Had a great sleep in my air conditioned room in Siem Reap, Cambodia last night. My flight for Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC, also known as Saigon) is in a couple hours, so I have been bumming around the sweltering, dusty streets of Siem Reap. Gawd, is it hot here. Even though my body has adjusted and it does not bother me as much as it did, fuck it is still hot as sin here. Yet, you see Cambodian women walking around wearing tight black jeans, long sleeved sweaters and even scarfs! I just cannot fathom that. I am pretty sure I would die.

Yesterday was a photographers dream (sorry, weird keyboard). I went back to Angkor Wat for the sunset and spent two hours shooting the landscape and the people. More incredible shots of monks in their flowing golden robes and Cambodian children, happily selling their crappy shit to tourists. I bought a copy of First They Killed My Father, a famous first-person account of the evilness of the Khmer Rouge. I thought I got a great deal, buying it for 4 bucks, until I got back to the hotel and unwrapped the plastic to discover it is a photocopy of the original. They copy everything here, even plagarize their own culture. Shame. Regardless, I shot some amazing pics, some of the best of the trip.

Excited to see Vietnam and go through yet another culture shock. I will hopefully be comfortable planted in HCMC tonight and may write more then...

R*