21.11.07.
8.00AM...WOKE...SHOWER.
8.40AM...BREAKFAST...DIDNT FEEL HUNGRY...NU ATE MINE...APPLE/PINEAPPLE JUICE OK.
9.00AM...SPEAKING WITH COUPLE OF AUSSIES...NU SEWING.
10.10AM...SEMI PACKING...DEPART FOR MAINLAND AT 7.45AM TOMORROW...WIND PERMITTING.
11.20AM...RELAXING.
2.00PM...ORDERED CHICKEN/MUSHROOM SOUP...SPICY PORK SPAGHETTI...VERY NICE.
2.30PM...NU NOT HAPPY...MOBILE PHONE NOT WORKING.
3.00PM...SITTING BESIDE POOL.
4.20PM...LATE AFTERNOON NAP.
7.30PM...RESTAURANT...MET UP WITH THE TWO AUSSIES...DRANK TO MUCH WINE.
10.45PM...TIME FOR BED.
22.11.07.
5.30AM...ALARM...HEAD A WHIRL
5.50AM...SHOWER...HEAD STILL IN A WHIRL.
6.15AM...PACKING.
6.30AM...COFFEE.
6.55AM...TAXI.
7.20AM...PORT...THE DOCKSIDE...NOT THE DRINK!
7.45AM...FAST BOAT...LOOKS LIKE A ROCKET...STOMACH NOT AT ITS BEST.
10.30AM...PORT OF RACH GIA...BOYS ON MOTORBIKES PESTERING.
10.50AM...WALKING STREETS WITH 2 AUSSIES...THEY ARE EVERYWHERE...FOUND TRAVEL SHOP...20 MINS WAIT...NEXT WE ARE ON A RICKETY MINIBUS HEADING FOR CHAU DU...24,000 DONG FOR BOTH.
12.10PM...WONDERFUL SCENERY...PEOPLE PLEASANT...ENJOYABLE RIDE.
2.30PM...ARRIVED...BOREDER CROSSING TOWN...BACK ACHING...ROADS NOT GOOD.
3.15PM...BOOK INTO HOTEL...10 DOLLARS FOR BOTH.
3.50PM...SHOWER.
5.00PM...OUT SEARCHING FOR ORANGES.
6.00PM...BOOKED TRIP BY BOAT TO PHNOM PENN...GO 8.00AM...ARRIVE 2.30PM...18 DOLLAR EACH.
7.00PM...RESTAURANT...PORK SWEET AND SOUR...NOT THE BEST...PAPAYA JUICE OK...PINEAPPLE JUICE?...I THINK THEY FORGOT THE PINEAPPLE!
8.00PM...SPEND BEST PART OF EVENING CHATTING WITH TWO 60 YEAR OLD AMERICANS...THEY HAD HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE...TEACHING IN SO MANY COUNTRIES...ITS PEOPLE LIKE THAT WHO MAKE ME STOP AND THINK ABOUT LIFE...THAT LIFE OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW...SO FEW PEOPLE LOOK NO FURTHER THAN A MANICURED LAWN...OR KEEPING UP WITH THERE NEIGHBOURS...THERES SO MUCH MORE...DAMN WELL GO AND ENJOY IT!
23.11.07.
5.45AM...UP EARLY.
6.00AM...SHOWER...PACKED.
7.00AM...BREAKFAST...THOUGHT IT WAS INCLUDED...HAD TO PAY...WONT COME AGAIN!
7.30AM...WALKED TO BOAT STATION FOR PHNOM PENN.
7.55AM...SITTING IN SPEED BOAT READY FOR OFF.
9.10AM...VIETNAM WATER BORDER...ALLS WELL.
11.20AM...CAMBODIAN WATER BORDER...OFF WE ALL GET...VERY SMILEY PEOPLE...NO PROBLEMS...MET TWO WELSH PEOPLE...SO WAFFLE ABOUND...ON THERE HONEYMOON FOR 8 MONTHS...I GUESS THIS IS NU AND MINES HONEYMOON!
2.30PM...AT PHNOM PENN PORT...WELL,IF YOU CAN CALL IT A PORT...MORE OF A MUD BANK!
3.05PM...TAXI ACROSS BRIDGE TO POSH HOTEL...HADNT BOOKED ANYTHING...BUT GOT LUCKY...THEY HAD A SPARE ROOM...BIT PRICEY...WE DID NOT KNOW IT WAS THE WEEKEND OF THE WATER FESTIVAL...MOST HOTELS WERE FULL.
4.30PM...WALKING STREETS WITH WELSH COUPLE.
4.50PM...BEER OR THREE.
6.10PM...AT THE COLONIAL CLUB...THE PLACE WHERE ALL THE PRESS PEOPLE STAYED IN THE WAR DAYS...ORDERED...KARI KROEUNG SACH MOAN...SPICEY CHICKEN CURRY?...WATCHED THE FIREWORKS AND ALL COLOURED BOATS GOING UP AND DOWN RIVER.
9.05PM...RETURNED TO HOTEL VIA FOUR BERTH TUK TUK...GIRLS POPPED OFF TO BED...HAD A GOOD OLD WAFFLE WITH WELSH CHAPPIE...WELL ENJOYABLE EVENING...THE JIM BEAM PROBABLY HELPED!
24.11.07.
8.00AM...WOKE WITH A CROAK...SHOWER.
