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b and i have just booked our trip to cambodia. i'm super excited. we fly out at 1:30 am on july 1st (so we have to be at the airport by 10:30 on june 30th), fly for 15 hours to hong kong, have a 10 hour layover in hong kong (maybe we should visit alison lau-stephens??), then take a quick 2.5 hour flight to phnom pehn and arrive there an friday, july 2 at 5:25 pm. we'll spend the next 2 weeks adventuring around the country - a few days in phnom pehn, take the bus up to siem reap for a week, explore the ancient angkor wat on foot, elephant back, and moped, then take the bus back to phnom pehn, hang-out there a little longer, then head home the way we came (via hong kong). we'll arrive back in toronto at 5:30 am on july 18th. it's both exciting and intimidating. there will be a lot of logistics to work out, hopefully brendan and i can pick up a copy of lonely planet cambodia soon so that we can start figuring stuff out. we have plenty of time to book hostels, but no doubt the next 3 months will fly by. just think how quickly my trip to cuba came, and i'm sure this one will be no different. i'm glad that bren and mike have been there before, they'll be able to give us advise about language barriers and so on. we got a pretty good price on our flights (for asia, shesh some flight to northern canada cost more than that trip), actual accommodations and food will be crazy inexpensive (food $3, hostels $9), so it will balance out pretty well.

we have as of yet to find a way to get to and from toronto. brendan's going to ask his mom if she might be willing to give us a lift.

i can't find my birks or my flipflops. i put them in a plastic bag before i put them in my backpack when coming home from cuba and i can't find them anywhere. b says the key to me finding lost items is panic, he's noticed that shortly after i get panicked about something i've lost i find it. i haven't got panicked about my shoes yet, partly because i'm resigned to the fact that they are most likely on the feet of a cuban resident right now. so disappointing because i only bought those birks last summer :S oh well, i didn't have any money to leave as a tip so i suppose my shoes aren't a bad alternative. there are definitely worse things than that.

i can outline my feelings
but i can't fill them in.