Little Things That Are Amusing

This morning we had to finish up our normal Sunday tasks that did not get done last night, like our email to friends and family and our Blogpost for yesterday.  Also, we had not spoken to all of our family, so we finished up the last of the FaceTime this morning.  We were still finishing up the monthly reports today, it is especially hard when they add a new report that is due by the 10th.  We will do the best that we can, that is all that we can do.

There were so many new things when we first got here that we could not mention all of them.  Today was one of those days that we did not have a lot happen to write about so we will go back to observations about Cambodia, the little things that are amusing.  We have previously mentioned that flip flops are the predominate footwear here, and that motos are the main form of transportation.  At times those two do not go together very well together. We have actually been behind a moto and watch a flip flop land on the pavement.  Flip flops in the middle of the street are so common that you just get used to seeing them.

We know that we have already written a lot about the traffic, but it is still by far the most amusing thing each and everyday.  As you come to a stoplight, even if you are at the front of the line, you will not be for long.  Motos wind their way through the traffic until they are at the front, but then they seldom wait for a green light. If there is a break in traffic of any kind they dart through the intersection.  And those who do not dart through on red always take off before the light turns green.

Another thing that makes no sense to us is when you are at a stoplight the oncoming traffic gets so impatient that they fill up your lanes.  That makes life very interesting as you have to dodge them as you go through the intersection.  One of our friends described it best, "You go across the street (or intersection) one inch at a time."