It is very hard not to start every blog with "We", and this is a last attempt at trying not to do that. But we are in Phnom Phen, the capitol of Cambodia and haven't been to the killing fields or the holocaust museum, maybe we will go tomarrow maybe not. Our plans to go to Vietnam have been cancelled by my turkishness as I had to jump thru some bureaucratic hoops that we dont have the time, patience, will, or money to do. So we will head back to Bangkok and then head for Laos. We can get a 14 day tourist visa on arrival there and then... After Angkor there is not much to do in Phnom Phen and it is a big city and the people have gotten a bit ruder around tourist circles. There is still and open invitation to meet in Manali in May and ride motorcycles thru Ladakh and Leh, the highest motored pass in the world. Also if there is interest to meet in Turkey in the fall, we plan to get there by September. So if there is an itch that we can scratch, let us know.
love all who read this blog, and trying to love others who don't,
alp
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dear ingrid&alp,
always when i follow your travels i too want to go and go. travelogues and correspondences and thomas pynchon's novels are doubly dangerous in the springtime. which is soon here, as our first nice days have already happened and i woke up specifically early yesterday to catch one in its entirety.
and of going: spring break i and a friend from highschool went touring on bicycles in southeast virginia. we went on small roads and took a tent and some wonderful maps from the state department of transportation. we camped our first night on a little league field. soon enough the weather soured -- 40s, 30s, rain -- and we rode through this too. we became smelly, suspicious-looking. our final night we camped in the brush by an exit ramp so you can see how our campsite standards went downhill. but what a trip and how many mailboxes and lawns and trucks we marveled at!
here in sanskrit now we are reading about how the goddess durga defeats the generals of the demon army. far and away the most popular verb in this section is 'to cut,' followed by 'to shatter,' so you may imagine the general trajectory of the story.
at the inn, again, all is well. had a pleasant rainy easter breakast, and kate megear also was in town that weekend and stopped by on her way back to new york early that sunday morning. the dishwasher behaves itself, &c.
but most of all i wish you two well and am so pleased to hear of food, temples, what you do,
rebekah.
Hey Sweethearts,
This past weekend Jas and I got to visit with Walt and Jinhee in Western Philly, which was a pleasant escape from all the intense family smoozing (we were there for my cousin's wedding). We had a dim sum adventure. Tip: don't try to get dim sum after 4 pm or they will run you over with the dumpling carts if you get in the way! It is a brunch food.
Here at the Casa we've been having a steady stream of guests. The place is getting real broken-in and cozy. Jason's brother is here for the week. The two of them have actually been fixing the steps of the S. St. Inn. By-the-way, I just love working there; thanks for hooking me up, Ingie! Now, I'll have to seriously consider getting away for a couple of weeks to meet up with you two in Turkey. I know this is probably waaay to far ahead for you to plan, but where do you think you'll be in December?
Are you going to visit with Goy again when you return to Bangkok? I'd be very tickled if you could take a picture of her.
Happy travels! I miss you both TONS!
love,
Miriam
Ingie and Alpie-
The house across the street from L and W is going up for sale for $75,000. That means that we could get by with an entire house for only $600 a month. It's a fixer-upper and we'd have to outbid two other friends...but...Think it over...
JH and I had such a great time with J & M. If only they hadn't built a house of their own in C'ville, I think that I could have convinced them to move up here. I was distraught by the service we received. Not getting oranges or fortune cookies (the MAIN fortune cookie factory on the east coast is in Philly, for crying out loud!) added insult to injury. But...JH decided to go there THE NEXT DAY with L&W and another friend from Korean class.
Don't you miss NPR? I'm listening to This American Life.
I gave my first conference paper yesterday at Rutgers on Kant and Mohabbatein. My advisor wanted to go over it, and kept me at his home from 3 to 10 p.m. the night before. I went to sleep after I got home, and then woke up at 2:30 a.m. to rewrite it. I was feeling awful by 4:00 when I had to present and was barely able to return home. JH was amazing throughout in supporting me. The people at the conference (none of whom were SAists) were also very kind.
We miss you a lot. Write us all soon...
Walt
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