Mhairi got up at 04:15 to check out the sunrise over Angkor Wat, I would have gone too but was still feeling rough. Unfortunately there was too much cloud so no views :(
At midday we got the bus down to Phnom Penh. It’s a much better road so it should have been a fun trip. However, they made up for the good roads, by playing *the worst music* I’ve heard (with accompanying videos). Now, I’m all for seeing and experiencing other cultures, but not when I’m trapped in the back of a bus!! And I think they played it as loudly as they could… It’s at times like this that a decent mp3 player and headphones come in handy. I think there was too much noise, so the video didn’t come out too well, but still..
Oh, this was our lunch stop… (they have feet)
After arriving in Phnom Penh we had our first crazy tout experience, comical in retrospect, but after 5 hours of that music it certainly didn’t feel like it… once you stepped of the bus about 20 touts materialised and started waving guest house brochures in your face.. Mhairi and I had just collected our bags but could hardly see eachother just ‘cos they held these cards in our faces! Arrgh! I know I know, it’s all part of the experience, and it is, and it was funny, and yes, we laughed heartily about it later, but sheesh.. I don’t think they understand the concept of personal space. Eventually one tuk-tuk guy said ‘Just come in my tuk-tuk and they’ll all go away’, so we did, and he took us to the Lakeside area – backpacker central, but actually quite nice.
Again a fairly early night for me, still not feeling 100%, but think I’ll be back to normal in a day or two.
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