Well, we're here and safe in Cambodia. The adventure started when we walked though the gate in Bangkok only to find a bus waiting for us. We made several jokes about driving to Siem Reap while the bus wound across the tarmac, stopping finally in front of a turbo-prop. Wow! I think the last time I was in one of those I was still in high school. Anyway, here's a picture of it for y'all:
I found out our hotel had a service that would whisk you through all the visa insanity that results in coming here and on an impulse did it. Boy was that a plan. Not only did we save at least an hour, but we got tons of funny looks from people wondering who the clunky Americans were who were whisked through by enough handlers to make up a small secret service. One of them was kind enough to take our picture under a Cambodia poster to freak out my dad because I'm that kind of daughter.
We're here. We have but one day, and it's raining the kind of downpour that I haven't seen since Florida. Hopefully it will stop by 5AM (ow) when we hit the temples. But ya know, mai pen rai. It's all good.
Love the "Finding Nemo" plane and the pic of you two. Keep it coming this is fun.Love Mom
Posted by: Mom | July 01, 2009 at 03:50 PM