hangin around… telling them how he needs to learn some khmer before he dies, and he has a teacher, but he never shows up. And I’m finishing up my meal, and he turns to me, and he starts talking to me… Normal stuff… hey where you from, how long you been here, what are you doing… actually scratched that, he asked me if I was here to save the world like everyone else… normal small talk more or less… and I reciprocate…. He’s from Alabama… which you would never be able to tell cause he had a bit more of a English accent… grew up in Hawaii. He’s been coming back and forth to Cambodia for 4 years, but just decided to “reside” here about 3 months ago… after living in Thailand and the Philippines. He asked me if I got to choose Cambodia… and I said yes… and he was like, “For the past right? Why wouldn’t you go to somewhere like Africa where the action is going on right now?” and he asked me what kinds of human rights issues there really were right now… and wasn’t it a thing of the past… which just kind of made me stare at him blankly… then he told me about his Korean students bringing in a news article about marriage rates and how they’ve doubled in the past year… and that set him on a tangent about how its promoting women in the system… and if women get more power, then the laws will change, and will have to be enforced… Then he moved on to corruption… about how the higher ups looked down on corruption and were frustrated that cops aren’t enforcing the law… b/c they only make $50 a month, so they use corruption as a way to make up for it… etc. etc. etc. About at this point I decide to ask him what he’s doing here… and his reply… I’m the black sheep. My response…. “in Cambodia can you really be the black sheep when everyone here is as well?” His response… the problem is when there’s too many black sheep, someone wants to be the leader…. Lucky for me at this point some kids came to shine his shoes…. And he’s like, yeah I taught them this new method… and showed them how to use a lighter to help burn the wax… and I feel good for teaching them a new skill a better skill, and I’m think about making them nice little boxes to keep their stuff it… While he was distracted I got my bill, said g’d by and split…. Seriously, this place is a trip.robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-91047861005633131262007-07-16T11:03:00.000-04:002007-11-24T00:59:31.432-05:00Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull-- Post ProductionAnd then we go artsy w/ some black and white pictures. Guidebooks tell you to take pictures in black and white to see more detail because the grey of the buildings on the green backgrounds tends to get washed out... They also look incredibly awesome and old school...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Angkor Wat...<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuavWxLIyaI/AAAAAAAAB44/CQh9BLM_8S4/s1600-h/BW+Angkor+Wat.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108963632990439842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuavWxLIyaI/AAAAAAAAB44/CQh9BLM_8S4/s320/BW+Angkor+Wat.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuauzBLIyZI/AAAAAAAAB4w/rPwJVD8mlOQ/s1600-h/BW+Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+9.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108963018810116498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuauzBLIyZI/AAAAAAAAB4w/rPwJVD8mlOQ/s320/BW+Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+9.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuauyhLIyXI/AAAAAAAAB4g/olhIwurW5YQ/s1600-h/BW+Angkor+Wat+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108963010220181874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuauyhLIyXI/AAAAAAAAB4g/olhIwurW5YQ/s320/BW+Angkor+Wat+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuauyBLIyWI/AAAAAAAAB4Y/aEfKgYjqA48/s1600-h/BW+Angkor+Wat+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108963001630247266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuauyBLIyWI/AAAAAAAAB4Y/aEfKgYjqA48/s320/BW+Angkor+Wat+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuauyxLIyYI/AAAAAAAAB4o/58Bx0QkLDtQ/s1600-h/BW+Angkor+Wat+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108963014515149186" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuauyxLIyYI/AAAAAAAAB4o/58Bx0QkLDtQ/s320/BW+Angkor+Wat+4.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuavXRLIybI/AAAAAAAAB5A/zWWYyz7rygw/s1600-h/BW+Angkor+Wat5.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Bayon...<br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuauxxLIyVI/AAAAAAAAB4Q/M5cproPNceg/s1600-h/BW+Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108962997335279954" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuauxxLIyVI/AAAAAAAAB4Q/M5cproPNceg/s320/BW+Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ta Keo...<br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuawHxLIyhI/AAAAAAAAB5w/JddE58LDGvs/s1600-h/BW+Ta+Keo.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108964474804029970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuawHxLIyhI/AAAAAAAAB5w/JddE58LDGvs/s320/BW+Ta+Keo.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bantaey Srei...<br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuavXxLIycI/AAAAAAAAB5I/7yyX0e8n9Lg/s1600-h/BW+Banteay+Srei--+lintel.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108963650170309058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuavXxLIycI/AAAAAAAAB5I/7yyX0e8n9Lg/s320/BW+Banteay+Srei--+lintel.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuavYRLIydI/AAAAAAAAB5Q/cVHI2EuKY3A/s1600-h/BW+Banteay+Srei--.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108963658760243666" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuavYRLIydI/AAAAAAAAB5Q/cVHI2EuKY3A/s320/BW+Banteay+Srei--.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Koh Ker...<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuawHBLIyfI/AAAAAAAAB5g/TtqxRe_G1gs/s1600-h/BW+Koh+Ker--+Prasat+5,+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108964461919128050" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuawHBLIyfI/AAAAAAAAB5g/TtqxRe_G1gs/s320/BW+Koh+Ker--+Prasat+5,+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuawHhLIygI/AAAAAAAAB5o/wvIw8p1x7yg/s1600-h/BW+Koh+Ker--+Prasat+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108964470509062658" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuawHhLIygI/AAAAAAAAB5o/wvIw8p1x7yg/s320/BW+Koh+Ker--+Prasat+5.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuavYhLIyeI/AAAAAAAAB5Y/dCVoox51_6o/s1600-h/BW+Koh+Ker--++tree+on+top.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108963663055210978" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuavYhLIyeI/AAAAAAAAB5Y/dCVoox51_6o/s320/BW+Koh+Ker--++tree+on+top.JPG" border="0" /></a>robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-13369087725569513852007-07-16T02:48:00.000-04:002007-11-24T00:59:10.001-05:00"You have chosen.... wisely"-- Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeThe next day we got up at the ass crack of dawn for day number 3 in a row to haul it way out to Koh Ker... where we were the only tourists. Now Koh Ker is about 3-4 hours from where we were, so we were really in the middle of no where.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ry6iMcXnF2I/AAAAAAAACPo/9hL7a1Y5ynU/s1600-h/Koh+ker+map.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129215360278927202" style="CURSOR: hand" height="357" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ry6iMcXnF2I/AAAAAAAACPo/9hL7a1Y5ynU/s320/Koh+ker+map.jpg" width="350" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Before I really get into this adventure, let me give you some background. Koh Ker was once a capital city, and then the Khmer Rouge used it as a strong hold. The whole area was at one point a mine field. Now it is slowly but surely being cleared. Below are some pictures of the deminers, a cleared mine sign, and some land mine markers.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTsXhLIxVI/AAAAAAAABwU/xtI0STWK_C8/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++deminers.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108467766131213650" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTsXhLIxVI/AAAAAAAABwU/xtI0STWK_C8/s320/Koh+Ker--++deminers.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTsXBLIxUI/AAAAAAAABwM/Tw3F15AcV-Y/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++cleared+mines+sign.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108467757541279042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTsXBLIxUI/AAAAAAAABwM/Tw3F15AcV-Y/s320/Koh+Ker--++cleared+mines+sign.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWF6hLIxqI/AAAAAAAABy8/mr35VD-3IKc/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Landmine+area.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108636592705685154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWF6hLIxqI/AAAAAAAABy8/mr35VD-3IKc/s320/Koh+Ker--+Landmine+area.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We began at Prasat 5....<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWGsRLIxwI/AAAAAAAABzs/3rk4QvabeE0/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108637447404177154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWGsRLIxwI/AAAAAAAABzs/3rk4QvabeE0/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+5.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWF8hLIxuI/AAAAAAAABzc/H8vgywEvpZY/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+5,+1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108636627065423586" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWF8hLIxuI/AAAAAAAABzc/H8vgywEvpZY/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+5,+1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWGsBLIxvI/AAAAAAAABzk/QDaHhIz9RuA/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+5,+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108637443109209842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWGsBLIxvI/AAAAAAAABzk/QDaHhIz9RuA/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+5,+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWDbRLIxcI/AAAAAAAABxM/usCRVMZJyQo/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++Prasat+5,+me+in+front.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108633856811517378" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWDbRLIxcI/AAAAAAAABxM/usCRVMZJyQo/s320/Koh+Ker--++Prasat+5,+me+in+front.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWDahLIxbI/AAAAAAAABxE/p24Z1WbxnIE/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++Prasat+5,+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108633843926615474" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWDahLIxbI/AAAAAAAABxE/p24Z1WbxnIE/s320/Koh+Ker--++Prasat+5,+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Prasat Kamou (Black Temple)...<br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWGtBLIxxI/AAAAAAAABz0/F6FJUjJbfmI/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Kamou+(Black+Temple).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108637460289079058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWGtBLIxxI/AAAAAAAABz0/F6FJUjJbfmI/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Kamou+(Black+Temple).JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWDbhLIxdI/AAAAAAAABxU/eHtU8ONhytM/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++Prasat+Kamou--+guide+w+kid.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108633861106484690" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWDbhLIxdI/AAAAAAAABxU/eHtU8ONhytM/s320/Koh+Ker--++Prasat+Kamou--+guide+w+kid.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Random Temples....<br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWEmhLIxjI/AAAAAAAAByE/lC25oOL7wpg/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Another+jungle+temple.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108635149596673586" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWEmhLIxjI/AAAAAAAAByE/lC25oOL7wpg/s320/Koh+Ker--+Another+jungle+temple.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWFOhLIxpI/AAAAAAAABy0/xHBZ59Uq2G4/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+half+of+a+temple.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108635836791441042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWFOhLIxpI/AAAAAAAABy0/xHBZ59Uq2G4/s320/Koh+Ker--+half+of+a+temple.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTs9xLIxXI/AAAAAAAABwk/y-LmhGlZG5U/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++inside+a+temple.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108468423261209970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTs9xLIxXI/AAAAAAAABwk/y-LmhGlZG5U/s320/Koh+Ker--++inside+a+temple.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWEmBLIxiI/AAAAAAAABx8/-rSy82x3ehY/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++vishnu%27s+body.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108635141006738978" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWEmBLIxiI/AAAAAAAABx8/-rSy82x3ehY/s320/Koh+Ker--++vishnu%27s+body.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sacred Well...<br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWDcxLIxfI/AAAAAAAABxk/HIkoKCpg1Z4/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++sacred+well.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108633882581321202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWDcxLIxfI/AAAAAAAABxk/HIkoKCpg1Z4/s320/Koh+Ker--++sacred+well.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Prasat Thom....<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWDcRLIxeI/AAAAAAAABxc/BRJwlGApwx0/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++Prasat+Thom--+entrance.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108633873991386594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWDcRLIxeI/AAAAAAAABxc/BRJwlGApwx0/s320/Koh+Ker--++Prasat+Thom--+entrance.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWIRRLIx6I/AAAAAAAAB08/qwp4moDNWVI/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+lots+of+ruins.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108639182570964898" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWIRRLIx6I/AAAAAAAAB08/qwp4moDNWVI/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+lots+of+ruins.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWI8hLIyCI/AAAAAAAAB18/yVqqhALh5Sc/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108639925600307234" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWI8hLIyCI/AAAAAAAAB18/yVqqhALh5Sc/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--1.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWJaxLIyDI/AAAAAAAAB2E/bsGmhJK20fM/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108640445291350066" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWJaxLIyDI/AAAAAAAAB2E/bsGmhJK20fM/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWJbhLIyEI/AAAAAAAAB2M/YSeyffDS-mk/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108640458176251970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWJbhLIyEI/AAAAAAAAB2M/YSeyffDS-mk/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWJcBLIyFI/AAAAAAAAB2U/uZh1Wy7EoJ8/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108640466766186578" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWJcBLIyFI/AAAAAAAAB2U/uZh1Wy7EoJ8/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--4.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWJchLIyGI/AAAAAAAAB2c/cmpNVBNWl1A/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108640475356121186" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWJchLIyGI/AAAAAAAAB2c/cmpNVBNWl1A/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--5.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWJdRLIyHI/AAAAAAAAB2k/clJX69_Qg9U/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108640488241023090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWJdRLIyHI/AAAAAAAAB2k/clJX69_Qg9U/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--6.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWI2BLIx-I/AAAAAAAAB1c/nCpYLqBtSfU/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+rocky.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108639813931157474" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWI2BLIx-I/AAAAAAAAB1c/nCpYLqBtSfU/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+rocky.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Funny story here... the shot right before this one i had to be at the top of this mud pile... and when i turned to walk down I slid in classic robin fashion slamming my camera on the wall... so i was like, "rocky, smile to make sure my camera still works"... luckily it did...<br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWHdxLIx2I/AAAAAAAAB0c/XLRp3Hi-XRo/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+doorway.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108638297807701858" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWHdxLIx2I/AAAAAAAAB0c/XLRp3Hi-XRo/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+doorway.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWHehLIx4I/AAAAAAAAB0s/d0Lyiy7kKS4/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+holding+up+the+ruins.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108638310692603778" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWHehLIx4I/AAAAAAAAB0s/d0Lyiy7kKS4/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+holding+up+the+ruins.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWHeBLIx3I/AAAAAAAAB0k/6vejt3828Ug/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+falling+doorway.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108638302102669170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWHeBLIx3I/AAAAAAAAB0k/6vejt3828Ug/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+falling+doorway.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWGthLIxyI/AAAAAAAABz8/Sg9cuZnvDv8/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+big+spider.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108637468879013666" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWGthLIxyI/AAAAAAAABz8/Sg9cuZnvDv8/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+big+spider.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWJthLIyII/AAAAAAAAB2s/p_c_NZszu6M/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--further+back+in+the+temple.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108640767413897346" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWJthLIyII/AAAAAAAAB2s/p_c_NZszu6M/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--further+back+in+the+temple.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWHcxLIx0I/AAAAAAAAB0M/HG0Bw1u85CA/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+collapsing+wall.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108638280627832642" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWHcxLIx0I/AAAAAAAAB0M/HG0Bw1u85CA/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+collapsing+wall.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWI5hLIyAI/AAAAAAAAB1s/u9gO7qS5K90/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+the+pyramid.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108639874060699650" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWI5hLIyAI/AAAAAAAAB1s/u9gO7qS5K90/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+the+pyramid.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWIQRLIx5I/AAAAAAAAB00/1wcJhSjhZEw/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+long+way+down.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108639165391095698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWIQRLIx5I/AAAAAAAAB00/1wcJhSjhZEw/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+long+way+down.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWIRhLIx7I/AAAAAAAAB1E/gwSF-XAzPv4/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+me+and+a+view.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108639186865932210" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWIRhLIx7I/AAAAAAAAB1E/gwSF-XAzPv4/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+me+and+a+view.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWISBLIx8I/AAAAAAAAB1M/C2GIUxb7M1k/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+mountain+in+the+background.