Siam Rep to Sigon
First of all I am not in Bali, so no worries there, but I don't think I will be heading to Indonesia any more. An in addition will be heading fairly sharpishly through Malaysia as well. Wolf and myself are currently in Nha Trang of which you will hear about later.
Anyway, on to more pleasant things.
The journey from Siam Rep to Phoem Phen was as usual in Cambodia bumpy, and we got through it simply by watching the kids, and dining on big fried spiders which incidentally like everything else taste like chicken.
Phoem Phen is a cowboy town, where the gun is king and armed robbery is rife, so we did not really spend much time 'out on the town.' we did however spend an inordinate amount of time relaxing and chilling out by the lake watching the dragon flies turn to bats in the evening drinking and banana lassies. Heaven.
While in Phoem Phen we made our way to the killing fields there where 10,000 people were murdered and burried in mass graves a temple has been built to honour the dead. Every skull recoverd is placed in the temple. It is, to say the least, a powerfully emotive place.
After a day or two of that we realised that we had to move once in a while and headed down to the coast to Shinokvile(spelling?) Cambodias beach town, and for once the roads were in good condition.
We spent a day there ambling along the beaches doing a little rock climbing and a lot of burning in the sun. It was also the first time I had seen the sea since I arrived.
Well cutting many a long story short we got back to Phoem Phen and headed out to Vietnam.
The roads were aparrantly unservicible even for Cambodians, which is saying something so we had to wait a week or two or take a few boats through the Mekong delta. So we did.
It felt like some poor Hollywood flick, sitting on the roof of the boat watching the scenery skim past and perplexed looks of the local people, with awesome thunderstorms breaking overhead. There are plenty people in Vietnam that hide from westerners thinking we are 'American GI' back again.
After two days of travel we got into Sigon having traveled by moto, speedboat, Vietnamese fishing boat, mini bus, barge and coach. And the thought of a bed was all consuming.
Thats all for today campers, just the essentials.
