#11 - Cambodia..Who knew?? AND

#11 - Cambodia..Who knew?? AND - belated WTF #1

We are having a fantastic time here in Cambodia.

I am staying at a hi-style retro-mid-50s boutique hotel. ( https://viroth-hotel.com/)

I have had the best restaurant meal of the trip - better even than Nahm in Bangkok, and for $27 per person....All the food has been fantastic, the people just as warm and welcoming as in Laos, and the weather has turned - but be careful what you wish for, because I wanted it warmer, and the last two days here have been in the 90s, and very humid - like 85% humid. You just have to surrender to the humidity and not care that you are dripping water all over your body.

Steve & Sok....Sok surprised me with a beer for a hot day

But Sok, our driver, always has almost-

frozen washcloths ready to hand us every time we return to the car, rolled up really tight just like a spring roll, smelling like mint or eucalyptus , and it just might be the most refreshing thing ever created ....Marci already has decided these will be standard issue at our house in Santa Fe for guests.

We have toured 5 Cambodian temples over these last 2 days, including Angkor Wat - one of the 7 wonders of the modern world.....I will not be attempting to share this history; go google it yourself if you are unfamiliar with this site. I will be posting soon a mess of pictures of these temples, as they are a photographers dream. For today, just one of us at Angkor Wat -

Almost 900 year old Angkor Wat temple.....how was this constructed..???

NEW CONTEST *****WTF #1

For those new to the blog, I run a contest when I don’t feel like writing, or have no time to do it.....I post a photo of something I think is weird or unusual, and there is a prize for the first correct answer.....you are only allowed one guess per game (looking at you, KP...), and first is decided by the time stamp on your email.

RESPOND TO MY EMAIL ADDRESS: sjs123sjs@gmail.com

Prize for WTF #1 is a bottle of Cambodian rice wine.

OK - here goes...the clue is this picture below, something seen in Cambodia:

Good Luck!

PS - when we are traveling away this long we always like to get personal messages...it makes us think you haven’t forgotten all about us....

Steve...sjs123sjs@gmail.com

Marci.....mac.schwartz@gmail.com

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