Today I spent a few hours by myself at Angkor Wat while the others went to the genocide museum. It was great, I looked at all the Bas Reliefs that I missed the first day, as it was our last stop and we were pretty tired. They were beautiful, amazing- I felt quite overwhelmed and got a bit teary I was so excited and happy to finally be there and see it for myself, it was incredible. There was a scene from the Ramayana which of course excited me, I got to see my favorite monkey Hanoman, probably the last sighting in awhile.
I also got a massage today by a blind guy at this place called Seeing Hands and it was absolutely fabulous and I felt fantastic afterwards, I nearly fell asleep at one point I was so relaxed.
Another thing I forgot to mention yesterday is that we befriended a kid called Ben, who sells books to tourists to earn money to go to school. Cambodian school is free but its only 5 years. If they want to go after that its $10 a month for English school. He's a smart kid, we fed him and he told us he goes to school 7-11, comes home for lunch, then sells books till 11 at night. And he's 14 and does it everyday, on weekends just selling books all day. Unbelievable! As one of the guys said, we hope he's conning us and has a nice big house to go home to. Also saw a photo exhibit where a teacher had given street kids cameras to take pictures of the tourists at the temples, they had little biographies under them that were heartbreaking. So many kids here have nothing, its hard to imagine in this posh backpacker area.
Tomorrow bussing to phnom penh, no time to see anything, just hang out, catch an early flight to Bangkok, where I plan on stocking up on cheap toiletries and clothes, then back to the good old US of A- still can't picture myself back there yet..
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