So glad to see my blog(s) up.. it is not easy to get time and space on the Internet. I slept like a log last night. It is hot here.. and now it is about 2pm in the afternoon and I am in the hotel lobby and it is 87. This morning it was back on the bus and off for an long long ride in the dusty countryside for another ruin area. This area is actually older than Angkor... the detail was very different and the stone was lava and a red stone that can only be seen in the morning sun. There are kids everywhere.. who have all learned... only one dollar. There are bands that play at most area...and the members all are missing some part.. eye, leg, etc. from the mines. I think I will read the killing fields again with a new look. We did stop by the road and I put on my most uncaring look and concentrated on taking some pictures. They are boiling the palm for Palm sugar, stripping the Palm for thatching, braiding the palm to tied the cows which they use to blow the rice fields. 30% of the children do not go to school since the family has no money to pay for the transportation. There are folks selling "gasoline" in johnny walker bottles. the price of gas here is a dollar a liter... the average income is 60 dollars a month... so... life is not easy. Most of the folks that live in the jungle and even by the road are without electric. We have been pretty much in the bus and in the hotel but have seen a great deal of the area. Three days is a short time. If anyone plans to come this way.. learning more about Hindu, Buddha and animal worship would be very helpful. I just had a full body scrub for an hour and it cost me $25.. it was remarkable... We have a little pool at the hotel.. but I was interested in doing everything and seeing as much as I can. Oh vespa folks... I have seen very broken scooters (usually Honda) with a rider and a son and then mom sitting sideways with the baby on her back... then with stuff tied on the back and something in a basket... lordy lordy. There are many bikes... many scooters... and many motorcycles that put "rickshaw" type deals. You can rent a car and driver for $25 a day.
This morning I had a cheese omelet with fresh fruit, coffee, and baguettes... the french influence. Some of the folks are a little tired of it all .. and two did not go on the morning bus. This is the most tour group I have felt.. but I am not sure you could do anything else. Time for lunch... This is my last night with this group.. then tomorrow night... I will be on my own. I have good confidence going back to Bk ... one of the folks has a cell phone and calls often.. she lives in middlesex.. and said that it was 45 mile wind and cold... ugh... b.
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