phnom penh

in cambodia as of a couple of hrs ago, is fricken hot, not used to it after a week of rain in hoi an! vietnam was so good though, had the best week met heaps of people, got stacks of stuff made :) have an extra bag now haha.
hoi an was such a cool place to hang out, half the town flooded the second day i was there. the town is right next to the river, so the water rose up to the second street that is parallel to the river (the town is a bit of a grid) it was hectic, was walking along one of the flooded streets, the water was halfway up my thighs! straight away some locals had there boats out but, charging 40,000 dong (about 4 bucks) to get to the other side of the flood waters - only about 20m! one of the shops where i had a dress made was completely flooded, i helped them move all there materials upstairs they thought it was the funniest thing, so they kept giving me free water... haha it was good. met a couple of english girls who are also heading to cambodia in a week or so, they are going to try and come to orphanage as well i think, which would be cool, i hung out with them most of the week. then they are coming to aus (one for a few months, the other to live) so that will be cool, talked up dunsborough and southbound etc, best place in aus etc ha
one bar there served cocktails called ''i love you'' so good, every time the waiter would bring you one they'd just yell out i love you, we thought it was hilarious :) they came with little plastic monkeys that sat on the rim of the glass, they were the coolest thing so we started collecting them, we had a monkey party going on at our table, we had at least 30.. one of the waitresses called me monkey for the rest of the week... ha good. last night i went for early dinner cos i had early flight, i ordered a sprite and shes like what monkey i dont believe, no alcohol?? hahahaha GOOD. didnt go to the beach in hoi an, didnt really get a chance because of the weather. the last few days were ok, but was doing other things or the sun didnt last long. went to marble mountains yesterday, it was cool. hotel said it would cost 40us to get out there, went down the street and got a moto taxi to take me for 10us.. heeeeeps better. sore bum though ;) mountains are really pretty, great views over china beach. first half hr i was there it absolutely poured, the steps up became a waterfall. got a bit scared walking throught the caves, they are really dark!!
checked into guesthouse here, all good, getting transported to village 2moro, im excited :)
dont have cambodian sim yet, but will try and get one now. em says she got my postcards, so hopefully the rest of you do in the next few days too!
xx