Phnominal Phenmanship

lame title. i know.
this is our second full day here in the capital of Cambodia. Today we are going to do a greatest hits tour- the national museum, the killing fields, and the S21 museum. pretty grim stuff.
we are staying in a part of town called lakeside and our guest house is indeed along the shore of a lake- a lake nearly concealed beneath a trash strewn blanket of voracious lily-pads. very laid back and safe and cozy and meals are good.
the first day here was a blur for me, as i was out till 5"30 the night before in Siem Reap at the 'X-Bar" (sounds a lot seedier than it is) with this 65 year-old-ish disheveled doctor doing aid work and also skipping nearly every consonant in the language, and an ozzy who works at an art center for indo's and throws outback raves. also the quintessencial cheerful/morbid british bartender. anyways the bus left siem reap at 8 the next morning and if not for linz slapping me around and pouring water on my head, and propping me up at the bus stop, i would have been sunk. as it was i barely kept my head above the hangover waters long enough to make it to a double-sized pompazon at the guest house and pass out watching spiderman 3.
yesterday i finished the book i've been reading since the Rainbow Gathering called "Shantaram" .
it is a killer book about this escaped australian convict who makes it to Bombay in the early 80's and tries to make a new life for himself. it cuts close and despite all the gangster/crime intrigue is very literary and an honest if slightly self-aggrandizing meditation on love, home, fate etc. anyways if anyone is interested, you should read it now because they are making a movie of it to be released in 2009. AND who do they get to play the ugly aussie tough guy? fucking johnny depp! so start now, its about 1000 pages but fast.
tuk tuk sir!
(national greeting)
ciao
dan
i leave you with this quote of linz's: "white people love to get their bearings"