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The average table
The turtle look
Obama!?
Results watch party
Caisa sharpening her pool skills in Sihanoukville
A Monkey Republic bungalow at sunset
The jungle outside our Sihanoukville bungalow
The inside of Caisa and my bungalow in Sihanoukville--your average SE Asian guesthouse room
The Sihanoukville beach by night
Cans upon cans of drinks for the Festival hordes
A live advertisement at the "carnival" section of Water Festival
A float being readied for the night's parade
Longboats racing on the river
Looking across the park in front of the Royal Palace on the first day of Water Festival
Our friendly vendor hands over the goods
Operating the sugarcane crank to make sugar water
Enjoying a baggie of sugarcane water
Crowds by the riverside
Joking with the vendors
Christine trying sticky cake
Making durian ice cream-on-baguette
One of my favorite street foods--steamed corn on the cob
Longboats on the Tonle Sap River for Water Festival
Racing for the win
Crew up close
One of the great boatman costumes
Entrance to the Silver Pagoda and Royal Palace with Festival crowds
The Royal Palace, all gussied up
"Industry" float on nighttime river parade
Street stall coffee
In the wartime basement...
Halloween face paint
Young martial arts champs
New friends
Sunrise from Catie's 15th floor apt.
A storm gathering over Saigon
Costumes
Helmets
Quite the windows!