BUGS! AAARRggggh. Can't seem to get away from them. It's a sad reality that you just have to get used to here, there is NO escape, so just stop trying, because you're wasting energy. I don't mean just swatting flies. Though there's plenty of that to go around. I mean endless arrays of mosquitoes, tiny ants, gigundo water bugs, preying manti (?) and other creatures that will fly into your mouth and get stuck in your throat if you ride a bicycle at the wrong time of day and happen to make the mistake of inhaling with your mouth open. Speaking of bicycling, I've been doing that alot lately. It's my mode of transport these days, and its quite nice. The roads here are preeeetty rough, and my butt has gradually adjusted to the bumps on a bike with no shocks. Aside from the rough roads, I have had to get used to a new definition of traffic lanes. In other words, a traffic lane is a swath of road wide enough to fit your chosen vehicle with maybe two inches of clearance on either side at times. Thats the end of the definition. Which side of the road, which direction, how many vehicles along side one another, all that is up for interpretation and experimentation.
I've been reading like a madwoman lately. Its fantastic. I can't get enough. I'm planning another late night reading session tonight. Its sooooo good when I find a book I can't put down, its like drugs or something. To go along with the obsessive reading, I've taken up obsessive coffee drinking. I'm actually on a caffine buzz right now. Lol, so much for my plant to detox while in Cambodia. In truth, I've been in Siem Reap for a week, haven't done a single tourist-y thing yet, and I love it. I picked up my camera for the first time today since last week leaving Beijing. After being married to it for two+ weeks, it was nice to not care for awhile.