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108639195455866818" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWISBLIx8I/AAAAAAAAB1M/C2GIUxb7M1k/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+mountain+in+the+background.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWI7RLIyBI/AAAAAAAAB10/pzgArvgSEE8/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+wall+carvings.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108639904125470738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWI7RLIyBI/AAAAAAAAB10/pzgArvgSEE8/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+wall+carvings.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWI3BLIx_I/AAAAAAAAB1k/SSR3cVkqoOc/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+steps+comming+down.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108639831111026674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWI3BLIx_I/AAAAAAAAB1k/SSR3cVkqoOc/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+steps+comming+down.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWGuBLIxzI/AAAAAAAAB0E/X2rmt9_lhcI/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+climb+at+your+own+risk.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108637477468948274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWGuBLIxzI/AAAAAAAAB0E/X2rmt9_lhcI/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+climb+at+your+own+risk.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWISRLIx9I/AAAAAAAAB1U/tBRTuwaSBS0/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+natalie,+rocky,+koko.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108639199750834130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWISRLIx9I/AAAAAAAAB1U/tBRTuwaSBS0/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+natalie,+rocky,+koko.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWHdRLIx1I/AAAAAAAAB0U/ildAujnz-qg/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+cool+tiles.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108638289217767250" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWHdRLIx1I/AAAAAAAAB0U/ildAujnz-qg/s320/Koh+Ker--+Prasat+Thom--+cool+tiles.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />City of Lingas...<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTsWxLIxTI/AAAAAAAABwE/2ywIWfVOt14/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++city+of+the+lingas.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108467753246311730" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTsWxLIxTI/AAAAAAAABwE/2ywIWfVOt14/s320/Koh+Ker--++city+of+the+lingas.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Another unknown Temple...</div><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTs-xLIxaI/AAAAAAAABw8/vHZAeQQiqtU/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++overgrowth+tree.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108468440441079202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTs-xLIxaI/AAAAAAAABw8/vHZAeQQiqtU/s320/Koh+Ker--++overgrowth+tree.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTs-hLIxZI/AAAAAAAABw0/U53q1xSinXM/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++little+bonsai+on+top.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108468436146111890" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTs-hLIxZI/AAAAAAAABw0/U53q1xSinXM/s320/Koh+Ker--++little+bonsai+on+top.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Jungle Temple/Siva Temple...</div><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTs-RLIxYI/AAAAAAAABws/eCt0MI6PUtE/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++jungle+temple--+siva+temple.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108468431851144578" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTs-RLIxYI/AAAAAAAABws/eCt0MI6PUtE/s320/Koh+Ker--++jungle+temple--+siva+temple.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWElhLIxhI/AAAAAAAABx0/bgmxWR4_0pw/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++siva+temple.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108635132416804370" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWElhLIxhI/AAAAAAAABx0/bgmxWR4_0pw/s320/Koh+Ker--++siva+temple.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWElBLIxgI/AAAAAAAABxs/f7tbWQZnZac/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++siva+on+a+bull.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108635123826869762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWElBLIxgI/AAAAAAAABxs/f7tbWQZnZac/s320/Koh+Ker--++siva+on+a+bull.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTsWRLIxSI/AAAAAAAABv8/FRpA8bNIwHk/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++ancient+writing.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108467744656377122" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTsWRLIxSI/AAAAAAAABv8/FRpA8bNIwHk/s320/Koh+Ker--++ancient+writing.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWEnBLIxkI/AAAAAAAAByM/jyJ8gB_l3lo/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+another+temple.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108635158186608194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWEnBLIxkI/AAAAAAAAByM/jyJ8gB_l3lo/s320/Koh+Ker--+another+temple.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>And yet other jungle temples...</div><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWF7hLIxsI/AAAAAAAABzM/ojklKYQIC8E/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+more+jungle+temples.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108636609885554370" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWF7hLIxsI/AAAAAAAABzM/ojklKYQIC8E/s320/Koh+Ker--+more+jungle+temples.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWF7xLIxtI/AAAAAAAABzU/i2g4UZD84uc/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Natalie+and+Koko.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108636614180521682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWF7xLIxtI/AAAAAAAABzU/i2g4UZD84uc/s320/Koh+Ker--+Natalie+and+Koko.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWF7BLIxrI/AAAAAAAABzE/Yh0cKFhZzA0/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+me+in+the+jungle+scene.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108636601295619762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWF7BLIxrI/AAAAAAAABzE/Yh0cKFhZzA0/s320/Koh+Ker--+me+in+the+jungle+scene.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>The Elephant Temple...</div><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWFMRLIxnI/AAAAAAAAByk/uFtj94JaMe4/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Elephant+temple.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108635798136735346" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWFMRLIxnI/AAAAAAAAByk/uFtj94JaMe4/s320/Koh+Ker--+Elephant+temple.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWFOBLIxoI/AAAAAAAABys/MAWN-8i2ePM/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+elephant+temple2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108635828201506434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWFOBLIxoI/AAAAAAAABys/MAWN-8i2ePM/s320/Koh+Ker--+elephant+temple2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWFLRLIxlI/AAAAAAAAByU/iwg6ct26cjQ/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Elephant+temple+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108635780956866130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWFLRLIxlI/AAAAAAAAByU/iwg6ct26cjQ/s320/Koh+Ker--+Elephant+temple+4.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTs9RLIxWI/AAAAAAAABwc/9rL7VFUDvtk/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--++Elephant+temple+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108468414671275362" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTs9RLIxWI/AAAAAAAABwc/9rL7VFUDvtk/s320/Koh+Ker--++Elephant+temple+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWFLxLIxmI/AAAAAAAAByc/yBBj8rlYTNU/s1600-h/Koh+Ker--+Elephant+Temple+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108635789546800738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuWFLxLIxmI/AAAAAAAAByc/yBBj8rlYTNU/s320/Koh+Ker--+Elephant+Temple+5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>And then the best was saved for last... no, literally... not that i was saving these pictures, but that this was the last place on our big adventure... and it was the most incredible... Its called Beng Mealea. Back in the day Beng Mealea served as the model for all other temples... it was built on a smaller scale and not particularly fancy or made of permanent material b/c it was just a large scale model... this means when it fell apart, it fell apart something awesome... but i'm babbling... picture time... Oh yeah, there was a terrential down poor right before hand... and during... making all that much better...</div><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTqihLIxFI/AAAAAAAABuU/qYilMSNwsWM/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+Naga+Entrance.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108465756086518866" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTqihLIxFI/AAAAAAAABuU/qYilMSNwsWM/s320/Beng+Mealea--+Naga+Entrance.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTp5RLIw-I/AAAAAAAABtc/J7lgVX8-Lcg/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+Fallen+entrance.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108465047416914914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTp5RLIw-I/AAAAAAAABtc/J7lgVX8-Lcg/s320/Beng+Mealea--+Fallen+entrance.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrKhLIxKI/AAAAAAAABu8/LL-6v2W4ie4/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+really+into+trees.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108466443281286306" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrKhLIxKI/AAAAAAAABu8/LL-6v2W4ie4/s320/Beng+Mealea--+really+into+trees.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrwBLIxOI/AAAAAAAABvc/J8FXozAKyRg/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+the+library.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108467087526380770" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrwBLIxOI/AAAAAAAABvc/J8FXozAKyRg/s320/Beng+Mealea--+the+library.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrvhLIxNI/AAAAAAAABvU/K-9gG2IpgKo/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+Super+crazy.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108467078936446162" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrvhLIxNI/AAAAAAAABvU/K-9gG2IpgKo/s320/Beng+Mealea--+Super+crazy.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTqhhLIxCI/AAAAAAAABt8/xOyOx6t1juI/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+more+jungle+awesomeness.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108465738906649634" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTqhhLIxCI/AAAAAAAABt8/xOyOx6t1juI/s320/Beng+Mealea--+more+jungle+awesomeness.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTqiBLIxEI/AAAAAAAABuM/ROMTuuYEmmY/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+more+ruins.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108465747496584258" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTqiBLIxEI/AAAAAAAABuM/ROMTuuYEmmY/s320/Beng+Mealea--+more+ruins.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrwRLIxPI/AAAAAAAABvk/0w7nETMWwHw/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+Tree+root+and+carving.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108467091821348082" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrwRLIxPI/AAAAAAAABvk/0w7nETMWwHw/s320/Beng+Mealea--+Tree+root+and+carving.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrLBLIxLI/AAAAAAAABvE/FhveczQ511s/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+Rocky+swinging+from+a+root.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108466451871220914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrLBLIxLI/AAAAAAAABvE/FhveczQ511s/s320/Beng+Mealea--+Rocky+swinging+from+a+root.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrKRLIxJI/AAAAAAAABu0/kfh82T1W7LY/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+posing+in+a+window...+yeah+its+raining.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108466438986318994" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrKRLIxJI/AAAAAAAABu0/kfh82T1W7LY/s320/Beng+Mealea--+posing+in+a+window...+yeah+its+raining.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTpKRLIw5I/AAAAAAAABs0/7_RTyQrGz8I/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+a+view+from+above.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108464239963063186" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTpKRLIw5I/AAAAAAAABs0/7_RTyQrGz8I/s320/Beng+Mealea--+a+view+from+above.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTp5hLIw_I/AAAAAAAABtk/HW7gzWZWm0o/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+How+we+climbed+up.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108465051711882226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTp5hLIw_I/AAAAAAAABtk/HW7gzWZWm0o/s320/Beng+Mealea--+How+we+climbed+up.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>I climbed up those rocks there to get up top... </div><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTpKxLIw6I/AAAAAAAABs8/so1ectxvwwc/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+Another+view+below.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108464248552997794" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTpKxLIw6I/AAAAAAAABs8/so1ectxvwwc/s320/Beng+Mealea--+Another+view+below.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTpLhLIw8I/AAAAAAAABtM/4Y6dbPYIuuE/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+Another+wall+to+cross.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108464261437899714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTpLhLIw8I/AAAAAAAABtM/4Y6dbPYIuuE/s320/Beng+Mealea--+Another+wall+to+cross.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTp4xLIw9I/AAAAAAAABtU/JxmnmNxHW4w/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+climbing+up.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108465038826980306" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTp4xLIw9I/AAAAAAAABtU/JxmnmNxHW4w/s320/Beng+Mealea--+climbing+up.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>This was supposed to be showing me still climbing up rocs, steps and the roof... but somehow it came out creepy.</div><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTpLBLIw7I/AAAAAAAABtE/bB9RKJq5HcA/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+another+view+of+what+we+climbed+up.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108464252847965106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTpLBLIw7I/AAAAAAAABtE/bB9RKJq5HcA/s320/Beng+Mealea--+another+view+of+what+we+climbed+up.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Thats another view of how i got up... (Yes there was a guide leading us)</div><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrwhLIxQI/AAAAAAAABvs/fDr_V-5SOpQ/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+what+we+climbed+down+to.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108467096116315394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrwhLIxQI/AAAAAAAABvs/fDr_V-5SOpQ/s320/Beng+Mealea--+what+we+climbed+down+to.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTpKBLIw4I/AAAAAAAABss/1RN42OCdcNs/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+a+very+long+dark+corridor+we+had+to+walk+through.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108464235668095874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTpKBLIw4I/AAAAAAAABss/1RN42OCdcNs/s320/Beng+Mealea--+a+very+long+dark+corridor+we+had+to+walk+through.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>And then we went down this way... and into this long dark tunnel... which was terrifying... please not the reflection at the end... its a big thing of water that we all stepped in. On the other side we had to climb down and the guide would be like "step here" "step there" "ah don't step there"....</div><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTqhxLIxDI/AAAAAAAABuE/U4L2I4pha-E/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+More+of+a+collapse.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108465743201616946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTqhxLIxDI/AAAAAAAABuE/U4L2I4pha-E/s320/Beng+Mealea--+More+of+a+collapse.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTp5xLIxAI/AAAAAAAABts/Hpvj-HMsrF0/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+me+and+some+rubble.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108465056006849538" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTp5xLIxAI/AAAAAAAABts/Hpvj-HMsrF0/s320/Beng+Mealea--+me+and+some+rubble.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrJhLIxHI/AAAAAAAABuk/FGWWJH6OdtE/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+Overgrown.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108466426101417074" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrJhLIxHI/AAAAAAAABuk/FGWWJH6OdtE/s320/Beng+Mealea--+Overgrown.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTqjBLIxGI/AAAAAAAABuc/cI4lVASFUGQ/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+outside+the+wall.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108465764676453474" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTqjBLIxGI/AAAAAAAABuc/cI4lVASFUGQ/s320/Beng+Mealea--+outside+the+wall.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrKBLIxII/AAAAAAAABus/DKGHpGiRbeI/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+Pillars.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108466434691351682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrKBLIxII/AAAAAAAABus/DKGHpGiRbeI/s320/Beng+Mealea--+Pillars.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTp6BLIxBI/AAAAAAAABt0/QKoFGkZVEhw/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+me+riding+a+Naga.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108465060301816850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTp6BLIxBI/AAAAAAAABt0/QKoFGkZVEhw/s320/Beng+Mealea--+me+riding+a+Naga.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrvRLIxMI/AAAAAAAABvM/mpAKtXEwjJY/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea--+still+more+ruins.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108467074641478850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTrvRLIxMI/AAAAAAAABvM/mpAKtXEwjJY/s320/Beng+Mealea--+still+more+ruins.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTsWBLIxRI/AAAAAAAABv0/BCg1NiujfE4/s1600-h/Beng+Mealea.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108467740361409810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTsWBLIxRI/AAAAAAAABv0/BCg1NiujfE4/s320/Beng+Mealea.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div>robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-51714148208752121312007-07-15T12:11:00.000-04:002007-11-24T00:58:46.096-05:00"You're gonna get killed chasing after your damn fortune and glory!"... "Maybe. But not today."--- Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomSo today... today i did something crazy and exciting... I hired a cab/guide and went on an adventure... But of course before i actually got on my way i dropped off the atm to get some money... and the machine ate my card... totally freaking me out... especially b/c it was a sunday, and nothing was open, etc. (eventually i did get it back at the end of the day... but it took a lot of rediculous effort on my part) but anywho... I took off on my own as there really were way too many of us trying to coordinate....<br /><br /><br /><br />So I was off to Phnom Kulen.... in a Toyota Corolla... as all cars are in Cambodia... up a road that was only open one way in the morning then at 12:30 changed directions... up a steep muddy hill... not paved... actually terrifying. But anywho... Phnom Kulen is said to be the originating point of the Khmer civilization... which is why I wanted to go... Little did I know that it was really soooo much more. Every Sunday, Cambodian families gather together, and have picnics... with what little food they actually have... It was... well... incredible... I was one of the only people that wasn't khmer there... meaning the people that were there... weren't tourists... they're travelers... the people willing to go off the beaten track a ways....