Oh Dear Me!

Greetings from Cambodia...a country that is full of interesting juxtapositions and that I am still quasi-getting accustomed to.
Our day yesterday was spent in a long line of Thai people and ourselves at Poi Pet - the border of Thailand and Cambodia. Parentless Cambodian children were fanning us and holding umbrellas over our heads in hopes of getting food or water. Thai people (who had been nothing but nice) were shoving, pushing, and ready to step on you since the line takes 2 hours to get through and the line is in the sun (temps here are not low...).
It was crazy and scary and just got a little more daunting. You see, Cambodia doesn't really have paved roads and the recent rains mean there are red-dirted pot holes the size of a modest home you have to forage through. To go 100 miles, it took us 10 hours. Along the way, there were homes with cute naked children running around, little stores, rice farms, and people on mopeds.
When we stopped for water, kids came running up to us, speaking perfect English and I danced the macarena with one little boy. They are selling anything - books, jewelry, water, etc. and are charming and very street smart (they operate scams of getting foreign currency and exchanging it with foreigners for more in their currencty).
Okay...so that is depressing...but it was a depressing experience. I can't even imagine what it was like under Pol Pot here and how anyone managed to get by.
Today we went to ruins that were absolutely goregous and watched the sunset on the top of one set of ruins. On one side, there was the setting sun...on the other, a newly festering thunderstorm. Words can't describe the ruins - they are tremendous - and I can't wait to share pictures with you!!!