Some of you may be wondering what has taken me so long to get all of this out. And then again, some of you may have just come to expect a snail's pace. But I actually do have a fairly valid excuse this time. In the middle of my last post, as I was trying to add a photo, I was abruptly told that I had reached my limit and couldn't add any more pictures without purchasing more room. Yes, it turns out there is a limit to how many bytes you can add to a blog, and I seem to have reached it, no doubt faster than others since I have a lazy habit of not resizing my pictures before I add them. So there you have it. Bloggers be warned.
For a change of pace, after ruins, ruins and more ruins, we spent our second afternoon in Siem Reap among local artists and on a boat. Not simultaneously.
There is a fantastic place in Siem Reap called Artisans d'Angkor, which employs handicapped and otherwise underprivileged individuals in making handicrafts to sell to nosy tourists, such as ourselves.
Some of our purchases included a large stone bust of Jayavarman VII, a silver-plated elephant, and a silk scarf.
The second half of our day was spent exploring the famous floating village on Tonle Sap lake
equipped with their own police office:
alligator pen:
and snake-wielding kids.
But also boasting some beautiful sunsets.
We rounded out our long and tiring day by watching a traditional Apsara dance at a local theater. Unfortunately, due to the potent effects of jet lag and a malfunctioning air conditioner, mom and I slept through a good chunk of it.
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