We decided not to visit any more temples today with the exception of one specific one. We're all templed out.
Oh, I just remembered how, when crossing the Cambodian border, they took our temperatures with an ear thermometer without cleaning it in between people. Wonderful sanitation, Cambodia. Nice.
Today we kind of vegged out. Woke up after 7am for once! We hung out in our rooms more or less and watched TV. Napped between 1 and 3.
The last temple we visited was one from Lara Croft: Tomb Raidrt (or at least that's how our hotel spells it). It's got crazy old trees in it. It's beautiful, and probably was my favorite temple to visit. Then again, the temperature outside was a lot cooler than it was yesterday and it was the least crowded temple. Those factors may have influenced my view of it a little bit.
But really, there's 300-year-old trees EATING the temple, which is mostly collapsed. It was kind of eerie at times. Lots of photo opportunities.
After we rode back, we were going to get more terrible American food for dinner, but we encountered the other group of Canadians who pointed us in the direction of safer food. We ended up eating on what essentially turned out to be Tourist Row, but it was really good. It was called "Easy Speaking" and it was next to a bar called "Angkor What?" which I think is awesome.
I ate chicken amok, which is apparently traditionally Cambodian. It's chicken coconut curry and tasted very similar to what I made at home a few months ago. Cokes over here are so delicious. I think they're made with real sugar instead of corn syrup. Together, 2 meals and 3 beers (between us) cost $9.80. Pretty nice.
Then we walked around the Night Market. Ran into those Canadians again. We both bought lots of stuff there. We also got a Dr. fish foot massage thing. They have this tank of fish that you put your feet into and they eat the dead skin off of them! It's the weirdest thing. It feels like a cross between a cat licking your feet and prickles from when your foot falls asleep. We also met another Canadian there who is either married to or dating an Irishman.
It's 11pm now, pretty late for us to be going to sleep. So far my stomach's been on edge. Just not quite adjusted yet. I'm really only eating half-meals. My view of Cambodia has changed a little bit after today. I feel a lot better about it.
