Siem Reap Rocks
Siem Reap is totally my favourite place in Cambodia. Even though our first night here, some asshole made me cry because I told him that I couldn't find the conditioner I like in Phnom Penh. It's a long story. But don't worry, we had a shite load of fun after that incident.
It's quite touristy here, but not in a Khao San Rd. way. As a friend of mine put it yesterday, there are a lot of 'grown-ups' here. Ie. it's not all backpackers, which is a neat change. But don't get me wrong, there are still a ton of backpackers.
Today, Amy and I went to an orphanage which I will post about soon. The kids were SO sweet and they all wanted to hold our hands and give us high-fives. Their English was impressive, and they were very clever. They performed an incredible traditional Khmer dance for us, and then we taught them the only dance we could think of - Slap Leather (the line dance we learned in grade 8). The orphanage is funded 100% by donations, which makes me so sad because that means when the donations dry up, the kids go hungry. The director says he is up until 2am every night writing e-mails for donations. I totally fell in love with these kids. I can't wait until I have money so I can send them some. Amy and I brought them M&Ms, pens, bouncy balls and Canada tattoos, which they loved, and we donated what we could, but you never feel like it's enough.
Tomorrow we're going to see the infamous Angkor Wat early, early in the morning. I was going to skip the sunrise since I'm not a morning person, but it's too difficult to meet up with them after that and I kinda have to stick with Amers cuz she's got a camera and I don't. It'll be fun anyways - we've got a group of four going.
Well I gotta get to bed cuz I am NOT going to be a pretty sight at 4:30am. Yikes. Shit.
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