Nadia's impressions

Cambodia has certainly left a large impression on the three Cumming explorers. We all decided just after our second day here that it was our new favorite country. Besides the awesome temples and ruins of Angkor, Cambodia has much more to offer. The people themselves are very friendly, although they all live a hard life. The Khmer food is delicious and Siem Reap has an abundance of tasty/adorable cafes and restaurants to choose from. So far we've gone to Blue Pumpkin, a place where they have a long white sofa that wraps around the restaurant wall, where we lounged and ate on! We all went to The Butterfly Garden, where lots of butterflies are supposed to fly around while you eat. Stupidly, we went there at night for dinner, instead of lunch and the only action we saw were one or two sleeping butterflies on the floor!!! (Yes Dad- you're permitted to roll your eyes) ;)
So far, my favorite temple has been Bayon and Ta Prohm. We tried looking for one of the spots Angelina was filmed in Tomb Raider- but were unsuccessful in deciding which one it was. (Haven't watched movie recently)
My biggest OMG! moment was when a motorbike drove behind us with a wild, live boar strapped upside down to it! The beast must have been at least 4 ft long and real wide. It was squealing off and on and I was getting upset. Mom made me feel better by saying that since it was still alive, maybe it was getting transported? I certainly hope so!
Last night there was a one hour power outage!
& lastly today we went to a village by the lake. We went by tuk-tuk. The me and Cel squished together on a motorbike with a driver, while mom was happily on her own, and traveled for what seemed like forever on and really bumpy dirt road. We then went on a boat and saw the village on stilts. We got off and we as usual were swarmed by kids and women asking if we wanted to buy something. But this time it was different. They were selling books for the school children that when we purchased them, could hand out ourselves. We must have gotten about $10 worth of book packs. We passed them out on the street to the kids surrounding us and even got the opportunity to go in a classroom! I wish we could have given every single kid one... Me and Celine decided that we definitely want to return someday soon and volunteer in Cambodia.
Tonight we will go to a BBQ and watch Apsara Dancers.

Bye for now,
Nadia