ok, officially Officially, there are no traffic rules in Cambodia...it is truly a free for all. We arrived in Pnomh Penh today, and wandering around near the central market is pretty much an extreme sport. There's nothing you can do aside from wait until there isn't any immediate traffic coming one direction, don't even look the other way, hold your breath, say a prayer, and move quickly, mmm...nimbly :) And as for death-defying forms of transportation, I used a rickshaw type taxi guy today...its different from a regular rickshaw in that you sit in front while the guy rides a bicycle behind you...leaving you feeling very vulnerable driving head on into insane traffic.


While we're on the topic of "death-defying" ... yesterday James and I visited the temples of Angkor. They were unbelievable, so beautiful and majestic, i can't describe the immensity of these ruins, and i'm sure the (loads of) pictures i took won't do them justice. We managed to climb the temple on the mountain for sunset the night before, and then again for sunrise yesterday. As for why a day of looking at temple ruins was death-defying?....whoever designed these things decided they would have STEEP and NARROW staircases, in the extreme. We clamboured around all day without too many problems, and left the biggest temple (Angkor Wat) until the end...going up to the highest point is a bit scary, but it isn't until you're up there, and realise that you have to figure out how to get down...that your knees start to give out a bit :) James and I joined in line with Japanese tourists and monks at the only stairway with anything resembling a railing...felt more like a thread in my sweaty palms, and manouevered our way down bit by bit. A wonderfully exhausting day. So great to be there and try to imagine what the whole kingdom of Angkor(size of New York city, with about 2 millon people i believe) must have been like in its original glorious state.

Ok, that's all for now...time to find food and get to bed for an early morning of visiting Genocide museums and Killing Fields (the fun part of the trip, i know ;) ). I'm actually really looking forward to it, and want to compare it with what I remember from being at the Holocaust Death Camps in Europe when i was little.
It'll be a big day.


Much love to everyone
sun