<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTmFhLIw3I/AAAAAAAABsk/35MWstoB8OM/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--+waterfall.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108460859823801202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTmFhLIw3I/AAAAAAAABsk/35MWstoB8OM/s320/Phnom+Kulen--+waterfall.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlsBLIwzI/AAAAAAAABsE/Ur1bMbxHalY/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++waterfall+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108460421737136946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlsBLIwzI/AAAAAAAABsE/Ur1bMbxHalY/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++waterfall+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My first view was of the waterfall...<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTmExLIw2I/AAAAAAAABsc/MhTYXEdXGRs/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--+jungle+path.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108460846938899298" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTmExLIw2I/AAAAAAAABsc/MhTYXEdXGRs/s320/Phnom+Kulen--+jungle+path.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7akBLIwjI/AAAAAAAABqE/0f1fjXEycBM/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++lots+of+butterflies.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106759339810013746" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7akBLIwjI/AAAAAAAABqE/0f1fjXEycBM/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++lots+of+butterflies.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Then I headed down the path... if you look close... those things that appear to be fairies are in fact a swarm of butterflies<br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Z8xLIwgI/AAAAAAAABps/9uqjEA5DAAk/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++falls+through+the+rocks.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106758665500148226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Z8xLIwgI/AAAAAAAABps/9uqjEA5DAAk/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++falls+through+the+rocks.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlsRLIw0I/AAAAAAAABsM/mfpIMkhw7-M/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++waterfall+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108460426032104258" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlsRLIw0I/AAAAAAAABsM/mfpIMkhw7-M/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++waterfall+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7behLIwqI/AAAAAAAABq8/7CbX9TloHmQ/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++past+the+waterfall.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106760344832361122" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7behLIwqI/AAAAAAAABq8/7CbX9TloHmQ/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++past+the+waterfall.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So I get all the way down and wham... theres these rocks in the way from seeing the waterfalls.... so i of course see the youngins climbing on the rocks, and i decide.... what the hell, climb on up and got the better view... and earned the admiration of some youngins...<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlrhLIwyI/AAAAAAAABr8/XupLwO9CCKQ/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++up+to+the+reclining+buddha.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108460413147202338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlrhLIwyI/AAAAAAAABr8/XupLwO9CCKQ/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++up+to+the+reclining+buddha.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlsxLIw1I/AAAAAAAABsU/td35Bkp26vg/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--+fountain.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108460434622038866" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlsxLIw1I/AAAAAAAABsU/td35Bkp26vg/s320/Phnom+Kulen--+fountain.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7bdxLIwpI/AAAAAAAABq0/3Amf6LVgvz0/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++reclingin+Buddha.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106760331947459218" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7bdxLIwpI/AAAAAAAABq0/3Amf6LVgvz0/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++reclingin+Buddha.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Z8BLIwfI/AAAAAAAABpk/AYjh4veligQ/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++donations+and+prayers.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106758652615246322" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Z8BLIwfI/AAAAAAAABpk/AYjh4veligQ/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++donations+and+prayers.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7bdRLIwoI/AAAAAAAABqs/rDZX4XT9gfs/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++pagoda+in+the+jungle.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106760323357524610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7bdRLIwoI/AAAAAAAABqs/rDZX4XT9gfs/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++pagoda+in+the+jungle.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7akxLIwkI/AAAAAAAABqM/4d0UPC1Xo1M/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++lots+of+jungle.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106759352694915650" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7akxLIwkI/AAAAAAAABqM/4d0UPC1Xo1M/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++lots+of+jungle.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Z7xLIweI/AAAAAAAABpc/1tQU0zqeoTI/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++deep+in+the+jungle.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106758648320279010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Z7xLIweI/AAAAAAAABpc/1tQU0zqeoTI/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++deep+in+the+jungle.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After the fall I wandered up a really really tall hill to see another reclining buddha... there is lots of money around the buddha that are donations... oh and just to prove how high in the air/in the middle of nowhere i really was... i took shots of the surrounding jungle.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7ZhxLIwaI/AAAAAAAABo8/NuvGAvFMvBI/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++Buddha+face.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106758201643680162" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7ZhxLIwaI/AAAAAAAABo8/NuvGAvFMvBI/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++Buddha+face.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7bcRLIwnI/AAAAAAAABqk/R6aFIL210ro/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++more+lingas.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106760306177655410" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7bcRLIwnI/AAAAAAAABqk/R6aFIL210ro/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++more+lingas.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlrRLIwxI/AAAAAAAABr0/chZ4YB0yg9g/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++thousand+lingas.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108460408852235026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlrRLIwxI/AAAAAAAABr0/chZ4YB0yg9g/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++thousand+lingas.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7ZihLIwbI/AAAAAAAABpE/ii5lp_zSGMs/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++buddha+in+the+water.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106758214528582066" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7ZihLIwbI/AAAAAAAABpE/ii5lp_zSGMs/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++buddha+in+the+water.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7ZhRLIwZI/AAAAAAAABo0/NyVlbH2ZfWA/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++big+linga.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106758193053745554" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7ZhRLIwZI/AAAAAAAABo0/NyVlbH2ZfWA/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++big+linga.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7ZjBLIwcI/AAAAAAAABpM/NYvrlp0Bds8/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++buddha+on+a+snake3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106758223118516674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7ZjBLIwcI/AAAAAAAABpM/NYvrlp0Bds8/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++buddha+on+a+snake3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the falls of a thousand lingas... Lingas are a square with a circle in the middle representative of male and female genitalia. Running water over the linga is considered sacred. I've acutally had a few pictures with them... But this is even cooler b/c in the first picture you can see a face, and there's scenes from stories... and the water from this is collected and used in religious and royal ceremonies.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7ajRLIwiI/AAAAAAAABp8/wUW5uXaP9vE/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++looking+across+the+lake.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106759326925111842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7ajRLIwiI/AAAAAAAABp8/wUW5uXaP9vE/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++looking+across+the+lake.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlExLIwsI/AAAAAAAABrM/nkvEJptk66Y/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++small+temple+ruins+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108459747427271362" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlExLIwsI/AAAAAAAABrM/nkvEJptk66Y/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++small+temple+ruins+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlFRLIwtI/AAAAAAAABrU/Gx3Rtjx-ke4/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++small+temple+ruins+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108459756017205970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlFRLIwtI/AAAAAAAABrU/Gx3Rtjx-ke4/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++small+temple+ruins+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlFxLIwuI/AAAAAAAABrc/833jEwSJtHU/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++small+temple+ruins+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108459764607140578" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlFxLIwuI/AAAAAAAABrc/833jEwSJtHU/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++small+temple+ruins+4.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlGRLIwvI/AAAAAAAABrk/i_BEthnI3NY/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++small+temple+ruins+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108459773197075186" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlGRLIwvI/AAAAAAAABrk/i_BEthnI3NY/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++small+temple+ruins+5.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlHBLIwwI/AAAAAAAABrs/T6r4EsS2fiQ/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++small+temple+ruins.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108459786081977090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RuTlHBLIwwI/AAAAAAAABrs/T6r4EsS2fiQ/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++small+temple+ruins.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We then went back to the falls... I crossed over the bridge and found some pretty awesome ruins...<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7bfRLIwrI/AAAAAAAABrE/zTXl1v3g-RI/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++running+water.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106760357717263026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7bfRLIwrI/AAAAAAAABrE/zTXl1v3g-RI/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++running+water.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7amBLIwmI/AAAAAAAABqc/0rXPOaFsnoE/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++mist+from+the+falls.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106759374169752162" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7amBLIwmI/AAAAAAAABqc/0rXPOaFsnoE/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++mist+from+the+falls.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Z7RLIwdI/AAAAAAAABpU/-kQbmikCiUo/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++children+playing+in+the+water.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106758639730344402" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Z7RLIwdI/AAAAAAAABpU/-kQbmikCiUo/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++children+playing+in+the+water.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Z9RLIwhI/AAAAAAAABp0/ZeU1wOcdRyU/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++great+water+fall+view.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106758674090082834" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Z9RLIwhI/AAAAAAAABp0/ZeU1wOcdRyU/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++great+water+fall+view.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />More shots of the falls...<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7alRLIwlI/AAAAAAAABqU/IivQC4aolBw/s1600-h/Phnom+Kulen--++lots+of+kids+on+the+bridge.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106759361284850258" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7alRLIwlI/AAAAAAAABqU/IivQC4aolBw/s320/Phnom+Kulen--++lots+of+kids+on+the+bridge.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And then all the kids piled on the bridge... Seriously the whole time i got to hang out and have lunch with a family... it was a rare chance to really get into the culture...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The next place I went was Banteay Srei... This is the crown jewel of the Khmer civilization... while it is very small... it is incredibly beautiful. Every inch of the place is carved in intircate designs... but enough from me, I'll let you see for yourself.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7ZgxLIwYI/AAAAAAAABos/38JQYGoFdPg/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--+walking+in.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106758184463810946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7ZgxLIwYI/AAAAAAAABos/38JQYGoFdPg/s320/Banteay+Srei--+walking+in.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7X_RLIwNI/AAAAAAAABnU/0EThtMTsBMw/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--++doorways.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106756509426565330" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7X_RLIwNI/AAAAAAAABnU/0EThtMTsBMw/s320/Banteay+Srei--++doorways.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7XiBLIwII/AAAAAAAABms/DXfhrWGNpZs/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--+++across+the+water.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106756006915391618" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7XiBLIwII/AAAAAAAABms/DXfhrWGNpZs/s320/Banteay+Srei--+++across+the+water.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7X8xLIwJI/AAAAAAAABm0/4z9e8zs9u1g/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--+++me+in+the+pic.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106756466476892306" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7X8xLIwJI/AAAAAAAABm0/4z9e8zs9u1g/s320/Banteay+Srei--+++me+in+the+pic.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7X-BLIwLI/AAAAAAAABnE/3mAkxM5Pf0E/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--++carvings.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106756487951728818" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7X-BLIwLI/AAAAAAAABnE/3mAkxM5Pf0E/s320/Banteay+Srei--++carvings.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7YdBLIwSI/AAAAAAAABn8/u_pTB_ChX1Q/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--++more+carvings.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106757020527673634" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7YdBLIwSI/AAAAAAAABn8/u_pTB_ChX1Q/s320/Banteay+Srei--++more+carvings.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7YcBLIwQI/AAAAAAAABns/vZkZr5DfchY/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--++library.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106757003347804418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7YcBLIwQI/AAAAAAAABns/vZkZr5DfchY/s320/Banteay+Srei--++library.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Y5BLIwTI/AAAAAAAABoE/lhNDhFbFgu4/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--++more+relief+carvings.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106757501564010802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Y5BLIwTI/AAAAAAAABoE/lhNDhFbFgu4/s320/Banteay+Srei--++more+relief+carvings.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Y8BLIwWI/AAAAAAAABoc/NwarTWR6dcc/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--++trinity+towers.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106757553103618402" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Y8BLIwWI/AAAAAAAABoc/NwarTWR6dcc/s320/Banteay+Srei--++trinity+towers.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7X-hLIwMI/AAAAAAAABnM/vKN2u--IK-M/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--++cool+lintel.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106756496541663426" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7X-hLIwMI/AAAAAAAABnM/vKN2u--IK-M/s320/Banteay+Srei--++cool+lintel.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7X9hLIwKI/AAAAAAAABm8/5D4_dqzKBU0/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--++beautiful+carving.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106756479361794210" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7X9hLIwKI/AAAAAAAABm8/5D4_dqzKBU0/s320/Banteay+Srei--++beautiful+carving.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7YbBLIwPI/AAAAAAAABnk/7JB5oZGMrCA/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--++library+lintel.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106756986167935218" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7YbBLIwPI/AAAAAAAABnk/7JB5oZGMrCA/s320/Banteay+Srei--++library+lintel.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Y8hLIwXI/AAAAAAAABok/j2TSAPxH17E/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--++West+Gopura.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106757561693553010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Y8hLIwXI/AAAAAAAABok/j2TSAPxH17E/s320/Banteay+Srei--++West+Gopura.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7YchLIwRI/AAAAAAAABn0/Uaqytfbyq6A/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--++moat.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106757011937739026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7YchLIwRI/AAAAAAAABn0/Uaqytfbyq6A/s320/Banteay+Srei--++moat.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Y6xLIwUI/AAAAAAAABoM/7nzAcP5TnmY/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--++over+the+moat.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106757531628781890" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Y6xLIwUI/AAAAAAAABoM/7nzAcP5TnmY/s320/Banteay+Srei--++over+the+moat.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Y7hLIwVI/AAAAAAAABoU/ZwMY2jTIdYs/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--++through+the+trees.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106757544513683794" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7Y7hLIwVI/AAAAAAAABoU/ZwMY2jTIdYs/s320/Banteay+Srei--++through+the+trees.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7YahLIwOI/AAAAAAAABnc/-KM5W2efvYs/s1600-h/Banteay+Srei--++land+mine+victims.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106756977578000610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7YahLIwOI/AAAAAAAABnc/-KM5W2efvYs/s320/Banteay+Srei--++land+mine+victims.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This last picture here are individuals who have been affected by land mines that have formed a band playing traditional music.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So its around this point that i got back to town and got my atm card back etc. And then it started to rain... and stopped just in time for me to last minute decide to go catch the sunset back at the temple complexes on top of Bakheng.