So Cayla finally arrived in Cambodia yesterday (Sat) and found Whitney lounging around the pool. Later that night the Kroll family and honorary family member Cayla went to Ankor Wat and hiked up to Bekeng to watch the sunset. It was fun besides the fact that there were 100 tourist trying to climb up the most narrow and steep stairs we've ever been on. After that we had Cayla's first typical Khmer meal which was lots of rice and then curries, fish and some other goods.Yumm.
Today (Sunday) we woke up super early and headed to Beng Malea which was about an hour away from Siem Reap. It was a really cool ruin to see. There weren't many tourists and we hired a local to take us climbing through all the different parts of the temple but Susan proved to be a much better guide. She explained that land mines had only been removed two years prior and vigilently made sure we watched our heads while ducking through door ways. She also hung on a branch pretending to be a monkey. Enough said.
On the way back to town, we found out that our driver, Mr. Lorri, parents were killed in the Khmer Rouge genocide back in the 70s. It's crazy when you look around at all the people here you rarely see anyone over the age of 40. We did however see an old lady on the back of a motorcycle with her IV attached to a branch hopefully heading towards a nearby hospital. We decided poverty can make you pretty inventive and resourceful.
We spent the afternoon taking advantage of our last nice hotel experience, pool included, before Ed and Sue left and we had to hit up the dingy hostels. After a long hard day we went back into town and had dinner on Sue's last night. After copious amounts of food and a few margaritas we were all feeling a little tipsy....especially Sue who hit herself in the face. How you ask? There is no explanation but it was by far the highlight of the day.
It was fun getting a chance to drive out into more rural areas to see how the real Cambodian lifestyle is. Needless to say we're happy that we had electricity, running water, paved roads and food.
We miss everybody and will update you guys soon!
Ps- in case you didn't catch it our song of the day is Dog Days are Over!
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