Happy New Year from Cambodia!

Sorry for the lengthy delay... there was an earthquake in Taiwan on Boxing Day that knocked out the internet in most of southeast Asia!! But all are safe here... we were not on a plane that crashed or a ferry that sank!

I've spent the last 4 days bumping around Siem Reap and the nearby Angkor Wat temples on electric bikes with my family. This is the first Buddhist country I've visited and I'm really enjoying it. It is also the first country I've visited with a very recent history of war. Today we visited the landmine museum, which was truly an eye-opener. There are still millions of landmines planted in the country side and nearly everyone here has a memory of the atrocities committed up until the official surrender of the Khmer Rouge when Pol Pot died in 1998. The country has been open to foreigners for less than 10 years, and you can feel it in the interactions with local people. Tomorrow we're setting off for eastern Cambodia - a boat ride up the Mekong river, jungle hikes, and rides on elephants.

I do hope that you are all well. I wish you the best of luck, love, health, peace, and success for 2007. And I do promise to post more pictures when I get back to Bali in about 2 weeks' time.

Until then, enjoy the following drink... I swear to god it's a real drink. I found the recipe the week after I had my REAL monkey bite!!

Monkey Bite Iced Tea

3/4 oz. tequila
3/4 oz. white rum
3/4 oz. Myer's rum
3/4 oz. vodka
3/4 oz. cointreau
3/4 oz. Jack Daniels
3/4 oz. gin
4 oz. apple juice

Cheers!!