</div><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7VoRLIvwI/AAAAAAAABjs/xTpCDm1cXXE/s1600-h/Bakheng--+Sunset.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106753915266318082" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7VoRLIvwI/AAAAAAAABjs/xTpCDm1cXXE/s320/Bakheng--+Sunset.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7V9xLIv5I/AAAAAAAABk0/o8Xp5Tbisg8/s1600-h/Bakheng--+Sunset2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106754284633505682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" 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src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7V8hLIv2I/AAAAAAAABkc/svu_OBgaRVM/s320/Bakheng--+Sunset15.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7V9BLIv3I/AAAAAAAABkk/C2aYtq656nI/s1600-h/Bakheng--+Sunset16.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106754271748603762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7V9BLIv3I/AAAAAAAABkk/C2aYtq656nI/s320/Bakheng--+Sunset16.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7V9RLIv4I/AAAAAAAABks/NO7j0c3Qda4/s1600-h/Bakheng--+Sunset17.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106754276043571074" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7V9RLIv4I/AAAAAAAABks/NO7j0c3Qda4/s320/Bakheng--+Sunset17.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Unfortunately it started off as being a bit of a wash out. So I just took mainly some view pictures... and generally got clips of what I thought was the sunset... Then they told us it was closed and we needed to leave... so i waited a while... then decided that since the steps were about 3 inches wide and came up past my knees, and were wet, i should start climbing down before it got too dark. And thats when the real sunset came....<br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7WahLIv8I/AAAAAAAABlM/lzKp5wbdEGg/s1600-h/Bakheng--+Sunset21.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106754778554744770" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7WahLIv8I/AAAAAAAABlM/lzKp5wbdEGg/s320/Bakheng--+Sunset21.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7WaBLIv7I/AAAAAAAABlE/Z6EFdeIxPYc/s1600-h/Bakheng--+Sunset20.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106754769964810162" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7WaBLIv7I/AAAAAAAABlE/Z6EFdeIxPYc/s320/Bakheng--+Sunset20.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7W_xLIv_I/AAAAAAAABlk/jY9vecRr5YI/s1600-h/Bakheng--+Sunset19.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106755418504871922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7W_xLIv_I/AAAAAAAABlk/jY9vecRr5YI/s320/Bakheng--+Sunset19.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7WbRLIv9I/AAAAAAAABlU/poCVwoTU2IA/s1600-h/Bakheng--+Sunset22.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106754791439646674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7WbRLIv9I/AAAAAAAABlU/poCVwoTU2IA/s320/Bakheng--+Sunset22.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7WbxLIv-I/AAAAAAAABlc/6eu8R1jKopc/s1600-h/Bakheng--+Sunset23.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106754800029581282" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7WbxLIv-I/AAAAAAAABlc/6eu8R1jKopc/s320/Bakheng--+Sunset23.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7XARLIwAI/AAAAAAAABls/-qMUvb7u9Kc/s1600-h/Bakheng--+Sunset24.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106755427094806530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7XARLIwAI/AAAAAAAABls/-qMUvb7u9Kc/s320/Bakheng--+Sunset24.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7XAhLIwBI/AAAAAAAABl0/sjyeBEBCLV8/s1600-h/Bakheng--+Sunset25.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106755431389773842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt7XAhLIwBI/AAAAAAAABl0/sjyeBEBCLV8/s320/Bakheng--+Sunset25.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Trust me... i really kicked myself for climbing down before seeing that part... and i was standing on my tippy toes near the edge of the path reaching through the trees to get these pics... but at the same time... i'm the only one of the group that got to see the sunset... soooo worthwhile... and i stopped kicking myself when i then had to wander down the rest of the hill in almost complete darkness...<br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-90151240069137700072007-07-14T23:41:00.000-04:002007-11-24T00:58:14.792-05:00Do dedo doo do dedooo do dedo doo do dedo do do--- Indiana Jones theme song<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ry6io8XnF3I/AAAAAAAACPw/8UE4vFIuWvo/s1600-h/AngkorMap2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129215849905198962" style="CURSOR: hand" height="460" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ry6io8XnF3I/AAAAAAAACPw/8UE4vFIuWvo/s320/AngkorMap2.jpg" width="377" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>This is the first post of my 3 part Indiana Jones Trilogy with a special directors cut 4th installation (in other words, this is the first of 3 posts, with a fourth post of black and white pictures). These posts are going to be predominately just pictures… not a whole lot of captions… because I took a lot of pictures over 3 days.<br /><br />A few of the Singapore kids came in this weekend, so we went up to Siem Reap with them, and some of Rocky’s coworkers from DCCam (Document center of Cambodia). The car ride was interesting… as we hired cabs…<br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzFScXnFmI/AAAAAAAACNo/wGfBGQXwc3I/s1600-h/Cambodia--+On+the+way+to+Siem+Reap+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128690996311692898" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzFScXnFmI/AAAAAAAACNo/wGfBGQXwc3I/s320/Cambodia--+On+the+way+to+Siem+Reap+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzFTMXnFnI/AAAAAAAACNw/RKr5UtqUvpA/s1600-h/Cambodia--+On+the+way+to+Siem+Reap.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128691009196594802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzFTMXnFnI/AAAAAAAACNw/RKr5UtqUvpA/s320/Cambodia--+On+the+way+to+Siem+Reap.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />There was an awesome sunset, and we got to see millions of what appeared to be black lights throughout the countryside (we left on Friday after work, so it was night time for most of the trip)… apparently they are bug zappers to help collect the grasshoppers… a big delicacy here. We had to do a bit of juggling looking for a place to stay that night b/c we had not booked ahead of time… but things worked out. Siem Reap is the main city you stay in when you are running around Angkor. Literally translated, it means the place where the Siamese were stopped. (Siam being Thailand).<br /><br />Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world… Angkor means capital… its big… its beautiful, its old… we first went out at the ass crack of dawn… literally, b/c we were trying to catch sunrise.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4SkhLIvOI/AAAAAAAABfc/OxtoAnEwuJU/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106539446074391778" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4SkhLIvOI/AAAAAAAABfc/OxtoAnEwuJU/s320/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4SkxLIvPI/AAAAAAAABfk/Lxq9HvnTA1M/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106539450369359090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4SkxLIvPI/AAAAAAAABfk/Lxq9HvnTA1M/s320/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4TWhLIvRI/AAAAAAAABf0/iDZ_0idzWvY/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106540305067851026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4TWhLIvRI/AAAAAAAABf0/iDZ_0idzWvY/s320/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4TWxLIvSI/AAAAAAAABf8/I7FBPHDCKDg/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106540309362818338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4TWxLIvSI/AAAAAAAABf8/I7FBPHDCKDg/s320/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+4.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4TXxLIvUI/AAAAAAAABgM/-saDbgxoeb8/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106540326542687554" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4TXxLIvUI/AAAAAAAABgM/-saDbgxoeb8/s320/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+5.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4TXhLIvTI/AAAAAAAABgE/ZzQXw0ICxwU/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106540322247720242" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4TXhLIvTI/AAAAAAAABgE/ZzQXw0ICxwU/s320/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+6.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4TYBLIvVI/AAAAAAAABgU/SkWa2ZEy2ec/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+7.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106540330837654866" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4TYBLIvVI/AAAAAAAABgU/SkWa2ZEy2ec/s320/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+7.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4SlRLIvQI/AAAAAAAABfs/xsUH84xXlrE/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+3.JPG"></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4T4xLIvWI/AAAAAAAABgc/PVQ9BIOGX7k/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+8.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106540893478370658" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4T4xLIvWI/AAAAAAAABgc/PVQ9BIOGX7k/s320/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+8.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4T5BLIvXI/AAAAAAAABgk/tlZT4myini4/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+10.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106540897773337970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4T5BLIvXI/AAAAAAAABgk/tlZT4myini4/s320/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+10.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4RahLIvDI/AAAAAAAABeE/aTk12-HnuZI/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+into+the+gates.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106538174764071986" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4RahLIvDI/AAAAAAAABeE/aTk12-HnuZI/s320/Angkor+Wat--+into+the+gates.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4T5RLIvYI/AAAAAAAABgs/BvFZW5yPY7s/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+11.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106540902068305282" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4T5RLIvYI/AAAAAAAABgs/BvFZW5yPY7s/s320/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+11.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4RbRLIvFI/AAAAAAAABeU/rOLplz_lgLI/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+Looking+Back.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106538187648973906" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4RbRLIvFI/AAAAAAAABeU/rOLplz_lgLI/s320/Angkor+Wat--+Looking+Back.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />So yes…. Lots of pictures of a not so great sunrise… oh well<br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4Q1hLIu_I/AAAAAAAABdk/mHqio_s-TN4/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+giving+a+speach+on+stage.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106537539108912114" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4Q1hLIu_I/AAAAAAAABdk/mHqio_s-TN4/s320/Angkor+Wat--+giving+a+speach+on+stage.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here’s me being goofy due to lack of sleep… This happens a few times, especially today.<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4QOBLIu4I/AAAAAAAABcs/coIsYsFbslU/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+Bass+reliefs.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106536860504079234" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4QOBLIu4I/AAAAAAAABcs/coIsYsFbslU/s320/Angkor+Wat--+Bass+reliefs.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4R_hLIvJI/AAAAAAAABe0/cU1qIPtTzKA/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+more+basreliefs.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106538810419231890" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4R_hLIvJI/AAAAAAAABe0/cU1qIPtTzKA/s320/Angkor+Wat--+more+basreliefs.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />These are some of the Apsaras that Angkor is known for. The are part of the incredible bas-reliefs that run along the walls. Apsaras are said to be teptresses born during the churning of the Sea of milk… and they are an Khmer creation… they supposedly represent the ideal of feminine beauty living in heaven competing w/ each other to please Khmer heroes and holy men.<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4Q1BLIu9I/AAAAAAAABdU/XtsVUTtJIos/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+entrance.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106537530518977490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4Q1BLIu9I/AAAAAAAABdU/XtsVUTtJIos/s320/Angkor+Wat--+entrance.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4QPxLIu7I/AAAAAAAABdE/k1YSDfF6wnU/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+Cruciform+cloister.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106536890568850354" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4QPxLIu7I/AAAAAAAABdE/k1YSDfF6wnU/s320/Angkor+Wat--+Cruciform+cloister.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4QQRLIu8I/AAAAAAAABdM/UapX3SJR2-Y/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+door+way.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106536899158784962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4QQRLIu8I/AAAAAAAABdM/UapX3SJR2-Y/s320/Angkor+Wat--+door+way.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4T5xLIvaI/AAAAAAAABg8/lts6T_JFf_M/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+spectators.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106540910658239906" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4T5xLIvaI/AAAAAAAABg8/lts6T_JFf_M/s320/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+spectators.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4SkBLIvMI/AAAAAAAABfM/cZduw6zdW6M/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+panaramic+view.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106539437484457154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4SkBLIvMI/AAAAAAAABfM/cZduw6zdW6M/s320/Angkor+Wat--+panaramic+view.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4T5hLIvZI/AAAAAAAABg0/A3MMHau1CuM/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+over+the+jungle.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106540906363272594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4T5hLIvZI/AAAAAAAABg0/A3MMHau1CuM/s320/Angkor+Wat--+sunrise+over+the+jungle.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4RaRLIvCI/AAAAAAAABd8/glFvOgGDBEU/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+Hot+air+balloon.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106538170469104674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4RaRLIvCI/AAAAAAAABd8/glFvOgGDBEU/s320/Angkor+Wat--+Hot+air+balloon.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcO_hLIu2I/AAAAAAAABcc/rxXr7CqHQR4/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+awesome+lighting.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104565187047373666" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcO_hLIu2I/AAAAAAAABcc/rxXr7CqHQR4/s320/Angkor+Wat--+awesome+lighting.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4Q2BLIvAI/AAAAAAAABds/Z0fp8l6w9qs/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+great+lighting.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106537547698846722" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4Q2BLIvAI/AAAAAAAABds/Z0fp8l6w9qs/s320/Angkor+Wat--+great+lighting.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcO_BLIu1I/AAAAAAAABcU/Czkc6jAl7Lg/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+another+view.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104565178457439058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcO_BLIu1I/AAAAAAAABcU/Czkc6jAl7Lg/s320/Angkor+Wat--+another+view.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4Q1RLIu-I/AAAAAAAABdc/Yq5G2zzqIyw/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+finally+some+color.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106537534813944802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4Q1RLIu-I/AAAAAAAABdc/Yq5G2zzqIyw/s320/Angkor+Wat--+finally+some+color.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4QPBLIu5I/AAAAAAAABc0/hkNHWfI5beg/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+better+view.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106536877683948434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4QPBLIu5I/AAAAAAAABc0/hkNHWfI5beg/s320/Angkor+Wat--+better+view.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4RbBLIvEI/AAAAAAAABeM/wnaUn4utlZg/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+lighting+scheme.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106538183354006594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4RbBLIvEI/AAAAAAAABeM/wnaUn4utlZg/s320/Angkor+Wat--+lighting+scheme.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4QPhLIu6I/AAAAAAAABc8/4MynUhA4XRM/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+close+up.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106536886273883042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4QPhLIu6I/AAAAAAAABc8/4MynUhA4XRM/s320/Angkor+Wat--+close+up.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4R-xLIvHI/AAAAAAAABek/F1zWLzBrXBw/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+me+on+the+steps.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106538797534329970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4R-xLIvHI/AAAAAAAABek/F1zWLzBrXBw/s320/Angkor+Wat--+me+on+the+steps.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4RbhLIvGI/AAAAAAAABec/K6kQ8HsENfs/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+me.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106538191943941218" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4RbhLIvGI/AAAAAAAABec/K6kQ8HsENfs/s320/Angkor+Wat--+me.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />These pictures here are from inside the complex… please note the people at the top of the towers… I’m not one of those people… in fact you may notice the picture of me where I’m about halfway up the steps… in the close up of that picture you will notice that I’m basically hugging the wall behind me… its not that I don’t like heights… which is quite obvious later on… its that I get stuck once I get up things b/c I don’t handle getting down well… and this was 90 degree angles with steps that go up to my knees.<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4Q2RLIvBI/AAAAAAAABd0/M-Ao955d8OU/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+group+photo.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106537551993814034" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4Q2RLIvBI/AAAAAAAABd0/M-Ao955d8OU/s320/Angkor+Wat--+group+photo.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />That there is the Singapore group again… Yvanna, Me, Arie, Marie, Rocky, and Matt. <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4R_xLIvKI/AAAAAAAABe8/yx6mE5ztzHQ/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+monk+doing+his+thing.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106538814714199202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4R_xLIvKI/AAAAAAAABe8/yx6mE5ztzHQ/s320/Angkor+Wat--+monk+doing+his+thing.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4R_RLIvII/AAAAAAAABes/bzolIK7Pp7Y/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+monk.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106538806124264578" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4R_RLIvII/AAAAAAAABes/bzolIK7Pp7Y/s320/Angkor+Wat--+monk.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcO-xLIu0I/AAAAAAAABcM/ZqBRfhTDhaE/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--++wandering+out.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104565174162471746" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcO-xLIu0I/AAAAAAAABcM/ZqBRfhTDhaE/s320/Angkor+Wat--++wandering+out.