as cambodia flies by my window
i'm currently in a car with a guy from germany (sebastian) and a girl from malaga (esther) who i met on the bus from saigon. they're here on holiday from classes in australia. all of the non-asians from the bus got together for dinner and drinks last night and the three of us decided to eschew public transportation and get a car to take us to siem reap. that leaves us where we are now. we were late leaving and then the driver got a phone call (ostensibly from his wife) and his rate of speed picked up dramatically. we're doing 70 miles an hour. i know in america that's not fast, but in cambodia it feels like we're weaving our way across the forest moon of endoor. so, if all goes well, i'll still be in siem reap by 8:30. btw, the guy got his back seat re-upholstered and didn't do cutouts for the seatbelts so they're trapped behind his rich corinthian pleather. for this reason i have a seatbelt wrapped around me like an anaconda right now. i'm not sure if i'm doing myself any favors with that.
oh, and we just stopped and met his family. his mom kept speaking to us even though we obviously don't know a word of khmer. they seemed nice though and they did (of course) have the requisite naked baby that they wanted us to see. til next time…..
