We're pressed for time before our flight to Katmandu, so I'll have to keep this short. Seems like we're in a hurry every time we send something to you!

Cambodia was great, and yesterday we spent a few hours without our guide, wandering through the markets where the local people shop and some neighborhoods. And OK, I'll admit it, we also went through the souvenir shops and the little strip of tourist-oriented businesses. Speaking of which ... we mailed two boxes from Bangkok to you at the business address today, so watch for those. We spent far more on air mail than we spent on the souvenirs themselves, but at least we don't have to carry them all over Southeast Asia now.

We went to the crocodile farm in Siem Reap yesterday, and heard about how the bottom has really fallen out of the crocodile market with the recent international agreements to protect them. Good news for crocodiles, I imagine though. On a more macabre note, we've read that Pol Pot and his cronies fed local teachers to the crocodiles at that same farm, which made it have a disturbing atmosphere, but it was still interesting.

After walking around in the stifling heat for a few hours, we nearly crawled into a little restaurant in the front of a guesthouse and had lunch. They took our order down the street and brought the food back in the front door, so I guess it came from someplace else, and it was great -- vegetable soup and fried rice with many colorful and unidentifiable things in it.

At sunset, we went the the temple of Phnom Bakheng to watch the view of Angkor from up there. It's a very steep climb up to the top, but Mom was a sport and made it. There are also elephants there to take you to the top -- we'll probably do that next time.

Well, our flight to Katmandu is going to leave without us if we don't get moving, so that's all for now and we'll send more from Nepal this weekend.

Love, Doug & Mom

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