Sand, monkeys, and a visitor.

Our local market.

The past couple of weeks have been a little bit of a blur. I am going to keep this one short and full of images since pictures are the good part anyways. Plus I am really busy managing our staff. Make sure you click on embedded links!

Bullet points:
-Rudy from DC extended a work trip in the area and came to visit us in Phnom Penh for a day and a half and then she and I took a bus to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) for three days of straight touristing. The only bad thing about her visit was the part where she left. That part was terrible.
-HCMC is now in my top 5 favorite cities. Vietnamese are some bad m-f'ers and no one can beat them at anything.
-Scary car ride to Sihanoukville with the Proutys will result in extreme relaxation, sunburn, and a scarier car ride back to PP 3 days later.
-Daisy had her 7th birthday! I also have learned enough Khmer to know that some old guys recently called her fat...

Here is our past two weeks in pictures:

We're taking Khmer lessons. Its amazing how many times you can say what your name is and that you need rice and still not say it right.

I just love this.

We did as much sightseeing in PP  as monsoon rains would allow when Rudy was here. One stop was Toul Sleng prison, where Khmer Rouge tortured men, women and children before they either died there or were taken to the Killing Fields.

Deep breaths. On to Vietnam!

Love this city. 

Seconds before we got kicked out. 

Awesome propaganda posters.

Ladies rubbing on my feets is exhausting.

Old school ride. 

We took the best moto tour. Helmets worn at all times, even at ATMs.

3/4 of these girls look cute.

Yeeey! 

The War Remnants Museum was intense. I'll spare you those pictures. 

A little time for working out.

Yar...

Rudzilla!

Be still my hippy heart.

Ho Chi Minh presiding over the Central Post Office

This man brought tears to my eyes. The tail end of a dying art. 

Notice the concrete square on top of the far building. This happened there .

This bad faced dude is the Buddhist St. Peter. You make nice with him, he'll find you a cozy room at the Inn.

Incense=intense.

The fertility room. Breezed through this. 

Turtle stew.

Lets go to the beach! 

Lots of paddleboarding. So fun. 

Beach face. 

Best friends.

Evening tiny-shrimps fishing crew. 

I'm wearing clothes. 

Daisys little hotel boyfriend. Total stalker. 

The life. 

The 12 year old I married doing creepy things to pool toys.

Pagoda monkeys! 

DAISY MET MONKEYS!

View of Sihanoukville.

No idea what this is. 

Naga! 

Thinking about Daisy.

Yay!