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4U6hLIvbI/AAAAAAAABhE/819XiJ9HF6M/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+through+the+trees.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106542023054769586" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4U6hLIvbI/AAAAAAAABhE/819XiJ9HF6M/s320/Angkor+Wat--+through+the+trees.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4SABLIvLI/AAAAAAAABfE/agaVtr6kmmQ/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+over+the+water.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106538819009166514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4SABLIvLI/AAAAAAAABfE/agaVtr6kmmQ/s320/Angkor+Wat--+over+the+water.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4SkRLIvNI/AAAAAAAABfU/JEz2LEiHBnE/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+sillouetted.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106539441779424466" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4SkRLIvNI/AAAAAAAABfU/JEz2LEiHBnE/s320/Angkor+Wat--+sillouetted.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcO_xLIu3I/AAAAAAAABck/W7XyBNbCXDU/s1600-h/Angkor+Wat--+awesome+sun.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104565191342340978" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcO_xLIu3I/AAAAAAAABck/W7XyBNbCXDU/s320/Angkor+Wat--+awesome+sun.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And then more pics of Angkor Wat<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNpcxLIugI/AAAAAAAABZs/yxHD9Y4l39A/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--++South+Gate.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103538745698204162" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNpcxLIugI/AAAAAAAABZs/yxHD9Y4l39A/s320/Angkor+Thom--++South+Gate.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNpchLIufI/AAAAAAAABZk/cfBmyj_hPBw/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--++pulling+the+naga.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103538741403236850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNpchLIufI/AAAAAAAABZk/cfBmyj_hPBw/s320/Angkor+Thom--++pulling+the+naga.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcN1xLIuqI/AAAAAAAABa8/kGUwnQCmqzQ/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+South+gate+pulling+naga.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104563920032021154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcN1xLIuqI/AAAAAAAABa8/kGUwnQCmqzQ/s320/Angkor+Thom--+South+gate+pulling+naga.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcOVBLIuvI/AAAAAAAABbk/SZhRG7DbIZ4/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--++South+Gate.JPG"></a><br />The Angkor complex is built on the story of the<br /><br />Now Angkor Thom is pretty big, with lots of cool stuff inside it….<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcN3BLIutI/AAAAAAAABbU/Y18HlXI8cvw/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+closer+up.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104563941506857682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcN3BLIutI/AAAAAAAABbU/Y18HlXI8cvw/s320/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+closer+up.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcN2RLIurI/AAAAAAAABbE/GChdDuvQT9c/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104563928621955762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcN2RLIurI/AAAAAAAABbE/GChdDuvQT9c/s320/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcOVxLIuxI/AAAAAAAABb0/4d6Yw-hTiPk/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+me+in+front.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104564469787835154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcOVxLIuxI/AAAAAAAABb0/4d6Yw-hTiPk/s320/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+me+in+front.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The first thing you are looking at is the Bayon... yes those are giant smiling faces staring at you.<br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcOWRLIuyI/AAAAAAAABb8/_6GXlHdLCg4/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+The+faces.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104564478377769762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcOWRLIuyI/AAAAAAAABb8/_6GXlHdLCg4/s320/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+The+faces.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcOVhLIuwI/AAAAAAAABbs/oKZBEwHyoCA/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+lots+more+faces.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104564465492867842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcOVhLIuwI/AAAAAAAABbs/oKZBEwHyoCA/s320/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+lots+more+faces.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzFTcXnFoI/AAAAAAAACN4/ZWbIEmPVK5c/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+face+on+face.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128691013491562114" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzFTcXnFoI/AAAAAAAACN4/ZWbIEmPVK5c/s320/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+face+on+face.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Lots and lots of smiling faces… some eyes open, some eyes shut… all facing the cardinal directions… look parents, I even got that picture you wanted me to take… though it’s a tad bit blurry.<br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcO-hLIuzI/AAAAAAAABcE/y7_cAoVz-v0/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+traditional+dress.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104565169867504434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcO-hLIuzI/AAAAAAAABcE/y7_cAoVz-v0/s320/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+traditional+dress.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcOUxLIuuI/AAAAAAAABbc/Ag06sXlPfb8/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+cool+corner.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104564452607965922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcOUxLIuuI/AAAAAAAABbc/Ag06sXlPfb8/s320/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+cool+corner.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And that’s my first view of a Cambodian dressed like an Apsara.<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcN2xLIusI/AAAAAAAABbM/hYY9qM0xUos/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+Apsaras.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104563937211890370" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcN2xLIusI/AAAAAAAABbM/hYY9qM0xUos/s320/Angkor+Thom--+the+Bayon--+Apsaras.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div>Followed by some stone ones...</div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div>The rest of Angkor Thom<br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzFUsXnFpI/AAAAAAAACOA/MWrY2OenNys/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+buddha.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128691034966398610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzFUsXnFpI/AAAAAAAACOA/MWrY2OenNys/s320/Angkor+Thom--+buddha.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />First you have a big Buddha...</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcNMBLIukI/AAAAAAAABaM/ntNys0j2dEQ/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+Bapuon.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104563202772482626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcNMBLIukI/AAAAAAAABaM/ntNys0j2dEQ/s320/Angkor+Thom--+Bapuon.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Then the Bapuon<br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcN1RLIupI/AAAAAAAABa0/wzIPNLha_zc/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+some+cool+random+ruins.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104563911442086546" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcN1RLIupI/AAAAAAAABa0/wzIPNLha_zc/s320/Angkor+Thom--+some+cool+random+ruins.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcNRBLIunI/AAAAAAAABak/7lSuYkVev_Q/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+my+first+little+adventure.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104563288671828594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcNRBLIunI/AAAAAAAABak/7lSuYkVev_Q/s320/Angkor+Thom--+my+first+little+adventure.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJLpRLIuUI/AAAAAAAABYM/77eGw7JznVE/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--++climbin+up+the+rocks.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103224500121024834" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJLpRLIuUI/AAAAAAAABYM/77eGw7JznVE/s320/Angkor+Thom--++climbin+up+the+rocks.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcNMxLIulI/AAAAAAAABaU/Od3ggijOzSA/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+my+first+little+adventure.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104563215657384530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcNMxLIulI/AAAAAAAABaU/Od3ggijOzSA/s320/Angkor+Thom--+my+first+little+adventure.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Then some awesome ruins... this is what i consider my first little adventure cause i was more or less on my own climbing around a bunch of downed rocks... it was a good babystep for later...<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNmmxLIueI/AAAAAAAABZc/EtsBP5Z5LBw/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--++Phimeanbakas+staircase.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103535618962012642" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNmmxLIueI/AAAAAAAABZc/EtsBP5Z5LBw/s320/Angkor+Thom--++Phimeanbakas+staircase.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>This is the Phimeanbakas Staircase... Unfortunetly, the top didn't even have a decent view... which was sad...</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJNaxLIuZI/AAAAAAAABY0/029AeER449M/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--++gateway.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103226450036177298" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJNaxLIuZI/AAAAAAAABY0/029AeER449M/s320/Angkor+Thom--++gateway.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>After being completely lost for a while, I came to this gateway which led back to the main road...</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcNRRLIuoI/AAAAAAAABas/NaOMmkfQgC8/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+North+Kleang.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104563292966795906" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcNRRLIuoI/AAAAAAAABas/NaOMmkfQgC8/s320/Angkor+Thom--+North+Kleang.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>When you walk out you see the North Kleang,</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNpdxLIuiI/AAAAAAAABZ8/jdKDtmRN0FI/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--++The+elephant+terrace.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103538762878073378" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNpdxLIuiI/AAAAAAAABZ8/jdKDtmRN0FI/s320/Angkor+Thom--++The+elephant+terrace.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>followed by the elephant Terrace</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNmkRLIuaI/AAAAAAAABY8/JUOn0zamPXo/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--++hidden+consorts+and+demons.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103535576012339618" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNmkRLIuaI/AAAAAAAABY8/JUOn0zamPXo/s320/Angkor+Thom--++hidden+consorts+and+demons.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNmlBLIubI/AAAAAAAABZE/DeccFpj6eck/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--++kings+concorts.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103535588897241522" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNmlBLIubI/AAAAAAAABZE/DeccFpj6eck/s320/Angkor+Thom--++kings+concorts.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>There were all these scenes of deamons and naked women... the French felt prudish about this so the built walls so no one could see them.</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNpeBLIujI/AAAAAAAABaE/7D1OxscZxpE/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--++the+lepar+king+terrace.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103538767173040690" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNpeBLIujI/AAAAAAAABaE/7D1OxscZxpE/s320/Angkor+Thom--++the+lepar+king+terrace.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>This here is not a buddha, but rather the Lepar King... a good king, who had leparacy</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNpdRLIuhI/AAAAAAAABZ0/QHfyAhmQ_ko/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--++South+Kleang.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103538754288138770" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNpdRLIuhI/AAAAAAAABZ0/QHfyAhmQ_ko/s320/Angkor+Thom--++South+Kleang.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The South Kleang<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJNaRLIuYI/AAAAAAAABYs/v19HUiPoNSs/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--++funny+lion.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103226441446242690" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJNaRLIuYI/AAAAAAAABYs/v19HUiPoNSs/s320/Angkor+Thom--++funny+lion.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNmmBLIudI/AAAAAAAABZU/VzacLkrTmQk/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--++monk+and+big+buddha.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103535606077110738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtNmmBLIudI/AAAAAAAABZU/VzacLkrTmQk/s320/Angkor+Thom--++monk+and+big+buddha.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Lion and Big Buddha.... also to the side, what i didn't take a picture of was a woman being washed by the monks by having water dumped over her.... it was pretty cool........<br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJLoxLIuTI/AAAAAAAABYE/uqoxwdGY5E4/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+++elephant+terrace--+garudas+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103224491531090226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJLoxLIuTI/AAAAAAAABYE/uqoxwdGY5E4/s320/Angkor+Thom--+++elephant+terrace--+garudas+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJNZhLIuWI/AAAAAAAABYc/Ak4pkuu-dbI/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--++elephant+terrace-+garudas4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103226428561340770" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJNZhLIuWI/AAAAAAAABYc/Ak4pkuu-dbI/s320/Angkor+Thom--++elephant+terrace-+garudas4.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcNQRLIumI/AAAAAAAABac/0GNzX_7J5gA/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--+elephant+terrace--+garudas+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104563275786926690" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtcNQRLIumI/AAAAAAAABac/0GNzX_7J5gA/s320/Angkor+Thom--+elephant+terrace--+garudas+2.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div>And these are the Garudas.... winged creatures holding up the terrace....<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJNZRLIuVI/AAAAAAAABYU/ImnSMbexD7c/s1600-h/Angkor+Thom--++cool+gate.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103226424266373458" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJNZRLIuVI/AAAAAAAABYU/ImnSMbexD7c/s320/Angkor+Thom--++cool+gate.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div>And so we leave Ankor Thom---<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4U7BLIvcI/AAAAAAAABhM/0sIBVfWVfs4/s1600-h/Ta+Keo.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106542031644704194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4U7BLIvcI/AAAAAAAABhM/0sIBVfWVfs4/s320/Ta+Keo.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Ta Keo</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJLnhLIuQI/AAAAAAAABXs/erItM7vPlCI/s1600-h/Angkor--+chillin+in+the+tuk+tuk.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103224470056253698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJLnhLIuQI/AAAAAAAABXs/erItM7vPlCI/s320/Angkor--+chillin+in+the+tuk+tuk.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Chillin in the tuk tuk's<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Ok... so next we have Ta Prohm.... I can't even begin to express to you the initial awesomeness of this experience.... This is where Tomb Raider was filmed.... it was just.... rediculouls....<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4VqRLIvkI/AAAAAAAABiM/uAjfDEL6VAk/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--+entrance.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106542843393523266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4VqRLIvkI/AAAAAAAABiM/uAjfDEL6VAk/s320/Ta+Prohm--+entrance.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4XNhLIvvI/AAAAAAAABjk/alh-WmSEAwY/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--+under+tarps.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106544548495539954" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4XNhLIvvI/AAAAAAAABjk/alh-WmSEAwY/s320/Ta+Prohm--+under+tarps.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4U8BLIvfI/AAAAAAAABhk/s4cy1qqAlO4/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--++first+grown+in+tree.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106542048824573426" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4U8BLIvfI/AAAAAAAABhk/s4cy1qqAlO4/s320/Ta+Prohm--++first+grown+in+tree.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyznncXnFqI/AAAAAAAACOI/35iTmSceKOg/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--+overgrown.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128728740484290210" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyznncXnFqI/AAAAAAAACOI/35iTmSceKOg/s320/Ta+Prohm--+overgrown.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4VoBLIviI/AAAAAAAABh8/2qKTLW1xnZg/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--+big+roots.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106542804738817570" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4VoBLIviI/AAAAAAAABh8/2qKTLW1xnZg/s320/Ta+Prohm--+big+roots.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4W1RLIvuI/AAAAAAAABjc/GJQQI_DeLxI/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--+tree+on+top.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106544131883712226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4W1RLIvuI/AAAAAAAABjc/GJQQI_DeLxI/s320/Ta+Prohm--+tree+on+top.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4U7RLIvdI/AAAAAAAABhU/uNsVyDNegls/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--++collapsed+side.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106542035939671506" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4U7RLIvdI/AAAAAAAABhU/uNsVyDNegls/s320/Ta+Prohm--++collapsed+side.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ryzoh8XnFrI/AAAAAAAACOQ/soCBoVrSLcA/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--++more+overgrowth.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128729745506637490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ryzoh8XnFrI/AAAAAAAACOQ/soCBoVrSLcA/s320/Ta+Prohm--++more+overgrowth.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4WyBLIvqI/AAAAAAAABi8/qQWYWfgTSAc/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--+me+on+some+ruins.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106544076049137314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4WyBLIvqI/AAAAAAAABi8/qQWYWfgTSAc/s320/Ta+Prohm--+me+on+some+ruins.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4W0RLIvtI/AAAAAAAABjU/E-Z27VNbOko/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--+pointy+pillars.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106544114703843026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4W0RLIvtI/AAAAAAAABjU/E-Z27VNbOko/s320/Ta+Prohm--+pointy+pillars.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4WPxLIvnI/AAAAAAAABik/ZlR6zQkOeow/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--+huge+root.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106543487638617714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4WPxLIvnI/AAAAAAAABik/ZlR6zQkOeow/s320/Ta+Prohm--+huge+root.