9.25AM...BREAKFAST...EGGS AGAIN!...TOAST...I WANT BACON,MUSHROOMS...COFFEE OK THOUGH.
9.40AM...WELSHIES JOIN US.
10.25AM...HUE...WELSH CHAP AND ME GO LOOKING FOR MONEY EXCHANGE...CAMERA SHOP...TICKET OUTLET...GIRLS WAFFLING... NO PROBLEM.
10.50AM...THOUGHT WE HAD BETTER HAVE A BEER.
11.15AM...MONEY EXCHANGE PLACE...OK RATE.
11.20AM...FOUND CAMERA SHOP...GOTTA COME BACK LATER WITH CAMERA...NOT WORKING AT PRESENT...GOTTA GET IT SORTED.
11.50AM...TICKET OFFICE...CHECKING PRICES FOR BOATS AND BUSES.
12.10PM...BETTER HAVE ANOTHER BEER.
1.30PM...BACK AT HOTEL...EXPLAINING TO THE LADIES HOW WE GOT LOST...NU TELLS ME LATER SHE COULD SMELL THE BEER...OUCH!
2.30PM...OUT WITH THE WELSHIES...CAMERA SHOP...SOMEHOW A VIRUS HAD GOT INTO MEMORY CARD AND WAS ON THE ATTACK!...LOST SOME PHOTOS!...MAJORITY OK...PURCHASED NEW MEMORY CARD...OK NOW I HOPE...NU WELL HAPPY.
3.00PM...JUMP IN TUK TUK TO GENOCIDE MUSEUM.
3.15PM...LOOKING AROUND MUSEUM...SEEN A MOVIE...I KNOW THESE ATTROCITIES HAPPENED...ABOUT 3 MILLION PEOPLE TORTURED AND KILLED...BUT I AM NOT IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND TO TAKE IT ALL IN...I APOLIGIZE.
4.45PM...BACK IN TUK TUK.
4.55PM...DROPPED US OFF AT SPORTS BAR...GIRLS DID NOT SEEM TO MIND...HUE AND I ARE PLEASED.
5.15PM...I THINK THEY FORGOT MY CHEESE IN MY CHEESE,HAM,TOMATO TOASTIE...HAD A BEER OR TWO.
6.25PM...WALKED THRU THE CROWDS TO THE IRISH BAR...HAD A BEER...BUT THE AURA WAS NOT GOOD.
7.15PM...STROLLED BACK TO ORIGINAL BAR.
7.35PM...ENGLISH FOOTIE ON TV...LIVERPOOL/NEWCASTLE...HAPPY CHAPPIES WE ARE...GIRLS WAFFLING.
9.00PM...STEAK SANDWICH...NO COMMENT!
10.00PM...BOLTON/MAN UTD...WE ARE IN OUR ELEMENT...GIRLS WAFFLING...BOLTON WON...HAD A COUPLE OF GAMES OF POOL...GIRLS WAFFLING...HAD A FEW WHISKIES.
12.30AM...WALKING BACK TO HOTEL...EXCELLENT DAY...GIRLS STILL WAFFLING!
25.11.07.
6.30AM...EARLY START...SHOWER.
7.00AM...BREAKFAST...ONLY HAD COFFEE.
7.45AM...WALKED TO ANOTHER HOTEL FOR PICK UP FOR START OF TRIP TO SIEM REAP.
8.05AM...IN 4 X4 TRAVELLING TO BUS STATION.
8.20AM...IN RICKETY CAMBODIAN BUS...OFF WE SET.
9.00AM...FIRST STOP...CHAPPIE CHECKING ENGINE...I THINK THE BUS AS GOTTA LEAK...DRIVER AND WATER AT REAR OF CONTRAPTION!
9.55AM...ANOTHER WATER FILLING STOP...TRIED TO SLEEP...I THINK THIS IS THE HOTTEST DAY...NOT THE BEST DAY FOR TRAVELLING ON A CAMBODIAN BUS!...I AM NOT ONE TO COMPLAIN THOUGH...AS YOU WELL KNOW!...HAD A FEW MANDARINS...GIRL TWO SEATS DOWN EATING SPIDERS...BIG AS TARANTULAS...DEEP FRIED!
2.30PM...AFTER SEVERAL STOPS...WE FINALLY ARRIVE IN SIEM REAP...CHAPPIE WITH TUK TUK WAITING TO TAKE US TO HOTEL.
2.50PM...HOTEL...OH...ITS NOT ONE WE THOUGHT WE HAD BOOKED...NO POOL.
3.10PM...PHONED MOTHER...ITS HER BIRTHDAY...HAD A GOOD CHAT...SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOWN THE PHONE.
3.40PM...SHOWER/BEER.
4.20PM...TUK TUK INTO CENTRE.
6.00PM...EATING AT RED PIANO...SWANKIEST RESTAURANT IN TOWN...SO WE WERE TOLD...WHOS FOOLING WHO!...WE DISCUSSED OUR ACCOMADATION...WE ARE NOT HAPPY...ENQUIRED AT IVY GUESTHOUSE...LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ON THE MOVE TOMORROW.
7.40PM...HAD A COUPLE OF BEERS.
8.55PM...TUK TUK BACK TO HOTEL
9.35PM...IN BED...WATCHING FOOTIE...NU READING.
ALL RICE...ALL SPICE...VERY NICE...SOMETIMES!
BYE FOR NOWZ.
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