ok, grabbed a coupla minutes to update, so this is gonna be another short one. argh, but so much has happened that i want to share with you guys! i'm just gonna hafta update y'all on the details when i get back to phnom penh.

so today, i took the day off from following the survey team and went sight-seeing. through the guesthouse that we're staying at, they offer "english-speaking" tour guides to take you to sights around battambang. all i can say right now is that i'm black and blue and i'm definitely gonna be hating it tomorrow. i made the mistake of telling my tour guide/motodriver that i like it when he drives fast. um, yeah, when the roads are smooth, no problem. but i can't tell you how long (the sights were dang far apart) we drove on crazy, dusty, bumpy little dirt roads where i was hanging on for totally-afraid-i-was-going-to-fall-off-the-bike-got-the-blisters-to-prove-it-and-probably-multiple-bruises-on-my-butt dear life. but he more than made up for it by being a great guide and teaching me how to drive a motorcyle! before the crazy dusty roads, i was totally enjoying the drive, thinking that i wouldn't mind having a motorcycle in the states (can you imagine driving up the 1 on a motorcycle?).

okay, that's all the time i have, so i'll write about the sights later. all you need to know for now is that we visited three mountains...and climbed up 2 of the 3. if i never see a flight of rocky stairs cut into a mountain again, it'll be too soon...okay, that's not really true, but that's kinda how i was feeling at mountain #2.