Unlike my morning of vomiting on a boat and paying too much money to take a nap, my bus ride turned it all around. I got picked up in a van and then taken to a bus, which took us to a bus. They assigned me a seat next to a British guy, and we started talking. His name is Aaron, he's traveling for a while, he's an artist who makes really cool things, and I told him he should start selling notebooks. We spent the beginning of the ride chatting and showing each other pictures of our dogs and making fun of the dramatic Cambodian music videos playing in the front of the bus. Then, out of nowhere, they started playing Apocalypto. Which is super appropriate for a bus. I asked Aaron, “what does the
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