Today started with an early flight to Bangkok, and I was none-too sad to leave Siem Reap. However, there's a lot to learn from the people, and the temples are like nothing I've seen. After arrving at the hostel, I again proved I'm incapable of operating a telephone in Thailand. Truly inept. After sweating a half liter of water and raising my core body temp. to 108 degrees inside the phone booth, I gave up on the futile mission. Internet was much easier.
By this point, I've eaten nothing but Asian food for a week, and my body was dying for a Western fix. McDonald's proved worthy, and dare I say, "better" than in the US. Certainly not as greasy.
To end our tour, we hit the boats of the Chao Phraya River and photographed the sun setting over the temples. Nice. The remainder of the day was spent at the train station, for a 10 PM night train to the north, specifically, Chiang Mai. Against all good virtues and fortune, the trans-sexual train steward/stewardess peeked into our 1st Class cabin and sweetly, but horrifyingly, tendered a "Good Night Brian..." after we declined our food. Apparently I was object of his/her affection, as Terri was completely ignored. I prayed myself to sleep that I wouldn't dream about he/she.
