Oddz an enzzz

This unfinished resort on the beach in Sihanoukville was a work in progress last year. The French company ran out of money. By Cambodian law, if it's not finished in a timely manner, the government can seize the property. It did.
This is an image of a very rare iceburg that floated over from Newfoundland. These folks are having a meal on the shady side of this bus. On my bus trip back to Phenom Penh we had a meal stop. Next to the buiding was a multiple use property. A laundry and garbage dump.
I have been struggling mightily of late with Picasa and Blogger. I don't know if it's the user, the terminal or the providers. I'm back in Hua Hin. It's another Buddah three day holiday. Nuan has jacked the rates at Sirima. Just like Sihanukville during the Chinese New Year. I wonder if the Thai guests get a special rate. Lots of young Thai have looked at rooms and left. Maybe not! The bars are closed today. At Jings we'll be able to sneak some drinks in the back garden, out of sight from the police.
I think you're caught up. I'm going to hang here until I hear about the Apple Ole housewarming. Mike and I talk evey day, gossiping like a couple of gurls! I'm reading the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. It's good. I've got lots of Wonderwords. Time to 'leelax'!
Bye for now, Doahlah

The boat trip

Heres the gang of four. This last image is back at the Airport Bar. These Khmer are watching news coverage of the fighting at Preah Vihear Temple. Ten soldiers have died in the last week. The Khmer are very upset, but in a quiet way not, showing outward anger or hate.

Another boat trip

David, Touch, Nut and I went on a boat trip to a remote island that has a charming little grass bungalo resort on it. This trash was left by a Khmer group. They probably hired a long boat for a new year trip. After finishing their picnic they, they just left the styrofoam food containers on this formerly pristine beach.

The Airport Bar

There is a wealthy Russian that's buying up Sihanoukville. His bar has a Russian passenger plane inside. It's a great place for locals and tourists to hang. Heres Mike and April. This water buffalo is made from concrete. Heres Touch and Nut, and Mike and David. The beach begins about six feet in front of the boys.
This Rusian guy is so rich he bought an island just off shore from his Airport Bar. He's building a bridge to get access to a high end resort he's creating. This bridge is tall enough that large ships will be able to pass under it.

Some girls

This is Angh and Angh and Sapohn. They work at the Dragon House restaurant. Mike, David, Graeme and I had some delicious meals there.
People love to wear shirts with lots of stuff written all over. the woman in white has a misspelled word. It should read 'every' not 'evert'. In the lower right is Touch and her friend Nut.

More foods

These are duck eggs that are partially developed. In a soon to be written story, you will see photos of Angh and Sapohn. They love these eggs. They are sold by roving vendors in Phenom Penh, and on the beach at Sihanoukville. The girls both insist that the duck is only allowed to grow for 10 days. I believe that the age can vary. I ate some that looked very much like boiled egg. No feathers, no noticeable head, just yoke and white. This last image is a fruit called durian. After six winters I finally tried a bit. It has a pretty bad odor, much like smelly feet. Hotels and other such public places post signs forbidding people from entering their premices with it.

Some foods

Nearly every day Khin had fresh scallops cooked on the BBQ. They were 10 for a dollar, or twenty for two dollars. The next image is a delicious bacon and blue cheese salad. My thumb holding a rather small barracuda mouth open. The last image is the remains of Davids 'happy tea'. There was quite a bit of pot in there.

OKAY! Back in action.

Halloh again. We spents lots of lazy afternoons hanging out at Khins. Rice paste on the face is a Burmese fashion. We are a long way from Burma. Heres Khin working the barbi.
I continue to have technical problems. Picasa seems to be working, but I can't get the screen out of Thai. Either can the internet lady.

Handsome man

Halloh. Here I am with my new face. David eating a fish eyeball. Me before my Thai plastic surgury.

Bye Bye Cambodia

Hello my many friends. I have been having some technical and medical issues of late. Last week I downloaded Picasa into one of the guest house computers. Then loaded a bunch of photos for the next round of blogs. David wanted to motorbike down the coast a bit to snorkel at a nice rocky beach. I thought, 'no promplem' I'll send the stories later. When I got back to the computer Picasa and my photos had been removed. So I did it all again. When I tried to send the first one, Blogger said it was unable to do. I tried again. Nothing. I poked around a little and found that my attempts had been sent to drafts. I tried to send it from there. The result was what you saw. A title, blanks for photos, and no dialog. I decided to go to Khins for some lunch. There was a slight tickle under my right eye. As I 'leelaxed'at the beach I could tell cheek was puffing up. I wrapped some ice in my sweat towel to keep the swelling down. There' s no mirror at Khins, so I took a photo of my face. The whole right side was swollen, under and over my eye. Soon the swelling was down to my chin and moving across to the left side. My gums were going numb. I worried it would continue and block my airway. Time to find a doctor. It took three stops but I found a clinic with two Chinese speaking docs with a Khmer assistant who spoke English. The lady doc mixed an unknown concoction of medicines into two needles and shot me in the butt. She prepackaged little baggies of assorted white, yellow and pink pills for three days of doses and supplied me with a bottle of eyedrops labeled in Chinese. The only English on the box and bottle was 'Bauch and Lam' (sp)! I was told if It was not better, to come back the next afternoon, and then was told that if it was better, to come back the next afternoon. The bill was $18. They happily noticed some improvement the next day and administered another injection cocktail. The bill was $10, and I was instructed to return the next day. It was better the third day but still very noticeable. More injections and another $10. I was leaving for Phnom Penh the next morning. They said it would be OK to go.
I fly back to Bangkok tomorrow. If the Apple and Ole house warming party was on schedule it would off to Chiang Mai. It's not, so I'm going back to Hua Hin for awhile. I am just luvin the beach this winter. When I get settled in, I'll try again. I've got some fun photos, and some pretty scary ones of me.