Holy Crap, Angkor is cool

Hello friends, thanks all for your comments.  You made me smile!
I left Phnom Penh this morning, after spending New Year's eve with a Canadian and Wisconsinite 
who are teaching English in Japan.  The girl from Wisconsin went to the U of M and has been to the
Bryant Lake Bowl.  Whoa.  We watched fireworks over the river and tried not to notice the dirty old European men with their prostitutes near by.
Yesterday I visited the genocide museum and the killing fields.  It was pretty unbelievable.  Pol Pot killed a quarter of the population in 4 years.  I just can't fathom what would drive someone to want to kill people.
Today, I arrived in Siem Riep, site of Angkor Wat, big-ahem temple.  I met a woman from Switzerland on the bus and we're sharing a room and exploring a little bit tomorrow.  This afternoon, we went to the temple for the sunset.  It was pretty fantastic to see.  Pictures do not do it justice.  Not only is it grandiose in scale, but all the surfaces are intricately carved with reliefs.  Mind-blowing, ancient spectacularness.
To answer questions recently posted:
1.  Parts of Vietnam are very high in the mountains on the border with China and Laos.
2.  I think the clothing color is what causes the ethnic groups to be labeled "black" or "Red"--but I didn't learn much from my guide.  You all saw the water pipe he was hitting.
3.  If I knew how to load a water buffalo onto a motorbike, I would try it myself!
4.  I told the pedicurest to visit my blog at www.sweetasrosesfootlauren.blogspot.com
Tomorrow, I will have more to share about the awesomeness of Angkor.