sue-ahh-sue-die from Cambodia

Hello there! (Sue-ahh-sue-die means hello in Khmer the main language in Cambodia)

Well I'm a fast traveler now. I had a great train ride to Bangkok, Thailand, from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I met some nice Americans a long the way. One of them had been working in Antarctica for the last three years and the other was a long time Asia traveler that let me know that I would have to travel very quickly in order to make it to Hong Kong in two weeks. She kind of got my rear in gear.
Bangkok was interesting though I felt unmotivated and a bit anti-social. I'm getting use to this quick traveling system now but in Bangkok I felt like I don't know this place. I don't have any friends and I'm just going to leave quite soon anyways. Not enough time to get into anything.
I did meet some nice people though and two really sweet ladies refused to take my money after I ate lunch at their stand on the side of the road. I think they thought I was some sort of traveling monk. Or a bum. hmmmm

I decided to go to Cambodia in the end and getting there was quite a touristic hoop jumping experience. Lots of extra fees along the way. But it's only money and I made some really nice friends through the experience. I ended up hanging out with those friends for the last 3 days in Siem Reap, the town closest to Angkor Wat, and we've been laughing and talking a lot together.

Angkor Wat and the other temples in the Angkor area have been interesting. I suspect my expectations were higher but that's okej. There are loads of tourists here which does make it difficult to feel the energy of the place but I did get some silent a lone times in Angkor too and the smaller temples are really nice because there are not so crowded with people.

Cambodia or really I can only say Siem Reap has been interesting too for the Cambodians are really relying on tourism for a source of income. Meaning when you arrive somewhere ten people might come up to you saying "only 1 dollar", "buy something?", "Why you not buy???". I feel fortunate that I've pick up a few phrases in Khmer that have helped me have some laughs with the people and I've had some nice, non-commercial experiences with some of the locals too.
Been having some really interesting conversations too ie. Last night just started talking with some Polish people and it turned into a spiritual, accepting, judgment awareness, mind identification discussion. It felt really meant to be and I suspect I'm giving off some sort of energy or perhaps just the way I look makes people want to talk about this kind of stuff with me. Whatever it is I'm happy that these kinds of discussions are happening and that I can be a part of it. Actually I didn't even know these people were Polish. We completely bypassed all the small talk stuff. It was really nice.

I'll be on my way to Ho Chi Min, Vietnam in a day or two and then take the train all the way up to Hanoie in the north of Vietnam soon after so that I can get to Hong Kong in time.
I hope people are at Peace and taking the opportunities to teach and to learn from the experiences in their lives.

Love