5 TO A ROOM

JULY 21 - Light, lack of it, how it's used...affects me...you know waxing and waning of the moon, candlelight, etc. So moving from a second floor interior room after a week to the third floor corner room at the front of Siem Reap Riverside Guest House is a great day! There is a wood (thin wood) wardrobe I can hang my blouses in and 2 drawers. Yea, I can finally unpack...not only my clothes, but the one suitcase full of fabric, thread, first aid supplies and personal care items.

I am not alone here. I share the room with 4 geckos, 2 adults, 1 mid sized, and one very tiny thing about 2 inches long almost translucent. The guy in the picture is the tiny one. Mostly they inhabit the tops of the walls and the ceiling...I think it is warmest there. They seem to like to be between the drapes and the windows and behind the air conditioning unit at the top of one wall. Sometimes a tiny one is in my toilet/shower room. I don't know if he's the same one.

When you can't see them, you can hear them. They "talk" - something like a frog, not a bull frog. This is a more delicate and melodic sound. Well, it's hard to describe. We don't have anything like it in Wisconsin.

Some geckos grow to 2-1/2 to 3 feet long. They're called "duc tou." They talk, too, deeper sound and very distinct. They, too, like to inhabit tops of walls somehow able to keep their massive weight up there, but these guys are often outside and on the ground, too.