A Bumpy Ride

These next few posts are long overdue...

Day 3, my legs were exhausted after biking too far on day 2, but I finally dragged myself out for my last day of exploring. I stopped off quickly to check my e-mail before, and for those who don't know, that's when I got some bad news about my grandma. I knew she was in the hospital, but she had gone down really fast and this really shocked me. It was really hard news to take being on the other side of the world and I was ready to jump on a plane home immediately. I spent the day exploring the Angkor Wat alone...just taking my time, and missing my family. It was a rough day, but I couldn't make any decisions until any final news came from home...turns out grandma is still as stubborn as we all know, and she's now thankfully been moved out of the hospital for some more personal care. I am always thinking about her. But from here, all I can send is my love and thoughts (always)!

Back to travel news...
Once we had exhausted ourselves exploring the Angkor Temples, it was time to head for Thailand. We set out on the notoriously bumpy/hoprrible road from Siem Reap to the border. Because we wanted to take the train from the border to Bangkok, and didn't know if the bus would get us there in time, we opted to hare a taxi with a German girl. The price was only a little bit more, and the shocks a bit better! It was was still ridiculously like a roller-coaster. Huge pot holes litter the dirt road; the cars are very resilient. From the border we took third class to Bangkok - which means hard wooden seats for 6 hours stopping at every train station along the way. Some of which were only little name posts hammered into the ground! With sore bumps we arrived in the chaos that is Bangkok, wow!