Oh its been almost 2 weeks since i wrote anything, the nice thing about this is that it means that i did not have a chance to get properly online... which can only mean i am out of my old world and fully into this reality of traveling and exploring.
I was one week now at a meditation and yoga retreat close to Siem Reap. I think this has been the first time in years that i have felt truly peaceful, relaxed and started to get deeper with myself. One of the core principles of the retreat is that it a digital detox, no phones, no Internet for 6 days... although i did cheat to write Tom, i tried to stick to it. Its amazing how when you go out afterwards you notice how people are constantly staring at their screens, even while talking to their friends or anyone. Its interesting when you start to kind of wake up and notice that no one is living in the present, everyone seems to want to be somewhere else... with someone else.. and then when they are with them.. they cannot be there either.. I do this too.. when i am in Asia i check FB of my friends back at home, and when i was there.. i dreamt and thought about here. The cure is to bring ourselves into the present moment.. take a look around you, appreciate the beauty, love with your heart in this moment, and do not worry abut the future.. appreciate yourself and those around you right now. The future does not exist... all we have is the now.
I will have to write a whole post about the retreat, but this computer is so bad and its very hard for me to type. So instead of sharing everything that is going on, i just want to share with you a beautiful little moment from last night that really touched my heart.

So yesterday evening me and a friend went out for dinner, there was a small funfair and street food market and we sat down to eat. A little Khmer girl came up to us with her hands outstretched begging for money. She looked so sad and lost, she was about 8 or 9. I didn't know what to do, because even though i hear its not good to give the street kids money, i always want to give them something. The thing was i only had 100 dollar bill so it was not going to work. So i invited her to eat with us, she immediately accepted and sat down at the table, eating the bowl of noodles in seconds, sitting quietly and politely. We bought her a drink and her face opened into a huge genuine smile, she tried to talk a lot to us, but we didn't really understand. After drinking her juice she did a huge burp and burst out laughing the cutest laugh, which made us laugh too. After we finished dinner, she took my hand and walked silently with me through the fair, we occasionally looked at each and other and burst into huge smiles... love is a language everyone in the world understands and appreciates. We bought her candy floss and it was the sweetest pleasure to watch her enjoying it. When we had to go, i reached down to her and she fell into my arms with the most complete hug, she put her head on my shoulder as we hugged tightly for at least a minute. As usual i got emotional and had to fight back tears the whole way home.. Giving and receiving sincere love is far more valuable then money, so often we want to get or give something material, but love and attention are so so priceless. She is always going to be in my heart and I am sure that she will remember us too.
So i have more to tell, unfortunately this computer is pretty rough to type with , so i will say goodbye for now, more details coming soon