sweeter cambodia

angkor is face-slappingly beautiful. this morning i took a little moto to watch the sun rise over angkor wat and then spent the day tooling about the ancient head of this asian empire. i got 8 hours of touring in between 5 am and 1 pm, and then i crashed. it was hard work, boy howdy! our cambodian ancestors must have had thighs of steel and really short, wide feet, judging from the steps up to all these temples. each step is about 1 foot high and about 4 inches wide. going up was painful and coming down was an adventure. i sweat through my whole t-shirt by 10 am, and still got asked to pose with people in their photos. whatever illusions of gwyneth paltrow-ness i may have had have now evaporated. obviously, they just want a foreigner. even a sweaty, stinky one. with frizzy hair. stupid monsoon.
i've got a pass good for two more days, so i'll be seeing the sites tomorrow and friday, too. but no more 5 am mornings. well, maybe on friday.
um, i can't seem to figure out the computer here, so i'm going to pass on posting more photos for now. i'll post more this weekend from bangkok maybe. i get free internet in my hostel, so may as well make good use of that. so looking forward to thailand where i will be not so much a tourist as a vegetable.