Amok

Had a very memorable time in Siem Reap and now am in Phohn Pehn. Took a 6 hour bus ride down from Siem Reap, pretty interesting as the bus started smelling like something was burning and we had to pull over a few times for the bus crew to take a look. I guess they fixed things, since we did not have to change buses and made it on that bus. Had a very memorable time in Cambodia and tomorrow we will head to Saigon/Ho Chi Mihn City in Vietnam via bus. Here is a summary of some of the things that really stick out of my head during our 6 day stay in Siem Reap:

• While taking pictures of monkeys at Angkor Wat, one of the monkies jumping on Josh's back. He then starts spinning around to get the monkey off and the mother monkey starts coming at Josh very angrily and making noises. The monkey falls off his back and Josh remains unharmed.
• Lim (out tuk tuk driver for the week), a real great guy that showed us the real local spots of Siem Reap and having us over for dinner with his family and friends. His parents were actually killed by the Pol Pot and Khemer Rogue. He was an orphan and showed a lot of resentment to the Cmabodia government.
• One of our tour guides of Angkor Wat recognizing Louie when him and I were walking back to the guesthouse in the middle of a road and then she and her friends cooking amok for us at her families house.
• Amok, an excellent cambodian fish curry dish!
• Going to shoot huge 60 gauge machine guns and uzi's. Josh and Louie actually shot the guns and now I resent not shooting it now.
• Hanging out with guys in training for the cambodian army while they were on break.
• Visiting a real cambodian market with NO other tourists in the whole market. Seeing live chickens put to death and then boiled to be de-feathered. That's real fresh chicken for you. The fish for the amok that was cooked for us was actually bought at the same market and I am praying I do not pay for this with another bout of pi** a**.
• Of course Angkor Wat. Simply amazing and I just wonder how it was built back in those days. Some of the steps to go up or not for the faint at heart. The architecture behind the temples is crazy.
• Getting my ears cleaned for a buck while Lou got his haircut and shaved. Some of the tools they used looked pretty crazy and actually kind of hurt at times.