noodle quest 2006

yesterday we woke up early determined to leave our hotel. it was sincerely starting to look like a brothel (dirty clothes everywhere, filthy bathroom), and yes, we would know what this would look like, read on. we went to two different post offices in the morning trying to sea mail our russian market purchases home to no avail- the sea mail office won’t be open until monday. then we went back to the hotel, packed up, and decided to move to the super qaint “okay guesthouse.” we told them we would be back later with our stuff and they said “okay.” then we met up with vanny for lunch. vanny is a supremely deliciously sweet teen (haha, he is 19) who lives with the monks at a wat (temple) near the river. we walked to the vegetarian restaurant where we met Sroo the other day and had a nice light lunch. then the three of us went to the war museum, S21, the former high school, then pol pot torture prison, and now museum. more on this later.

after we went to friends we droev around with a tuktuk friend of ours for a hiwl checking out different places to read our books but decided in the end to go home to read and sleep. the following market we went back to the russian market and contributed immense capital to the cambodian economy. we came home and layed out our wares and felt glad that we were almost done shopping for family and friends. then we went to an early dinner at a restauarnt called the boddhi tree where we ate some very delicious, hearty vegitarean sandwhices and salads. jess made me try her olives and i didn’t hate them, which is a very new development for me. then we came home for a minute and i almost passed out but somehow regained the stregnth to get dressed up and party in pnom penh. [read on]

yesterday after the internet we came to the riversie to visit this crew of little kids we met a few days ago and have been playing with. there are about 15 of them between 7 and 16. so ... [Continue reading this entry]