Today, Darith, our guide, wished me a Happy Thanksgiving. I'd completely forgotten about it. Quite naturally so, as we're so busy that I barely have time to think about anything else but temples, vishnus, shivas, etc. To all of you out there who celebrate this American holiday, Happy Thanksgiving to you, too! Thanks so much for the interesting comments. Nancy, before I left Paris, a friend gave me the book "The Gate" in French and I'm reading it in the evenings. It's very interesting, but hard going. And Betty, yes, Cambodia is definitely worth visiting, and you can have easy access to NGO's. Apparently, the government here really counts on them, which in a way isn't good (because there's rampant corruption at top levels here), but if it's sustainable help, the Cambodian people certainly need it.
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