in the royal palace in phnom penh
this guy has a pretty sweet pad, plus he's like partially "divine" (so he's got THAT going for him). the palace really was a pretty amazing complex. the national museum was pretty but small and uneventful. the toul sleng genocide museum was very interesting. pol pot took a school and turned it into a place to detain, torture and kill his enemies. they display mugshots of many of the victims and have the devices that were used next to pictures of them in use. it was hard to believe that happened in my lifetime (and also that pol pot himself lived in exile until he died of natural causes in 1998). i'm not feeling good today, so i'm going comfort food with a hamburger right now. so, i'm gonna run, but first one observation, no make it two. the "naked baby" quotient is exponentially higher here than in vietnam. u cant walk 20 feet without seeing somebody toting a naked kid. second, i saw 1 "vietnamese person peeing in public" instances in ten days there (but it was a heck of an instance as it was an old lady squatting to pee in the middle of a busy street). in less than 24 hours in cambodia, i have seen about 20 cambodians peeing – on the street, on trees, in alleys, on signs. this country is like mardi gras.
