Nam her I come....

So my current visa is set to expire this coming Friday. Although they will nto come after me and try and expell me from the Kingdom of Cambodia, they will take a nice chump of change on my departure from the country. They usually charge a hefty $5 a day when a person overstays their visa. That would leave me in quite a bit of debt upon my departure. Therefore, I had to go to the foreign affairs office today. They informed me that the visa class that I have can not be switched to the visa class that I need. Right now I have visa class ë and I need visa class v. Ther problem is in order to get visa v I need to accept it from an immigration official. They can not simply switch my class and give me a new visa. So I have to travel to the border of Cambodia and Vietnam to do this. However, I also need to purchase a visa from vietnam in order to step over the border and come right back to Cambodia. So I went to the Vietnam embassy todaya nd left my passport with a security guard who informed me that it will cost $35 and he will have it readyf or me tomorrow. I hoep he is right. So basically friday I will get on a bus from Phnom Penh to soem border town. This will take two hours. I will then cross the border, see a market and head back accross the border with a sheet of paper informing the immigration officials to give me visa v and a 3 month extension. Then I will get back on a bus and 2 hours later be in the great city of Phnom Penh. Its gonna be a long day....
Other than that not much is going on. Classes have been getting better and the students are really genuinly interested in me. They love to hear about America and my life. I also recently went to the Russian market. I purchased a patch, a cool hat, and a t-shirt for $4. I thought it was a steal but apparently I got ripped off according to all my students. They took advantage of a foreigner... its not right! So yeah things are pretty good. I just get these urges for a hamburger. I think im close to trying one of these touristy american burger joints in Phnom Penh. I hope it lives up to expectations. I just dont think I can survive on rice and veggies as my only meals.
After New Years I am going to take a bus to Battambong and spend a night before taking a boat to Siem Reap to see Angkor Wat. I am very excited to see the temples. It will be both beautiful and spiritually moving from what everyone has told me. I hope everyone is doing well and I look foreard to hearing from people.....write me! Spence