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4WOhLIvlI/AAAAAAAABiU/jCGnzKrXOeA/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--+famous+picture.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106543466163781202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4WOhLIvlI/AAAAAAAABiU/jCGnzKrXOeA/s320/Ta+Prohm--+famous+picture.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4VpRLIvjI/AAAAAAAABiE/drKfTdXrK8s/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--+cool+statue.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106542826213654066" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4VpRLIvjI/AAAAAAAABiE/drKfTdXrK8s/s320/Ta+Prohm--+cool+statue.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4U7hLIveI/AAAAAAAABhc/-fUXaCP3ad4/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--++danger.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106542040234638818" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4U7hLIveI/AAAAAAAABhc/-fUXaCP3ad4/s320/Ta+Prohm--++danger.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4WPRLIvmI/AAAAAAAABic/731yifnkUkY/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--+from+the+back.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106543479048683106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4WPRLIvmI/AAAAAAAABic/731yifnkUkY/s320/Ta+Prohm--+from+the+back.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4WQBLIvoI/AAAAAAAABis/ZQrQ92yXUNs/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--+lion+sillouette.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106543491933585026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4WQBLIvoI/AAAAAAAABis/ZQrQ92yXUNs/s320/Ta+Prohm--+lion+sillouette.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4WQhLIvpI/AAAAAAAABi0/jSH2xfUhC28/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--+looking+in.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106543500523519634" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4WQhLIvpI/AAAAAAAABi0/jSH2xfUhC28/s320/Ta+Prohm--+looking+in.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4VmRLIvgI/AAAAAAAABhs/34x_dGxyEb4/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--+another+doorway.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106542774674046466" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4VmRLIvgI/AAAAAAAABhs/34x_dGxyEb4/s320/Ta+Prohm--+another+doorway.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4WzhLIvsI/AAAAAAAABjM/S4vcfCLRiI8/s1600-h/Ta+Prohm--+pile.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106544101818941122" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rt4WzhLIvsI/AAAAAAAABjM/S4vcfCLRiI8/s320/Ta+Prohm--+pile.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Then we stopped for lunch... then back tracked which royally pissed off our drivers.... but hey, we had a mission... to see everything in the temple complexes as possible.... And so after some hard core bargaining... it was off to Preah Khan... </div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzrocXnF1I/AAAAAAAACPg/-LtBm1YHaGA/s1600-h/Preah+Khan--+roof.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128733155710670674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzrocXnF1I/AAAAAAAACPg/-LtBm1YHaGA/s320/Preah+Khan--+roof.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzqssXnFwI/AAAAAAAACO4/HiNFjDd3-A8/s1600-h/Preah+Khan--+hallway.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128732129213486850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzqssXnFwI/AAAAAAAACO4/HiNFjDd3-A8/s320/Preah+Khan--+hallway.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzqrsXnFtI/AAAAAAAACOg/DfCaNQnbPuE/s1600-h/Preah+Khan--+down+the+hall.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128732112033617618" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzqrsXnFtI/AAAAAAAACOg/DfCaNQnbPuE/s320/Preah+Khan--+down+the+hall.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzrnMXnFxI/AAAAAAAACPA/ZgcUHJu3qjY/s1600-h/Preah+Khan--+light+shaft.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128733134235834130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzrnMXnFxI/AAAAAAAACPA/ZgcUHJu3qjY/s320/Preah+Khan--+light+shaft.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzroMXnF0I/AAAAAAAACPY/TB-Orhp4sBE/s1600-h/Preah+Khan--+Robin+Buddha.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128733151415703362" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzroMXnF0I/AAAAAAAACPY/TB-Orhp4sBE/s320/Preah+Khan--+Robin+Buddha.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzrnsXnFyI/AAAAAAAACPI/tGuF2URsgL8/s1600-h/Preah+Khan--+Linga.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128733142825768738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzrnsXnFyI/AAAAAAAACPI/tGuF2URsgL8/s320/Preah+Khan--+Linga.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ryzqq8XnFsI/AAAAAAAACOY/UYVN6vufgRg/s1600-h/Preah+Khan--+awesome+pic.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128732099148715714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ryzqq8XnFsI/AAAAAAAACOY/UYVN6vufgRg/s320/Preah+Khan--+awesome+pic.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzqsMXnFvI/AAAAAAAACOw/kzI3OTlajVU/s1600-h/Preah+Khan--+guard+robin.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128732120623552242" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RyzqsMXnFvI/AAAAAAAACOw/kzI3OTlajVU/s320/Preah+Khan--+guard+robin.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ryzqr8XnFuI/AAAAAAAACOo/250ihweS2cA/s1600-h/Preah+Khan--+entrance.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128732116328584930" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ryzqr8XnFuI/AAAAAAAACOo/250ihweS2cA/s320/Preah+Khan--+entrance.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>This place we were speeding through... and it totally freaked me out b/c it still had a roof... after seeing tons and tons of stuff caved in... a place with a roof becomes scary.... But as you can see, it also made for a good place for some fun pictures.</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJLoRLIuSI/AAAAAAAABX8/AdB4759CKgk/s1600-h/Angkor--+storm+rolling+in.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103224482941155618" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJLoRLIuSI/AAAAAAAABX8/AdB4759CKgk/s320/Angkor--+storm+rolling+in.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div>So we halled it through there b/c we wanted to see the sunset... but as we left... we saw this here storm rolling in...<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJLoBLIuRI/AAAAAAAABX0/tDV3oE2CbmE/s1600-h/Angkor--+Natalie+the+marshmallow+woman.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103224478646188306" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtJLoBLIuRI/AAAAAAAABX0/tDV3oE2CbmE/s320/Angkor--+Natalie+the+marshmallow+woman.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>And we got absolutely drenched...</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ryzrn8XnFzI/AAAAAAAACPQ/BITKzXq6fCs/s1600-h/Preah+Khan--+OUr+supposed+sunset.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128733147120736050" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Ryzrn8XnFzI/AAAAAAAACPQ/BITKzXq6fCs/s320/Preah+Khan--+OUr+supposed+sunset.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>And this here was our very rained out unfortunate sunset<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-86864489104482231152007-07-07T03:55:00.000-04:002007-07-25T04:54:30.339-04:00A History Lesson<div><br /><div>This post is not going to be funny or witty; in fact it is going to be quite the opposite. The pictures below along with the stories are sad and gut wrenching, so if you are the type that is sensitive to these types of things I ask that you do not continue with today’s post. However, if you do choose to continue my warning is that I am not an outright authority on the history of Cambodia. What I relay to you are stories told to me combined with the various things I have read and seen. I think that the story is important to know, especially as it is not one that is told in the U.S.<br /><br />Towards the end of the Viet Nam War, the U.S. began bombing Cambodia, which created all sorts of instability. An extreme communist group known as the Khmer Rouge (KR) came to power on April 17, 1975. They were lead by a former history teacher, Pol Pot. Pol Pot looked to the Chinese example of Communism, and felt the need to send everyone back to the country to become agricultural workers. So he evacuated the cities, killing anyone who was a threat to his regime and anyone who was educated… including people who wore glasses b/c it implied they were literate. Once in the fields, the government seized most of the food, leaving very little for the workers, causing mass starvation. Pol Pots closed schools, hospitals and factories, abolished currency, outlawed religion, ad confiscated private Property. In 1979, the KR started attacking Vietnam at its border. The provocation was all Viet Nam needed to invade and overthrow the KR government.<br /><br />Under Pol Pot, about 2 million people died… whether it be of starvation or from the genocide… these next few pictures and stories tell a little about what happened to a few thousand of them.<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAaKw1EM5I/AAAAAAAAAX8/8eN5cmcIYaE/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+Intro.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089096351137149842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAaKw1EM5I/AAAAAAAAAX8/8eN5cmcIYaE/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+Intro.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAutw1ENSI/AAAAAAAAAbE/wQH-eezh7Z4/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089118942665127202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAutw1ENSI/AAAAAAAAAbE/wQH-eezh7Z4/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Trying to even begin to describe the feeling you are in when you go to these places is more or less futile. The closest I’ve ever felt to this is when I went to a concentration camp… but even that somehow was a bit different. The first place we visited was Toul Sleng Genocide Museum. Toul Sleng, also known as S. 21, was originally a high school, converted into the main detention center of the Khmer Rouge in 1975. It was run by the only man who is currently in prison, Duch. Out of all the people who were sent here, 7 survived. The kinds of people who were sent here were teachers, lawyers, professors… the educated… the wealthy, the doctors and engineers… along with their families. Anyone who could be considered a threat. Rather than give full captions for each of the pictures, I tried to take pictures with the signs in them for you to read. This is a place where people were kept and tortured before being sent to the Killing Fields to die.<br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rp8mAQ1EMvI/AAAAAAAAAWs/WLkGXGoGf30/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+14+dead.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088827889911345906" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rp8mAQ1EMvI/AAAAAAAAAWs/WLkGXGoGf30/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+14+dead.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here are the graves of the 14 bodies found at the prison.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rp8mBw1EMxI/AAAAAAAAAW8/3jijvQVNF2Y/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+Block+A.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088827915681149714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rp8mBw1EMxI/AAAAAAAAAW8/3jijvQVNF2Y/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+Block+A.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAY1g1EM4I/AAAAAAAAAX0/f5qYmsvLSfI/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+interrogation+questions.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089094886553301890" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAY1g1EM4I/AAAAAAAAAX0/f5qYmsvLSfI/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+interrogation+questions.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAs0g1ENRI/AAAAAAAAAa8/X02oiOUHvZ0/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+torture+room.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089116859605988626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAs0g1ENRI/AAAAAAAAAa8/X02oiOUHvZ0/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+torture+room.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAs0A1ENQI/AAAAAAAAAa0/nytPgjbWanY/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+Torture+room+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089116851016054018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAs0A1ENQI/AAAAAAAAAa0/nytPgjbWanY/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+Torture+room+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAszQ1ENPI/AAAAAAAAAas/x0QhruvZlXM/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+torture+room+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089116838131152114" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAszQ1ENPI/AAAAAAAAAas/x0QhruvZlXM/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+torture+room+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAuuA1ENTI/AAAAAAAAAbM/3NUWDoDyzcY/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+SlengTorture+room+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089118946960094514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAuuA1ENTI/AAAAAAAAAbM/3NUWDoDyzcY/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+SlengTorture+room+4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />These are the torture chambers… What I didn’t take pictures of was that some rooms still had their chalk boards up.<br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAaMA1EM9I/AAAAAAAAAYc/ARbkBr8oNyY/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+The+Gallows+sign.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089096372611986386" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAaMA1EM9I/AAAAAAAAAYc/ARbkBr8oNyY/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+The+Gallows+sign.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAsyA1ENNI/AAAAAAAAAac/7eEZdxQIeA8/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+The+Gallows.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089116816656315602" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAsyA1ENNI/AAAAAAAAAac/7eEZdxQIeA8/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+The+Gallows.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAY0Q1EM1I/AAAAAAAAAXc/-RhiHeU0ofE/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+faces+looking+out.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089094865078465362" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAY0Q1EM1I/AAAAAAAAAXc/-RhiHeU0ofE/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+faces+looking+out.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAY0w1EM2I/AAAAAAAAAXk/GwS5BcC4yP8/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+faces+of+the+dead.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089094873668399970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAY0w1EM2I/AAAAAAAAAXk/GwS5BcC4yP8/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+faces+of+the+dead.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The Faces of the Dead<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rp8mDA1EMzI/AAAAAAAAAXM/9N6zHao2Ct4/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+Down+the+hall--+flash.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088827937155986226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rp8mDA1EMzI/AAAAAAAAAXM/9N6zHao2Ct4/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+Down+the+hall--+flash.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rp8mCg1EMyI/AAAAAAAAAXE/2y07sl1WyqY/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+brick+cell.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088827928566051618" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rp8mCg1EMyI/AAAAAAAAAXE/2y07sl1WyqY/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+brick+cell.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAY0A1EM0I/AAAAAAAAAXU/UK5PwhuSF08/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+down+the+hall--+no+flash.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089094860783498050" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAY0A1EM0I/AAAAAAAAAXU/UK5PwhuSF08/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+down+the+hall--+no+flash.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAaLw1EM8I/AAAAAAAAAYU/5hSlzV_2Zkw/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+outside+looking+in.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089096368317019074" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAaLw1EM8I/AAAAAAAAAYU/5hSlzV_2Zkw/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+outside+looking+in.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAsyw1ENOI/AAAAAAAAAak/zDKuiyIdjDs/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+the+wooden+cells.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089116829541217506" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAsyw1ENOI/AAAAAAAAAak/zDKuiyIdjDs/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+the+wooden+cells.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Cell Blocks<br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAaLA1EM6I/AAAAAAAAAYE/cewjqKhGZEs/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+memorial+stupa.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089096355432117154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAaLA1EM6I/AAAAAAAAAYE/cewjqKhGZEs/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+memorial+stupa.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Honoring the Dead<br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rp8mBQ1EMwI/AAAAAAAAAW0/1m4dBjvdu7c/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+Barbed+wire.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088827907091215106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/Rp8mBQ1EMwI/AAAAAAAAAW0/1m4dBjvdu7c/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+Barbed+wire.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAY1A1EM3I/AAAAAAAAAXs/P06xCGfP4v8/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+Inside+looking+out.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089094877963367282" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAY1A1EM3I/AAAAAAAAAXs/P06xCGfP4v8/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+Inside+looking+out.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Barbed wire to keep prisoners from committing suicide<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAaLg1EM7I/AAAAAAAAAYM/qwoQ88aRxwg/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+messages.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089096364022051762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAaLg1EM7I/AAAAAAAAAYM/qwoQ88aRxwg/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Toul+Sleng--+messages.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Graffiti of love<br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA2uQ1ENnI/AAAAAAAAAds/29X52RqLbuE/s1600-h/Killing+Fields.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089127747348084338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA2uQ1ENnI/AAAAAAAAAds/29X52RqLbuE/s320/Killing+Fields.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAxdA1ENaI/AAAAAAAAAcE/ricr_2mxZ48/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+graves+and+dead.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089121953437201826" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAxdA1ENaI/AAAAAAAAAcE/ricr_2mxZ48/s320/Killing+Fields--+graves+and+dead.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA2AQ1ENjI/AAAAAAAAAdM/uLPqxjjJ4MA/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+the+story.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089126957074101810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA2AQ1ENjI/AAAAAAAAAdM/uLPqxjjJ4MA/s320/Killing+Fields--+the+story.