IT'S HOT. AND OH MY GOD IT SMELLS HORRIBLE.
It feels like I've been in Cambodia for months. Although, when I walk outside, I smell the foul odor and I'm quickly reminded that I am still very much a Cambodian novice. Poverty is not hidden, and the income gap is as clear as the sweat stains on my shirt.
We ride around the city in tuk tuks. They are rigshaw carrage type vehicles pulled by motorbikes. The rules of the road here are....anything goes. And I mean anything. Mercedes, motorbikes, tuk tuks, bicycles, and the occasional cattle drawn cart attempt to share the road. If you run into trouble, no worries! Side walks and the other side of the road are also fair game.
Lots of people ask me about the food here. It's good! Lots of rice, lots of noodles, and lots of Thai influenced dishes. What's the strangest thing I've eaten? TARANTULA.
Oh ya. You read that right. This is me with a tarantula... pre-lunch time. Lindsay, my roommate from the states, saw this picture and said "Are you kidding?? You hold this gigantic spider but you made me come kill all the minuscule bugs we found in our apartment?!". I'm not going to lie to y'all. I was not nearly as composed holding this monstrosity as I appear in the photo. Being out of your element does craaazy things to you!
Oh ya...I also ate frog on a stick
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Aaaaand yes...this photo is real life. I was concerned about putting the tarantula on my hand, and this little boy just stuck the live tarantula IN HIS MOUTH. EW.
I love this country.
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