Cambodia

I love it here, this place doesnt get near the credit it is due. Considering their recent tumultuous past and the poverty level, what Ive seen so far of this country and its people has been nothing short of mighty impressive. The kids here could sell raw beef to a vegetarian. They are beautiful and quick witted....I was easily sold a photocopied book about Ankgor....a few moments after that I noticed another little girl was in love with our insect repellant...she loved how it smelled and I had absolutely no choice but to give it to her...she didnt ask for it but I explained that its for mosquitoes and not necisarily perfume purposes, she was thrilled with it none the less.
Yesterday we went to the Killing Fields and S-21. This is part of where Cambodias version of the holocaust occured...S-21 is a High School turned prison in Phnom Penh..it is now a meuseum honoring all of those who died during this time. In the meuseum they have probably over a thousand pictures of some of the people who were killed at the prison and the killing fields...men, women, children...It was very heartbreaking. Ben and I couldnt say anything when we left. Im still absorbing it all the next day, I want to read more about the Khmer Rouge, but I dont think I will every really comprehend what happened.
Tomorrow we are taking a boat down the Mekong river into Vietnam. Our itenerary is lose there so far, all we know is we will be in HCMC for Christmas to visit our friend Jenna!

Master and Misses Divers.....

Well not exactly...We did get our open water certification to scuba dive up to 18 meters or about 60 ft...and we have been on 4 dives all ready!! I was a little aprehensive because of the problems I have when I fly with my ears...but I was able to equalize them with little trouble at all....We are on a little island off of Bali galled Gilli something.....this is paradise...no cars on the island...only horse drawn carts and bikes....today is our first day to relax after our scuba classes....they have been all day productions for the last three days....a great deal of fun though...being under the water is a whole other world..we saw eagle rays and a blue spotted ray...and some beautiful corrals and bright fish....refer to Ben's Blog for technical names.. :-)
We are also close to an island called Sumatra..and fellow coffee drinkers know what that means....GOOD Coffee..Ben and I had a french press today...probably the 3rd cup of good coffee weve had since we left the states ...but it was fantastic...a shock to our systems though....we were both bouncing off the walls afterwards....
We have both been slacking on the picture side of things...today we are going to go snorkling and use Ben's underwater camera then post some picutres up.......we are sure what our next move is...Probably Cambodia then Vietnam..it all depends on ticket prices and availability....I was listening to a little Christmas music last night!! It makes me miss everyone very much!!!

military time

in india they use military time...02:25 is 225am...i learned that the hard way this morning when we arrived at Anna International Airport in Chennai at 1030....8 hours after our flight left...I take full responsibility...I booked the ticket, Ben had nothing to do with it.....I am the luckiest girl in the world though...i was ready to throw in the towel, and Ben level headed as always took charge and now we are back on track to go to Bali! thanks ben...The bitchy lady who yelled at me two years ago in Alaska was right...I dont know how to tell time....
Moral of the story after giving Air India and Air Asia some free money....I love Ben.

Bye India :-( Hello Bali :-)

After numerous hours on buses..we are back in Chennai and we are going to Anna International Airport then off to Bali to meet up with our friends Nicki and Dustin...they have the room allready reserved for us all we have to do is show up!!! we are both ready for the change of scenery I think....just wanted to update everyone will write more in Bali!!!

No Pain No Gain

We are in Goa...ahhhh...life here is very different than the rest of India...its almost like we are in Europe...probably because there are way more Europeans than Indians here...I like it nonetheless. Cows on the Beach...today we saw a cow peeing on the beach...something I never could've dreamt I'd see anywhere...but if you are going to see it somewhere its going to be India....Beach life has been great!!! Reading, Writing, splashing around in the Arabian Sea...having a sunset cocktail..then a fresh seafood dinner...then off to bed in our cozy little beach hut...this is the life...Yesterday I kept putting off buying sunscreen so those of you who know what I look like (and I don't think Ive acquired a mass of blind followers quite yet) can image the burn i received...I did it to myself so no complaining allowed...and its getting better...I should be all ready for the sun in SE Asia....
The hummus here is outstanding!! There is such a large population of Israelis that the demand for good hummus is through the roof..Ben and I have been taking advantage to say the least....

Ill write more tomorrow or the next day right now I'm feeling a little phased by the sun....I know I know...poor me....

Still Trying Dad!

Still trying to figure out a way to put a map tracker on here dad!!
I've had two Lassis since my last post last night!!!
One Pineapple and One Apple

Lassi Lass

We are in Kolkata, its amazing, it feels good to be back in the city, but not back in the smog. I've discovered here that I like Lassis, (Yogurt, Fruit and sugar) I was a little hesitant to try them at first because they are dairy, and im a bit sensitive to dairy. Last night was HEAVeN!!! Ben ordered a sweet Lassi, I drank 95% of his then ordered my own and wouldnt let him touch it...Partially because I couldnt eat the meal in front of me but mainly because Ive got it bad for the Lassi. It happened again at Breakfast...Ben ordered one..I followed suit...drank my Banana Lassi then his Sweet Lassi...Ive always had a thing for yogurt but nothing like this before...