Monday, September 07, 2009

Possibly the craziest thing that's ever happened to me

The picture on this post kind of gives it away, but here's the story.

So, I'm riding in the back of a van outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia, en route to one of the temples of Angkor Wat called Bantay Srei about 50 km from the main tourist circuit. Alongside the road there were some really pretty green rice fields, and our guide said "look, some really pretty green rice fields!" I looked out and saw a girl taking a picture of the rice fields.

Me: "Hey, that girl taking the picture kind of looks like Chrystal."
Me: "Hey, that guy on the bicycle kind of looks like Ben."
Andy: "Yeah, it kind of does look like them."
Eden: "Yeah...kinda does."
Me: "WAIT, that is Chrystal and Ben! STOP THE CAR!"

So we stopped and I called out Chrystal's name, but she apparently didn't think that anyone would hop out of a van in the middle of rural Cambodia and call her name so she and Ben just went on riding their bikes until they were about 5 feet in front of me.

Isn't that bananas?

Anyway, here's a picture to prove it. The lens was all steamed up from the humidity but you get the point. (Note the pretty green rice field)

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