knox and hogreetings from ha noi – hooray! – where knox and i have settled in for a few days after delightful visits to angkor wat in cambodia and ha long bay in viet nam (rad pics to follow). i seem to have developed sympathy jetlag and am EXHAUSTED tonight, so i'll keep this short. we wrapped things up in sai gon last friday, after a looong four weeks of study. i gave an "animated" 10-minute presentation on beauty conceptions and the rise of plastic surgery in viet nam (i believe "animated" here is code for "why do you still speak like a 3rd grader?" but i'm going to let that go) and knox tickled everyone by falling asleep on my shoulder in the middle of the talent show (in his defense, the performing cô was singing a traditional lullaby).
as this is knox's first visit to southeast asia, i decided to start strong, show him what this place has to offer: war remnants museum in hcmc; end-of-program "awards ceremony," talent show, and dinner; 12 hours in a bus to siem reap (to see angkor wat) with an overnight on the way in phnom penh ($20 a night, baby); killing fields... he has held up incredibly well. so well that i've invited him to guest blog on cambodia.
now that we're in ha noi and back in the blogosphere, i promise more regular postings. we've got five days worth of material to catch you up on...
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