Friday, March 7, 2008

Daryl's Dino Discoveries

I recently took a trip to Vietnam, with an excursion to Cambodia. While there I was amazed to discover dinosaurs. It's kind of interesting because I work in a museum with a sizeable dinosaur population, so I know all about dinosaurs. And dinosaur scientists. (Odd bunch. But largely harmless.)

I am not a dinosaur scientist- I only sell them- but I do know a dinosaur when I see one. Here's one I discovered in Siem Reap, Cambodia:




This dinosaur is obviously a cousin of Stegosaurus. After the hard work discovering this beast I relaxed with a couple of cocktalls, then dined on some indigenous Cambodian cuisine (steak, pizza, and something called "amok," which sounded weird so I skipped it).

The only dinosaur I saw in Vietnam lives inside this mausoleum:


However, armed guards dissuaded me from photographing Hochiminhosaurus.


We had a layover in Japan on the way home, and it's here where I discovered how dinosaurs actually became extinct.



Turns out they were made of paper.

(If anyone is interested in non-dinosaurian aspects of our trip, they can be found here:

http://travelswithdarly.blogspot.com/ )