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Ahhh...Back in Bangkok, where there is a 7-11 on every street, where there is air conditioned high speed internet places, where you can forget everything you saw in the past week because life in Bangkok just seems so normal now. The past few days in Cambodia were really super. I had a driver who's name was John. After taking me to a few run of the mill tourist places he invited me to go to the weekly Saturday kickboxing match with him. It was a brilliant day at the fights. I wasn't really looking forward to it after the so-so time I had in Thailnad, however this was different. For one thing, I wasn't segregated to the 'white's only' section like I was in Thailand. WHy? Because I was the only white person there. Also, the ... read more

Okay, I am having a much better day today. Mostly because I have studiously avoided the masses and kept to myself as much as possible. My sanity depended on it. After my blog yesterday I ran into a French couple that I had met in Siem Reap, and felt better when they expressed the same feelings I had about the poverty and beggers here. I am not the only one suffering from travellers guilt. Although it was a good day, it was far from happy this morning, as I visited the S-21 museum and the Killing Feilds today. The barbarity and cruelness of what happened there are inhuman, and I cannot imagine going through the pain, suffering, fear and torture that these people did. Tuol Sleng Museum Tuol Sleng Museum was formerly a Cambodian high school. ... read more

Today I cried for this country and it's hellish past full of war and famine, and it's future full of corruption and despair. I cried for the people of the country, doing everything they can to stay afloat. I cried for the little boy who was chased away from a food stall with a whip. He didn't cry or yell, just looked with old eyes upon us tourists, pleading silently for something to eat while purple welts formed on his arms and legs. I cried for the dog limping on three legs who was chased away as well, but even more violently. Not once did he bare his teeth or snarl, too tired and hungry to fight back. I cried for the amputees, innocent vicitms of landmines who are relegated to begging for a morsal at ... read more

Ah ha! I have succesfully made it a full 24 hours without once flashing myself to anyone! (That I didn't mean to, of course!). I knew I had it in me! Life in Cambodia is going along just marvelously. By the end of my time in Thailand I thought all I wanted to do was just go home. I felt it so bad actually that I contemplated forgoing Cambodia and flying home early. Turns out what I really wanted was to get out of Thailand and on my own again, because I don't ever want to go back home. Right now, anyways. It is so wonderful here. That is if you don't take into account all the poverty and sadness that you see everywhere you turn. Not including that, Cambodia is wonderful. Today I had yet ... read more

Have just come back from a ping pong show in Patpong. I would discuss more, but utterly not for public eyes and ears. A little bit disturbing. Went to another club on Khao San, but the group I am with really are a bunch of soft cocks. Merely 2am and they are ready for bed. Didn't even get a chance to get on the dance floor. Left them all and randomly went into another club by myself, playing the happy song. I wish I knew what the name of the happy song was, because I love it, and it's so happy. Tomorrow I am off to the weekend market to stock up on xmas preseants. Have only 6 mins left on the clock, so this has to be short and quick. Ping pong show was disturbing. ... read more

Okay, so the heat's not so bad when you are island hopping in a speed boat, with the wind in your hair and a beer in your hand. It's even quite lovely! We got into Krabi yesterday afternoon, for a free afternoon to explore the town. I didn't see much, though, as by this time my upset belly had turned into some really nasty runs. I didn't dare venture too far from the bathroom in the hotel lobby. Lucky for me, there is an eyeglass store literally right next door, and I was able to pick out a pair of glasses without feeling the need to shit my pants. (Nice, huh?) The good news is I got a really nice pair of glasses with high quality lenses for only about $150cdn. Normally it would have cost ... read more