Incomplete Bliss

January 6^th

Today was amazing. No wake up call, I slept in, and had no schedule to follow. I enjoy all the sightseeing during this trip, but I needed at least a day to relax and today was it. Kris, Peggy, and I took a tuk tuk to the beach. A tuk tuk is a sort of taxi, a man on a motorcycle pulling a kind of carriage you sit in. We found a beautiful spot on the beach and caught some rays. The best part was getting a one hour foot/leg massage (for $5!) while dozing off in the sun and sipping on a margarita! I couldn’t have hoped for a more blissful day ;-) I felt like I was in a Corona commercial. The water was great like yesterday. The one downfall was all the kids that came to sell you food and other items on the beach. Kris and I got some cool jewelry from them. Some were just plain annoying though! You would say no several times and they still wouldn’t leave. For the most part we weren’t bothered too much. We swam for a while and then made a sand castle. I asked this cute little boy to help us build because he looked very interested in what we were doing; he was so happy and enjoyed helping Kris and I. Us three created a sand version of Angkor Thom. Hahaha. Some other kids joined us a little later on too. The kids all laughed when I told them we were creating Angkor Thom. I had a pretty interesting conversation with a girl my age that spoke English. She was envious Kris and I were from America... We talked about our experiences in both our countries, amongst other things. I met my Cambodian Chewy today, so adorable! I wanted to pet him so bad! We were all getting a little red by the end of the day so we walked back to our hotel for a nap. Tropical sun burn = misery. We all didn’t expect the sun burn to set in this bad. Peggy had to nurse me back to health, I took a milk bath. Lotion hurts to put on. This is going to make a super long flight even longer and painful. Where’s my blissful ending?!