someone took my flip flops:(

Hoooooola! Alex and I have finally reached beach paradise of Thailand. We are staying in Koh Tao, "divers paradise," on the southeastern coast of Thailand. Kind of amazing. I think my entire trip has been based around arriving here. That said, it is currently storming, so I'm waiting it out on internet:) Should be snorkeling in a bit. In reference to the title, we just had breakfast and you have to take your shoes off before entering places here (standard for asia, I dig it...wiggling my bare feet as I type)...anyway, i removed mine and when I left got a different pair of the same flip flops that are more worn and too big. To be fair, pretty sure mine were fakes and these are brand name, but still. EW! someone else's foot sweat. Still surprised that this is the firs time it has happened on my trip though:)
What else? We overnight bused from Vientiene to Bangkok and then got a morning bus to Siem Reap that took us 13 hours! We had to cross the Cambodian border and it just took all too long. Driving in Cambodia was fairly hilarious. Lots of motos, and animal carts, bicycles, buses, trucks and cars all sharing a two lane highway, the last bit of which is unpaved. It makes for lots of horns honking and near misses. I saw more passengers on motos and in cars than I have anywhere else in the world. SEVEN on a moto, probably over 20 in a minivan=RIDICULOUS.
Siem Reap was unreal. HUGE temples, frogs everywhere. I have amazing photos which will be uploaded someday soon I hope. DELICIOUS Khmer food. I bought a book about Pol Pot and man...I have a lot of guilt being an American. It's overwhelming that we bombed Cambodia of all places...
Then Alex and I met up with Julie Picquet in Phnom Penh!!! She is working for the Kiva Foundation and put us up in her apartment. It is run by an 84 year old Khmer deaf, mute man. So sweet. I LOVED P-P. We celebrated Alex's birthday with class (April 5) and went to markets, Toul Slang (the old prison used under Pol Pot..HEAVY) and ate wonderful food with Julie's friends. I love having a local hostess. Then we flew (yes, very over buses) to Bangkok. Got amazing lightening storms throughout all that. Then we overnight bused to the south of Thailand and caught a 7am Catamaran to Koh Tao. Now, I'm in paradise. I miss everyone and will try to upload photos soon because they have high speed internet here! Happy Passover/Easter/Full moon, etc.
Love,
Lauren