The Epic Journey pt 5

haha! inspires he says!
the travelling guy: this guy is one of the BESTEST persons on earth to travel with, or okay, the only so far, i've soloed with, then, ain't a solo no more eh? a duppio, yes, and a decent two man party it was. what's wrong with double locking! he'd exclaim, nothing, heh, nothing at all, always pays to be extra careful.

now, where did we stop, ah yes,

10th July Phnom Penh, Cambodia

the royal episode at the ROYAL PALACE. "the royal day in the royally royal palace where we say the royal cat" so the royal morning was royally spent in the royal palace. it's so royally awesome, ain't able to find words to comprehend the royalness. just look at the royal pix:

after the episode, we'd move on the the killing fields, it's this field, where killing happened, you'd see this mausoleum housing the bones o the dead. it's equally gruesome as the s21 compound, but, a lil bit more comfortable i'd think. so we were walking around the compound, and then we saw this bunch o kids, asking for our names, &c, speaking english, after the formalities, hullo how are you what is your name where are you from? they'd ask for money, yes, hmmm,

the mid afternoon was spent at the russian market, and here, i thought interesting, the tuktuk man tells of the country picking up english only 15 years ago, before that, the country'd speak, in addition to cambodian, russian. thought that intriguing, the country picking up russian, after the largest commie country post ww2.

went around looking at the capital, dropped by Wat Phnom, yes, the amazing race hill temple thing place. Wat Phnom named after lady penh or something, founding person of phnom penh.

after the visits and looks and sight seeings we went back to the sleazy number 9 guesthouse and asked for a transfer, hey, can we move next door? to number 9 sister (also without hot water). NOW THIS PLACE is sleaze free, yes, for 4 USD, or 6 was it? a night, i'd recommend number 9 sister over number 9, phnom penh as a whole though, ain't much to see i suppose. so the night was spent at number 9 sister, there's this lil area facing the lake (?), think the whole guesthouse is built over the bank of the lake. sat around, watched Walk the Line on tv, with another two cambodian strangers, sleaze happening simultaneously, i'd suppose on the other side. there's a hammock, of which we took turns to sit in, and we'd think back on Brunei. when the film finished, i moved into the room while the other sat around, they've got this awesome weird hippie straw chair, it's got the magic to make one reluctant to work, move, &c, o! the comfort level x 99.

wash up, sleep, next day we'd move to Vietnam.