Fri, 5/4.  No photos.  Flight out of Cambodia to Hong Kong, via Bangkok.  If the opportunity ever presents itself to visit the Bangkok Airport, don’t!  Hot.  Confusing (Terminals A through G on various floors). Few facilities.  Few distractions (stores).  Few seats.  On the flip side, Hong Kong’s Airport is huge but welcoming.  Airport Hotel is a four minute indoor walk from the terminal.

In a day I went from $2 beers to $15 beers.  Bottle Shock indeed.

Tomorrow I fly to New Delhi (airport hotel), so there will possibly be no photos.  2.5 hour timezone difference.  (I know India is famous for their mathematicians, so is a half hour timezone difference an act of just rubbing it in our faces?)  I might take a pic of the acclaimed smog, if the air is clear enough to see it.  Sunday I was thinking of a three hour (one way) trip to the Taj Mahal, but 106 degree temps plus smog plus a deadly sand storm are huge discouragements.  I might just enjoy a day with no activity, but if I do I won’t be able to list India as a country I’ve visited.  Sunday night I meet my new group members who are doing the pre-extension trip to Bhutan.  It’s possible that I’ll have no substantive activity to record until Monday.

I don’t think I ever posted a photo of the favored mass transit mode in Cambodia.  It’s their taxi and bus system. (There are no actual buses.)  Of course, if only family members are involved and there are only two adults and two children, they just use a scooter.  In Morocco, they build and sell a three-wheeled version.  Here there is a customized saddle to attach the carriage, when desired.  More flexibility.