Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Pass keys and cobras

I arrived in Cambodia late in the afternoon after a two hour flight delay. It was extremely hot and dusty. After the long travel time I just wanted to cool off and settle into my room for a minute before venturing out. I realized that I had forgot to ask the desk about something so I graves the plastic room key card out of the wall switch and went down to the desk. After a short conversation I went back up to my room. But I was rather tired and turned around so I end up coming up to the wrong door. I put the key in the lock .... And voila the lock opened. I walked in and realized that it was the wrong room! Holy shit. So I backed out, closed the door and went to what I thought was the right room again. Put the key in and ...... Opened the door. Wrong room a again..... So all in all my key opened 5 doors in the hotel. Its a shame there was no hot naked women lying around..... Didn't really give me. A sense of security in my room.
Today I went to angkor wat and some of the surrounding temples. Really cool. It was hot as he'll and dusty but it was so amazing that I just pushed on and walked around to see all that I could see. As you enter a ngkor wat there is a long stone entry way over a moat to get you into the city. As we started to walk over the walkway. My guide stopped me and pointed out into the water at something. It looked like a stick sitting up slightly out of the water. But it was moving..... He leans over to not say it to loudly around other people. " look, that is a cobra" are you fucking kidding me! He then goes on to tell me that they clear most of them out so there are no problems with the tourists but occasionally one or two make there way back in. " if we see cobra .... Run quickly" no shit I thought to myself. I don't think you have ever seen a white boy run so fast my friend. I had to guess that the snake was at least 5 or 6 feet, and swimming at an alarming pace. The cool thing was that just like when you see them in the movies when they rear up, they do the same thing in the water. While swimming it can
raise its head up to get a better look at where its going. Hopefully away from me. That aside the temples and area around Angkor wat are pretty amazing. It is something to see in a book but completely different in person. Even with tons of other people there it was amazing to see. In my travels i have to say that I have started to develope certain stereo types about the personalities of other travelers..... I have had a great time with Australians, and British. The germans are a mixed lot. Either amazingly fun and outgoing or that bland stuffy personality you see in the war movies. However there is a group that I have learned to avoid. The new breed of traveling Russians. Jesus christ what a bunch of asshole travelers.....

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