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After being tortured, prisoners and their families were driven 15km away to what are now known as the Killing Fields. (If you haven’t seen the movie, you should). While it looks lovely and peaceful, its history is anything but. They have uncovered 29 out of 86 mass graves. There were 8,985 people killed here. At one point, there were so many executions a day, that they fell behind schedule and had to build a holding room for people awaiting execution to stay overnight (normally they would just be at Toul Sleng). Just to make sure this is clear, the Killing Fields were NOT a prison or a concentration camp. There were only a few buildings, all of which are gone now, which held prisoners, provided a room for the guards, and a place to keep tools. Many skulls have been found still blindfolded. Most people were killed by being beaten over the heads with bamboo sticks in order to save money on bullets. Ex KR soldiers who tried to defect were decapitated using the sharp edges of palm leaves. I touched one… they’re sharp like a saw… but dull enough to cause immense pain and torture.<br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA2CQ1ENlI/AAAAAAAAAdc/WiR4fhmXXVo/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+the+stupa1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089126991433840210" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA2CQ1ENlI/AAAAAAAAAdc/WiR4fhmXXVo/s320/Killing+Fields--+the+stupa1.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA2BA1ENkI/AAAAAAAAAdU/cZo_xPLC53s/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+the+stupa+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089126969959003714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA2BA1ENkI/AAAAAAAAAdU/cZo_xPLC53s/s320/Killing+Fields--+the+stupa+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAy0w1ENfI/AAAAAAAAAcs/REsyFqQbSw8/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+skulls+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089123460970722802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAy0w1ENfI/AAAAAAAAAcs/REsyFqQbSw8/s320/Killing+Fields--+skulls+5.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA13w1ENhI/AAAAAAAAAc8/LmuOMTPJtwk/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+skulls1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089126811045213714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA13w1ENhI/AAAAAAAAAc8/LmuOMTPJtwk/s320/Killing+Fields--+skulls1.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAyzw1ENcI/AAAAAAAAAcU/LiiYlnuKa0o/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+Skulls+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089123443790853570" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAyzw1ENcI/AAAAAAAAAcU/LiiYlnuKa0o/s320/Killing+Fields--+Skulls+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAy0g1ENeI/AAAAAAAAAck/o9--tusTUiQ/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+skulls+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089123456675755490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAy0g1ENeI/AAAAAAAAAck/o9--tusTUiQ/s320/Killing+Fields--+skulls+4.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAy0A1ENdI/AAAAAAAAAcc/qJ-4LXHPVR4/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+skulls+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089123448085820882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAy0A1ENdI/AAAAAAAAAcc/qJ-4LXHPVR4/s320/Killing+Fields--+skulls+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />When you first walk in you see the stupa with close to 9,000 skulls in side of it.<br /><br />Then you start walking on the trail….<br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAuvQ1ENWI/AAAAAAAAAbk/BKn0oNOjfaI/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+clothes+and+bones.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089118968434931042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAuvQ1ENWI/AAAAAAAAAbk/BKn0oNOjfaI/s320/Killing+Fields--+clothes+and+bones.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAuug1ENUI/AAAAAAAAAbU/daunfSe98B0/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+a+tooth+in+the+ground.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089118955550029122" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAuug1ENUI/AAAAAAAAAbU/daunfSe98B0/s320/Killing+Fields--+a+tooth+in+the+ground.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAxcA1ENYI/AAAAAAAAAb0/h0AlcrynU6U/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+clothes+on+the+side.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089121936257332610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAxcA1ENYI/AAAAAAAAAb0/h0AlcrynU6U/s320/Killing+Fields--+clothes+on+the+side.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAxbA1ENXI/AAAAAAAAAbs/pEGhUBLA-0o/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+clothes+beneath+our+feet.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089121919077463410" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAxbA1ENXI/AAAAAAAAAbs/pEGhUBLA-0o/s320/Killing+Fields--+clothes+beneath+our+feet.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA18Q1ENiI/AAAAAAAAAdE/gOWyRbXtzhY/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+teeth+on+the+ground.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089126888354625058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA18Q1ENiI/AAAAAAAAAdE/gOWyRbXtzhY/s320/Killing+Fields--+teeth+on+the+ground.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Which is where you start stumbling over clothing still stuck in the mud, you see teeth scattered around, and there are bone fragments everywhere you step. Each year during the rainy season more clothing, more bones, more teeth, are revealed every year.<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA2tw1ENmI/AAAAAAAAAdk/yn25JBvJTso/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+tree+speaker.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089127738758149730" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA2tw1ENmI/AAAAAAAAAdk/yn25JBvJTso/s320/Killing+Fields--+tree+speaker.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAxcQ1ENZI/AAAAAAAAAb8/lTeu6OAVjfo/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+dug+up+graves.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089121940552299922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAxcQ1ENZI/AAAAAAAAAb8/lTeu6OAVjfo/s320/Killing+Fields--+dug+up+graves.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAxdQ1ENbI/AAAAAAAAAcM/8vCxdzhm31U/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+largest+grave,+466.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089121957732169138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAxdQ1ENbI/AAAAAAAAAcM/8vCxdzhm31U/s320/Killing+Fields--+largest+grave,+466.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAuuw1ENVI/AAAAAAAAAbc/_eGZECWnaeM/s1600-h/Killing+Fields--+Baby+killing+tree+and+grave.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089118959844996434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqAuuw1ENVI/AAAAAAAAAbc/_eGZECWnaeM/s320/Killing+Fields--+Baby+killing+tree+and+grave.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Many people were just buried alive after just being hit with the bamboo stick. The largest grave, seen in the middle contained 466 bodies. Under that is a picture of where babies were killed and the grave for the children.<br /><br />To this day, what happened in Cambodia in legal terms is not considered genocide because it was politically motivated. In legal terms the international community still criticizes the Vietnamese for their intervention. No member of the Khmer Rouge has ever been brought to trial (though they are working on that now). Even if they are, they will only be charged with crimes against humanity, and not genocide. Pol Pot died under house arrest in 1998. There are some former KR’s in the government today. Most however, were a part of the movement to bring down Pol Pot; including the current Prime Minister, Hun Sen, who was placed into power by the Vietnamese after they invaded. The turbulent history of Cambodia does not end here. There was an attempted coupe in 1994, and another more successful one in 1997. The KR have been officially under control and no longer a threat since 1999.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-44405636642654763832007-07-06T22:00:00.000-04:002007-07-20T00:40:00.776-04:00"Everywhere I go, damn there I am."-- "Fired"--Ben FoldsBut I guess that’s to be expected… I mean… what kind of person does it take to take off and go work in Cambodia at some Human Rights NGO… basically travel junkie lawyers. And somehow we always seem to migrate towards each other at functions… you just meet a bunch of people, get to talking and drinking, about an hour or so later you find out that their another bunch of lawyers. Seriously… their everywhere… but the real kicker is how lawless this place is for having so many lawyers.<br /><br />Before I get into that though… I should take care of Robin update type of things… as I don’t think I’ve done that at all on this thing. I’m doing pretty well and more or less seem to have found my nitch here. I’ve joined a gym. I’m taking khmer lessons. And I’m borrowing a bike… which is the most absolutely terrifying thing I think I’ve done yet… but I can’t keep paying moto drivers to get places… they like to rip off westerners… especially girls. I’ve realized that biking in the morning isn’t just something to jumpstart my metabolism… it jumpstarts a full on adrenalin rush. Walking isn’t an option here. Sidewalks are used as parking lots for motos and hawker stalls. There isn’t anything as far as McDonalds or 7-11’s are concerned… but we do have “Lucky Market”. Which has fabulous things such as skippy peanut butter, Philadelphia cream cheese, post blueberry morning cereal, and Crispex. Meaning I’m the only westerner who doesn’t eat all three of my meals out every day.<br /><br />My apartment is fricken awesome. As usual, I’m living on the third floor… this time of what I can only describe as a mansion. Its French style, with huge rooms and ceilings. I have a decent kitchen… no oven, just two burners that have for settings… huge flame, and oh sweet jebus its going to burn the house down flames. And then there’s a little grey refrigerator that I’m taller than. One thing I haven’t gotten used to is the idea of taking my shoes off every time I come in… I mean… I have all marble floors, (which I’ve almost killed myself on more than once when wet), so any dirt comes up easy. But I’m learning… expect me to enforce shoelessness when I return. The next room you come to is kinda a bathroom… I mean it has a sink… and a shower… or rather a European shower head… and a drain in the middle of the floor… and there’s a washer (no dryer… but its not really necessary here)… and… now here’s the kicker… a squat pot!!! Moving on from here we get to my living room… which is even bigger than my Pittsburgh one… we could so have a 4 person wii tournament in here. There are 6 light switches… for about a bazillion different lights in my ceiling. The next room is my bedroom… It’s the only room in the house with air conditioning…. Which I don’t really use except for sleeping… and then there’s the private (as in you have to go through my bedroom to get to it) bathroom… which could be comparable to the size of dan’s bathroom. It has an actual bathtub…and a regular toilet… and a ridiculously beautiful door. I also have a spare bedroom (should anyone decide they have a compulsive need to come out to Cambodia). Then there’s my balcony/terrace… it has two couches and a couple of chairs, and a hammock… basically its ridiculous. And its all for… get ready for this… $230 a month…. Yeah… be jealous…<br /><br />Oh, and then to top it all off… I have a maid. She even does dishes (not laundry though… which is good, I hate people touching my laundry)… only thing is she keeps doing weird things…. Actually she’s been making my life kinda frustrating. There’s small things like… she moves all the furniture to one side… and then doesn’t move it back (oh yeah, its fully furnished b/c I’m subletting from my internship coordinator’s friend) or she likes to put all my stuff in with all the owners stuff, (necklaces, hair ties, watches and other little things) but I could deal with that. But then she keeps throwing away my contact cases… which you only bring so many of those along with you… I’m now borrowing a case from my friend Rocky. And she broke my shower head… which really is bad… I don’t know if I can fix it… so I’ve basically been showering using a hose… and then she took the shoe rack and all the shoes and put them outside on the terrace… of course it rained… killing not just some of my shoes… but also the shoes of the girl that lives there. I’m never there when she comes, and she doesn’t speak any English… so I’m getting my khmer teacher to write me a note addressing everything.<br /><br />You might be asking why I even need a maid… well that’s b/c its really really really dirty here. For instance here are some pictures of the sunset…<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA73w1ENrI/AAAAAAAAAeM/E-_dx10q6EY/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Sunset2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089133408114980530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA73w1ENrI/AAAAAAAAAeM/E-_dx10q6EY/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Sunset2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA73A1ENqI/AAAAAAAAAeE/Dyc_nrUNllE/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+sunset.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089133395230078626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA73A1ENqI/AAAAAAAAAeE/Dyc_nrUNllE/s320/Phnom+Penh--+sunset.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA72g1ENpI/AAAAAAAAAd8/fATcsbV0duI/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Sunset+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089133386640144018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA72g1ENpI/AAAAAAAAAd8/fATcsbV0duI/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Sunset+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA71Q1ENoI/AAAAAAAAAd0/YC4rf3RHx1s/s1600-h/Phnom+Penh--+Pollution.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089133365165307522" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA71Q1ENoI/AAAAAAAAAd0/YC4rf3RHx1s/s320/Phnom+Penh--+Pollution.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA8hQ1ENsI/AAAAAAAAAeU/NlknsumX-Pg/s1600-h/phnom+penh--+pollution+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089134121079551682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RqA8hQ1ENsI/AAAAAAAAAeU/NlknsumX-Pg/s320/phnom+penh--+pollution+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Some are taken without flash… and they look nice… but then I took some with the flash… from outside… same spot… the flash actually reflected off of the dust dirt, grime and pollution… How ridiculously crazy is that?<br /><br />I don’t exactly live in the most happening place in town… but the place is really just too good and cheap to leave. But I do live down the street from Toul Sleng (you’ll read a lot more about it in my next post). Basically a lot of people died there, and no one hangs around my area at night b/c they think its haunted. I haven’t actually had any issues concerning hauntedness or ghosts… But there is something of an odor that’s throughout phnom penh that I would classify as the smell of death… its hard to explain… but if you ever smelled it you would know what I’m talking about.<br /><br />My work is interesting… not much that I’ll post about, but it is interesting… My office is kinda dark, not a lot of people speak English… but my boss is American and seems pretty chill. And I work across the street from Wat Langka… which is pretty incredible looking… It kinda takes your breath away every time you climb the steps… oh yeah, I’ve got used to building kinda being outside…. Like the steps are outside, or you’ll be walking through the hall and suddenly there’s no wall or ceiling on one side… it takes some getting used to… but works.<br /><br />They use a civil law system here which is a bit of a pain in the butt… things like they don’t use precedent kind of blows my mind… and you have to be careful if you are a defense lawyer filing a motion against a judge or prosecutor b/c they may bring criminal charges against you for defamation…<br /><br />So I think that’s a decent update for now…<br />Cheers,<br />-robs<br /><br />I'll throw up pics a little laterrobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-89832502062397616922007-07-01T22:28:00.001-04:002007-07-01T22:30:19.306-04:00"A picture says a thousand words..."And I've finally got some up and posted. So go back to my May posts and start checking out the pictures. Its a long and time consuming process so don't expect everything to be up at once! Especially b/c I'm uploading during my downtime and lunch break. Hope you all enjoy!<br />-Robsrobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-4540947958186087882007-06-27T02:56:00.000-04:002007-06-27T03:04:06.269-04:00"The Devil wears Prada."This is how a public interest lawyer loses their soul. Send them to Singapore for a week.<br /><br />Ok, it takes a little more than that. Send them to Singapore for a week of classes with other lawyers, listening to stories about how women are chosen at firms based solely on looks. Also have them travel around w/ british lawyers, who have about 2 cents worth of brains, and I would love to meet in a courtroom, but have already worked for Reed Smith and DLA Piper. That alone was really just enough to bash your head in. <br /><br />But here, in Singapore you are surrounded by the concept of what perfection and professionals should be. Its like LA for Lawyers. To really make it you need your Gucci shoes, Prada Jacket, and Louie Vitton Bag. Its beyond intimidating to see everyone in their designer suits w/ perfect hair and make-up all the time. Big shot corporate lawyers driving around in their Ferraris... yes... Ferraris, and lots of them. <br /><br />And then there's you... the one that can't really afford to shop in the big name stores, but just sits and whatches them walking by. And it was fine all week, until you get to the Singapore airport where they throw in every high end shop on the planet plus jewlary shops galore... and basically it comes down to greed. I think i'm going to take a corporate law class next year. Thank goodness the internet was free.robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-7920147858129513252007-06-26T22:23:00.000-04:002007-08-26T15:46:41.115-04:00"I saw the sign, and it opened up my eyes, I saw the sign."-- "The Sign", Ace of Base<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHYcxLIuOI/AAAAAAAABXc/RHp22HI1aXg/s1600-h/Singapore--+Tiger+cap.JPG">Signs in Singapore are a riot… The best one is the first one I saw, but I missed the opportunity to take a picture… it was a sign in the metro that talked about how old people should not use escalators… they should use elevators… there were even pictures of people holding on to the elderly while riding escalators… It was friggen hysterical But so are some of these other signs… </a><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHYdRLIuPI/AAAAAAAABXk/xYoO0DSy5Ys/s1600-h/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+crazy+pic+at+the+train+station.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103097850125400306" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHYdRLIuPI/AAAAAAAABXk/xYoO0DSy5Ys/s320/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+crazy+pic+at+the+train+station.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHX9hLIuJI/AAAAAAAABW0/t1u3pOfPpPc/s1600-h/Singapore--+Don%27t+squat+on+the+pot.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103097304664553618" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHX9hLIuJI/AAAAAAAABW0/t1u3pOfPpPc/s320/Singapore--+Don%27t+squat+on+the+pot.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHX-BLIuKI/AAAAAAAABW8/yx4EH3RlXD4/s1600-h/Singapore--+fully+sold.