38 degrees...and my temper boiled over
today was ridiculous hot. i went to the temples bright and early. angkor wat was amazing, but really crowded. i ate lunch early and headed over to bayon which had me in awe. it was lunch for everyone else, so it was really quiet when i was there. hardly anyone, which was GREAT! it was just the solo travelers around. so i met a woman from denmark and another from hong kong who were both on their own. as the crowds returned from lunch, i moved over to ta phrom, which is completely overun by trees and their roots. promise i will have pictures when i get back to bangkok. in the meantime, i leave you with a "that is so me" story....
at ta phrom a big group of french tourists were in front of me blocking an entrance. they were oooing and awwing over a kid trying to sell them postcards. he looked about 3 or 4 years old. so cute! instead of buying from him, they started taking pictures of him. i figured they would at least give him the dollar he was selling the postcards for, but they didn't! they jsut kept walking on, and the boy followed after them. so i was right behind them and asked them if they were going to pay him since they still took something from him. they didn't really understand english, so i started sign languaging to them... sort of a charades telling them "you're fucked up. you need to pay." they went for their wallets and searched for money and didn' come up with anything. so then i started taking pictures of them with my flash on. they started covering their faces and started getting mad at me when i started laughing and pointing at them and taking pictures of them. ugh... to boot they were FRENCH! colonizers! oh that was fun.
at ta phrom a big group of french tourists were in front of me blocking an entrance. they were oooing and awwing over a kid trying to sell them postcards. he looked about 3 or 4 years old. so cute! instead of buying from him, they started taking pictures of him. i figured they would at least give him the dollar he was selling the postcards for, but they didn't! they jsut kept walking on, and the boy followed after them. so i was right behind them and asked them if they were going to pay him since they still took something from him. they didn't really understand english, so i started sign languaging to them... sort of a charades telling them "you're fucked up. you need to pay." they went for their wallets and searched for money and didn' come up with anything. so then i started taking pictures of them with my flash on. they started covering their faces and started getting mad at me when i started laughing and pointing at them and taking pictures of them. ugh... to boot they were FRENCH! colonizers! oh that was fun.