Cambodia: Videos

My First Tuk-Tuk ride...it was very, very bumpy!



Feeding the crocodiles at the Dead Fish Guesthouse and Restaurant.


A view from the top of Angkor Wat.


Virtual tour of the Bayon ruins at Angkor Thom.


Traditional Khmer dance. This one is about a monkey and a fish. To see more go to my YouTube channel (cwilson4).

Cambodia Pictures

Well, I survived my week in Cambodia alone, and had a fantastic time!

I'm pretty tired though, but thanks to a nice hot shower, I think I got all the dirt out of my ears and eyebrows.

It may take me a day or two to sit down and write about my vacation, so to appease you (by you I mean mom) until then here are links to my facebook albums. I'll try to get you some videos, too. Enjoy.

Siem Reap 1:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=39849&l=e6353&id=798630540

Siem Reap 2:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=39864&l=93479&id=798630540

Phnom Penh:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=39874&l=b45df&id=798630540

Fireworks

Here's a video I took of the fireworks at the Mud Festival. It's sideways, but you get the picture.

Muddy Goodness

With another summer in Korea comes another chance to roll around in the mud. Last weekend was the annual Mud Festival at Daechon beach in Boryeong. Myself, Leslie & Thomas, and another couple from the Seoul campus took the bus with Adventure Korea.

After driving for about 4 hours the first stop was at the mud flats. When the tide is out the mud stretches about a mile. Everyone had to dress in military fatigues and jumping jacks and such. I did it last year, so passed on it this time. They don't really have a good place to wash up after, so I saved the mud for the real beach. In town there is huge beach and they bring in mud from the mud flats for people to play in.

Before we could hit the beach we had to check into our hotel. Worst Hotel Ever. It had no wall!!! Between us and the next room there was no wall. So the 5 of us slept on one side and 5 complete strangers slept on the other side. At least we had a bathroom on each side. Our roommates seemed cool until they came in drunk and 4:30 and woke us all up. We were up and left before they even woke up, and then on the bus they pretended to not know us. Jerks.

Anyway, aside from the hotel, it was really fun. We painted ourselves with mud and sat around in the sun letting it do its magic. My skin did seem softer after it was all washed off. Once it got late there was a fantastic fireworks show. It lasted probably between 7-10 minutes and was all set to music. They were the best fireworks I've ever seen.

Even the dogs got muddied-up. Well, the dog didn't look too pleased, but the lady made sure he was covered.

The quieter side of the beach.

Fireworks on the beach.

Korean vs. Uzbekistan

We found out at the last minute that Korea was playing a home game against Uzbekistan as a qualifier for the upcoming Asian Games. It was cool to see a game in the World Cup Stadium, it seats 64,000 people, but it wasn't full for this game. The crowd was great, Koreans love their sports teams, and it was a good experience. On the subway on the way over we made bets on the final score. Korea, and Thomas, won...2:1. He made out with a cool $12.

Dino Encounter

After studying dinosaurs and fossils for the last couple of weeks we went on a field trip to Korean's Natural History Musuem. It was the smallest musuem I've ever seen. I think the fabric museum was bigger...seriously. There also seemed to be a significant lack of history, just a couple dinosaur skeleton casts, some fossils and a crapload of gems.

Since we're in the middle of Monsoon season, most of the tour was inside, but the rain let up for a moment and we got to go to the roof and see the dinosaur models. It only lasted about 7 minutes and then we had to run to the buses.

Pretty gruesome for little children!

I told them to look scared, but only about half seemed to catch on.

glug..awk...grrrghh......aaahhh!

My Birthday!

I know, I know....I've been lazy. But I have an excuse! My computer's been having tantrums lately and it takes me forever to accomplish anything on it.

Anyway, lateness aside, I had a good time and celebrated my 26th in style.

Cake #1

Cake #2

The Crew at The Wolfhound in Itaewon.

(Mary, Hera, Me, Miriam, Thomas, Leslie, Jung Mi, Jack)

Our Korean co-teachers: Mary and Hera

Umm...Great...a cat keychain!

Kevin and I singing our hearts out. Good times at the Noraebang....at approximately 3am, hence the squinty eyes.

Ryan, Val and Stefan beltin' it out.