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103097313254488226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHX-BLIuKI/AAAAAAAABW8/yx4EH3RlXD4/s320/Singapore--+fully+sold.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103097841535465698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHYcxLIuOI/AAAAAAAABXc/RHp22HI1aXg/s320/Singapore--+Tiger+cap.JPG" border="0" /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHX-RLIuLI/AAAAAAAABXE/ncTtnrIEclY/s1600-h/Singapore--+get+lucky.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103097317549455538" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHX-RLIuLI/AAAAAAAABXE/ncTtnrIEclY/s320/Singapore--+get+lucky.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHX-xLIuMI/AAAAAAAABXM/8kV_sywibDQ/s1600-h/Singapore--+more+signs.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103097326139390146" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHX-xLIuMI/AAAAAAAABXM/8kV_sywibDQ/s320/Singapore--+more+signs.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHX_BLIuNI/AAAAAAAABXU/9MoTiR9oh1Q/s1600-h/Singapore--+No+Durians.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103097330434357458" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHX_BLIuNI/AAAAAAAABXU/9MoTiR9oh1Q/s320/Singapore--+No+Durians.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br />I guess I should explain about the durians…. Durians are a fruit… they are considered a delicacy here in SE Asia… However… the Smell of rotting meat… and from what I hear, tastes pretty fowl as well… In general, westerners just don’t like it. But the smell gets into everything… and lingers more or less permanently… so they are unwelcome in most indoor places. </div></div>robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-59549025803531376752007-06-26T15:17:00.000-04:002007-08-26T15:40:03.342-04:00"This is screaming, this is screaming photo-op!" -- "Time to Dance", Panic! At the DiscoOne of the more peculiar things about Singapore is how fake it is… Now I mean this in the most admirable way. It’s a lot like an urban planning major’s project. Everything is just a little too well put together… and this culminates in a truly tourist resort, Sentosa Island. Going here is like going to Disney world without the rides. Unfortunately I did not get to take as much advantage of this place as I had wanted to, but we did go out here for some great burgers and drinks one night.<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHTYRLIt9I/AAAAAAAABVU/ETk2vXtJwng/s1600-h/Singapore--+on+the+way+to+Sentosa+Island+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103092266667915218" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHTYRLIt9I/AAAAAAAABVU/ETk2vXtJwng/s320/Singapore--+on+the+way+to+Sentosa+Island+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHTXxLIt8I/AAAAAAAABVM/1H1nwyS7_hk/s1600-h/Singapore--+on+the+way+to+Sentosa+Island+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103092258077980610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHTXxLIt8I/AAAAAAAABVM/1H1nwyS7_hk/s320/Singapore--+on+the+way+to+Sentosa+Island+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHTXRLIt7I/AAAAAAAABVE/wpmqCehVODs/s1600-h/Singapore--+on+the+way+to+Sentosa+Island.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103092249488046002" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHTXRLIt7I/AAAAAAAABVE/wpmqCehVODs/s320/Singapore--+on+the+way+to+Sentosa+Island.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />First, there are some great views of the city that I took while riding the monorail to the island… (yes, it really is so much like Disney land that it has a monorail… it also has a sky lift too, just like Bush Gardens).<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHVARLIuHI/AAAAAAAABWk/iuGIAo2Jkrg/s1600-h/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+Yvanna,+Rocky,+Marie,+Matt,+Ari.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103094053374310514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHVARLIuHI/AAAAAAAABWk/iuGIAo2Jkrg/s320/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+Yvanna,+Rocky,+Marie,+Matt,+Ari.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This here is my law student crew, Yvanna, Rocky, Marie, Matt, and Arie.<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHUNhLIuCI/AAAAAAAABV8/9Dc_oV2U1Bw/s1600-h/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+Central+beach+3.JPG"></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHUMxLIuAI/AAAAAAAABVs/6TDzSGsNWPk/s1600-h/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+Central+beach.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103093168611047426" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHUMxLIuAI/AAAAAAAABVs/6TDzSGsNWPk/s320/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+Central+beach.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We wandered along the picturesque Central Beach<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHUNRLIuBI/AAAAAAAABV0/Hj27VSCJLFA/s1600-h/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+central+beach+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103093177200982034" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHUNRLIuBI/AAAAAAAABV0/Hj27VSCJLFA/s320/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+central+beach+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />But the scenery is ruined by the millions of cargo ships.<br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHUOBLIuDI/AAAAAAAABWE/uJ5IYem7WRs/s1600-h/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+crazy+club.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103093190085883954" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHUOBLIuDI/AAAAAAAABWE/uJ5IYem7WRs/s320/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+crazy+club.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />They had some crazy little night clubs set up all along the beach that were perfectly set up and designed… much like everything else here.<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHU_RLIuFI/AAAAAAAABWU/Lhx9hmKjmx8/s1600-h/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+lit+up+palm+trees.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103094036194441298" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHU_RLIuFI/AAAAAAAABWU/Lhx9hmKjmx8/s320/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+lit+up+palm+trees.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHU-xLIuEI/AAAAAAAABWM/Tqb5F7ffzyg/s1600-h/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+green+palm+trees.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103094027604506690" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHU-xLIuEI/AAAAAAAABWM/Tqb5F7ffzyg/s320/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+green+palm+trees.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I think lit up palm trees are fun.<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHU_hLIuGI/AAAAAAAABWc/meWwBDxia14/s1600-h/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+Yvanna+ice+cream.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103094040489408610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHU_hLIuGI/AAAAAAAABWc/meWwBDxia14/s320/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+Yvanna+ice+cream.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Yvanna eating ice cream.<br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHUMBLIt_I/AAAAAAAABVk/BhGSqiWX_4w/s1600-h/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+Ari+and+Kevin.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103093155726145522" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHUMBLIt_I/AAAAAAAABVk/BhGSqiWX_4w/s320/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+Ari+and+Kevin.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Arie serving drinks.<br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHTYxLIt-I/AAAAAAAABVc/lqs8KHE-Wq0/s1600-h/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+all+the+boats.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103092275257849826" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHTYxLIt-I/AAAAAAAABVc/lqs8KHE-Wq0/s320/Singapore--+Sentosa+Island--+all+the+boats.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />All the cargo boats lit up at night.<br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHTWxLIt6I/AAAAAAAABU8/r0IM8R8BCPY/s1600-h/Singapore--+Andy%27s+friend+Kevin.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103092240898111394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHTWxLIt6I/AAAAAAAABU8/r0IM8R8BCPY/s320/Singapore--+Andy%27s+friend+Kevin.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />A little later that night we moved on to Little India. This here is Andy’s friend Kevin who was working in Indonesia, but needed to make a visa run, so he met up with us on Sentosa… I have no idea what he was doing a this point… but it sure makes a funny picture.<br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHVBBLIuII/AAAAAAAABWs/O3K0GcGlp0M/s1600-h/Singapore--+Yvanna,+Kevin,+and+Ari.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103094066259212418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHVBBLIuII/AAAAAAAABWs/O3K0GcGlp0M/s320/Singapore--+Yvanna,+Kevin,+and+Ari.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here we have Kevin and Arie trying to do the Asian squat… basically Asians sit like this all the time… I don’t understand how it doesn’t kill their knees… oh and Yvanna’s posing in the background.robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566452516901893648.post-64045376477591642102007-06-25T08:59:00.000-04:002007-08-26T15:16:33.707-04:00"Its fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A"-- "The YMCA", Village PeopleWell since I have some extra time on my hands, I figured I might as well do an actual posting for the first time in a while, instead of just some randomness.I am currently in Singapore, staying at... the YMCA. Oh and unlike what the song says, this is not the place to stay if you are, "short on your dough." But its the nicest place I've been in over a month. It has A/C, no bed bugs, in fact no bugs of any kind, decent food, and the most exciting thing on the planet, a shower w/ a shower door. I've gotten all too acustomed to bathrooms where there's just a drain on the floor in the corner and the shower head usually pointing whereever you think you should put your towel and clothes.<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHPfRLItwI/AAAAAAAABTs/ARATtXRDYmk/s1600-h/Singapore--+Picture+in+my+room.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103087988880488194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHPfRLItwI/AAAAAAAABTs/ARATtXRDYmk/s320/Singapore--+Picture+in+my+room.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHQlBLIt5I/AAAAAAAABU0/s65-IkTFPKk/s1600-h/Singapore--+words+from+god.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103089187176363922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHQlBLIt5I/AAAAAAAABU0/s65-IkTFPKk/s320/Singapore--+words+from+god.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Though being surrounded by motivational christian phrases/pictures, the constant christian rock music, and the mass gatherings everyother day is a little bit on the bizarre side... reminds me a bit of the few times i went to Young Life.<br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHPgBLItyI/AAAAAAAABT8/oMsuyTwHXq8/s1600-h/Singapore--+view+from+my+window+1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103088001765390114" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHPgBLItyI/AAAAAAAABT8/oMsuyTwHXq8/s320/Singapore--+view+from+my+window+1.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHQMBLIt3I/AAAAAAAABUk/oyBqaTyXDKY/s1600-h/Singapore--+view+from+my+window+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103088757679634290" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHQMBLIt3I/AAAAAAAABUk/oyBqaTyXDKY/s320/Singapore--+view+from+my+window+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHQLRLIt2I/AAAAAAAABUc/paZBVQtmEt8/s1600-h/Singapore--+view+from+my+window+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103088744794732386" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHQLRLIt2I/AAAAAAAABUc/paZBVQtmEt8/s320/Singapore--+view+from+my+window+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHQkhLIt4I/AAAAAAAABUs/DMkV9kYLpBo/s1600-h/Singapore--+view+from+my+window+at+night.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103089178586429314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHQkhLIt4I/AAAAAAAABUs/DMkV9kYLpBo/s320/Singapore--+view+from+my+window+at+night.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><div><br /><div>This here is the View from my room…<br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHQKBLIt0I/AAAAAAAABUM/Wio6kIIpZHM/s1600-h/DSCF3109.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103088723319895874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHQKBLIt0I/AAAAAAAABUM/Wio6kIIpZHM/s320/DSCF3109.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHQKhLIt1I/AAAAAAAABUU/IgGZM7vchxg/s1600-h/DSCF3110.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103088731909830482" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHQKhLIt1I/AAAAAAAABUU/IgGZM7vchxg/s320/DSCF3110.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHQJRLItzI/AAAAAAAABUE/4PWfpYnfxhk/s1600-h/DSCF3108.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103088710434993970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHQJRLItzI/AAAAAAAABUE/4PWfpYnfxhk/s320/DSCF3108.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And this is the building next door… had trouble getting a great picture here… </div><br /><br /><div>Singapore is like a giant mall with roads running through it. Even the Supreme Court building has shops and "mall stuff" inside it... in fact even the hospital is set up like a mall and has a full chain-store drug store in it. Its kinda bizarre. And its more or less the same shops in each building... with just slightly different styles of stuff. And its all name brand shops... Gucci, Louie Vitton, etc. Lucky for my wallet very few things fit me as they are all made for little Asian women. Though I have been very tempted to go accessorizing, especially because its mid-year, meaning the great Singapore Sale is on. I don't really see whats so great about it, everything still seems pretty pricey.There are also tons of spa and massage places around. Especially reflexology places. I think that people here get things like that done the way they get hair cuts. Its just something you do once a month to keep happy and balanced or whatever.<br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHNyBLItrI/AAAAAAAABTE/tMji50oRk5I/s1600-h/Singapore--+Long+straight+hair.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103086111979779762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHNyBLItrI/AAAAAAAABTE/tMji50oRk5I/s320/Singapore--+Long+straight+hair.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHPexLItvI/AAAAAAAABTk/V6KxWVGCpXE/s1600-h/Singapore--+Peidcure+1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103087980290553586" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHPexLItvI/AAAAAAAABTk/V6KxWVGCpXE/s320/Singapore--+Peidcure+1.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHPehLItuI/AAAAAAAABTc/G9xVL6t2x5M/s1600-h/Singapore--+Pedicure2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103087975995586274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHPehLItuI/AAAAAAAABTc/G9xVL6t2x5M/s320/Singapore--+Pedicure2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I took advantage of the abundance of cheap fancy hairstylists, and yes, I got a really cute manicure. </div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHNxxLItqI/AAAAAAAABS8/StG-__iMNbA/s1600-h/Singapore--+Last+view+of+the+city.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103086107684812450" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHNxxLItqI/AAAAAAAABS8/StG-__iMNbA/s320/Singapore--+Last+view+of+the+city.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHNxhLItpI/AAAAAAAABS0/TP8rCdwwXd8/s1600-h/Singapore--+a+bit+of+skyline.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103086103389845138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHNxhLItpI/AAAAAAAABS0/TP8rCdwwXd8/s320/Singapore--+a+bit+of+skyline.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />It has tons of sky scrapers and lots of fun night clubs and bars that have crazy themes, like “the clinic” where they serve drinks from iv bags, or they show dirty jokes on tv screens.<br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHNyxLIttI/AAAAAAAABTU/0nMUPUA7EJM/s1600-h/Singapore--+not+enough+fans.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103086124864681682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHNyxLIttI/AAAAAAAABTU/0nMUPUA7EJM/s320/Singapore--+not+enough+fans.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And then there was this pretty cool street full of fans.<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHNyRLItsI/AAAAAAAABTM/HGJn5wcjinw/s1600-h/Singapore--+Mosque.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103086116274747074" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHNyRLItsI/AAAAAAAABTM/HGJn5wcjinw/s320/Singapore--+Mosque.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />There’s also a lot of cool cultural centers… Little India was awesome, and definitely promotes me wanting to visit India, and there was also the muslim district with awesome architecture and surprisingly chill bars and places to hang out. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br />I've finished up my whole one week of class here, Comparative Legal Systems of South East Asia. Which for many of you out there would probably make you want to poke your eye out, but its really right up my ally... except that it repeated a lot of stuff that I learned in Comparative Governments of SE Asia, way back when I was Sophmore. The law kids are really great, and I get on w/ them really well, kinda sad we had a week together. But two of them will be in Cambodia w/ me which should be good. Its nice to be back around a bunch of Americans again... or maybe its nice to be back around people my own age.We got to check out the district attorneys office and the Supreme Court. </div><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHPfhLItxI/AAAAAAAABT0/bbV0vByjVpw/s1600-h/Singapore--+the+boys.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103087993175455506" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6RPrrKB5ZG0/RtHPfhLItxI/AAAAAAAABT0/bbV0vByjVpw/s320/Singapore--+the+boys.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>This here are a few of our boys looking sharp… Ari, Dave, Matt, and Rocky.<br /><br />Unfortunately the past few days haven't been particularly great. I managed to get some sort of bacterial infection, and have basically been in bed since friday. So rather than heading out to Cambodia yesterday, I opted to stay in a place w/one of the best healthcare systems in the world, rather than go to one with one of the worst systems. So on Wed. I'll be heading out to Cambodia, and starting my internship on Thursday. Oh, and i'm doing better now; fever finally broke and I'm more or less eating solid food again... and lots of anti-biotics... Yay!<br /><br />The running joke with my friends is my reaction to being ill… we were about to have lunch at the Supreme Court and I just decide that I need to leave… And for whatever reason I turn to Matt and go, “so hey, if you guys go out drinking tonight let me know”… This made my exit seem exceedingly shady… In my defense, I had figured that I just had a migraine and I would be fine in a few hours… few hours later, wasn’t really better, had started running a fever and things… but was definitely way out of it enough to claim I was feeling better… next day I ended up worse, headed to the clinic… had about a 104 degree fever… didn’t move for next few days.So hopefully next time I post, I will be in Cambodia, and it should be with pictures!Hope you all are well,Feel free to drop me some e-mails or comments or whatever, I'd love to hear from ya's!</div></div></div>robshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225162527623813932noreply@blogger.com1