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]

yes- you can actually have your very own cliche made just for you. i saw a sign for it today. i also saw a sign outside of a restuarant that read; "we have to serve you a buffet." ... [Continue reading this entry]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! it has been so difficult to get online lately and i think i have to come to terms withthe fact that i will probably not be able to post any pictures until bangkok. i have tried to upload ... [Continue reading this entry]

getting on a bus to cambodia... now!

i am so tired right now that every moving thing i see is appearing in short still flashes that make me shake my head and rub my eyes trying to understand. for the past 4 days me, jess, dani, ... [Continue reading this entry]

if paris is for lovers, mui ne is for chilling. last night we had a great bonfire on the beach with me, jess, dani, two guys from new zealand named mike and rob, a brit they have been traveling ... [Continue reading this entry]

Dalat was really cold. after boarding the bus in nah trang we arrived in dalat by about 1:30. some super know-it-all australians were on the minibus and we almost killed him although the man who was more annoying than ... [Continue reading this entry]

it is really early and i am feeling crabby. i am tired and dehydrated and unamused at the moment. yesterday we shipped our multiple kilo boxes out via seamail so all the first round of goodies shoul dbe ... [Continue reading this entry]