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Journal Outline: Cambodia
344 - bus arrived in Chao Doc, ran after guy to hotel, breakfast and photo, bus to
boat, boat up river, relaxed, went through visa stations, extra 2 months revoked,
another long ride up the river, slept, bus into city, accident with motorcycle, tuk
tuk to hotel at the lake side
345 - switched hotels from sister 9 to floating island, got bikes, rode to watt
phnom, independence monument, malaysian embassy (closed), royal palace (closed),
lunch, russian market, stationary store, raining so stayed in store, got raincoats
for .50 and biked through rain back to hotel, dinner at same cheap place, sissi went
for beer somewhere while i slept
346 - went to malaysian embassy with Sissi, then to royal palace, walked around the
whole place before finding entrance, expensive, travel agency after, lunch at the
market, tuk tuk to killing fields, killing fields, depressing but not very
informative, back to the hotel and slept
347 - Sissi picked up visa, breakfast at hotel, shopping disagreement, bus to Siam
Reap, got to SR, tuk tuk arranged to garden hotel, once we decided on the room it
was taken by anoother guest, searched for other place, saigon hotel, arranged next
day with tuk tuk guy Bon Heak, visited market, curry
348 - got up early at 4:30, saw the sunrise at Ankor Wat, $40 entrance fee, tuk tuk
between each of the main temples, just did the short main circuit, [list temples],
finished at noon (was $15 and tipped $1), bought postcard, walked around town, at
night went to concert Beatocello, saw bon heak and he took us there for cheap, we
walked back
349 - rented bikes, biked to temples, larger circuit, ate bread and water, [list
temples], little kid tried to be our tour guide for money, other kids selling
flutes, books, scarves, etc, went to watch sunset on the hill temple, poor sunset,
biked back, bought the night bus to sihanoukville, ate at a cheap place, rained
350 - biked to Roulos, saw 2 main temples and one smaller one, back through
countryside, bad roads, saw the countryside, everyone yelling "hello" to us, saw
small festival and donated money, back to SR, Sissi got massage, got on the night
bus, trouble sleeping
351 - arrived very early in Sihanoukville, walked to the beach/hotel area, checked
out places and found room and slept, walked up and down the beach, very dirty, sat
down for beer, Sissi started drawing, left bar after they turned on loud music, back
to the hotel, I felt bad so I slept, Sissi went out to get pizza and brung it back,
and also she bought the ticket to Kampot
352 - shared taxi (not minibus), to kampot, walked all over town, checking prices,
small town, Pepper guesthouse, just relaxed, captain chimes restaurant, grilled
steak, went to supermarket, heavy rain so stuck at the market
353 - slept in a little, breakfast, searched around for Bokor hill tour prices,
relaxed at hotel, went to the supermarket again, booked the tour through the hotel,
relaxed, backed up and uploaded pictures, updated journal
354 - 8:00 got on bus to Bokor Hill, switched to truck, hiking in the jungle for an
hour and a half, truck picked us up magically, took us to the abandoned buildings,
very cool, had a few hours to walk around, explored farther buildings, walked
through tall grass and wet ground, good pictures, truck again, hiking again, truck
again, Kampot. had very fast lunch and rejoined tour for sunset cruise, shells on
beach, armada of fishing boats, came back
355 - morning made the mobile of shells, took afternoon bus to keep, after arriving
took boat to rabbit/Tonsay island, with english girls, girl who was very much like
Carrie M, waves were pretty bad in the boat ride, the island was very nice, cloudy
and relaxed on the beach, finished reading fear and loathing, walked around beach,
dinner with the group
356 - peanut butter breakfast, walked around island, tough path, lost group going
wrong direction, helped them, finally circumnavigated it all, lunch with spanish
girls, back to relax, went out to dinner with the group, beach fire, lights out as
we were walking back
357 - rain in the morning, stopped and took the boat back, poor boat parking annoyed
me, bus to phnom penh, no night bus to ratanakiri, walked to bus station, bought
morning ticket, hotel nearby for $7, spent night, watched hancock, hard to decide on
dinner
358 - bus to ratanakiri/ban lung, fried spider stall, long, bumpy past Kratie,
arrived, a mob of people trying to sell us hotels, one guy took us around to a few
hotels, best one was booked, finally found a hotel and went to sleep early
359 - cold shower, got bikes, switched hotels, went to travel agency run by Chico,
arranged tour for next day, biked to Crater Lake, walked around, terrifying ants,
switched bikes, biked to waterfall, small rain, hawk and monkey at entrance, not
very impressed by waterfall, biked back, dinner and drank with chico, had snake
360 - tour gem mines, isaac/sokah tour guide, searched through piles of dirt for
gems and rocks, lunch in BL, minority villages, further minority village, another
waterfall, playing with camera ISO, came back and relaxed at hotel, watched City of
Ember, dinner in market, drinking with Chico, "Chico's Bistro" gave him postcard
ideas, fruit shakes with rice wine
361 - bus in the morning, front seats, baby birds captured, Sissi got upset at
lunchtime, got off the bus in Kampong Çham, I continued to PP, hotel, Indian food,
Internet, Sissi arrived at the door after her adventure, dramatic talk, headache and
sleep
362 - breakfast and journal, out to market, got scarf, postcards, shirt, pens,
notebook, button, then sewed pants, had chinese food, found cheap internet,
showered, expenses, lok lak dinner
363 - relaxed at hostel, Sissi's cross stitch flew away, making her extremely upset,
to calm her i donated my scarf to her wallet project, made things better, went to
the market again to look for presents, fake ipod, tweezers, cheaper internet place,
back and indian food
364 - relaxed, went to the riverside to look for good pizza and currency exchange,
didn't find pizza, came back and had one lakeside, few drinks, good night except
couldn't sleep until very late
365 - Said goodbye to Sissi, AS, read, internet, had fried noodles for dinner, went
to sleep early
366 - relaxed at the hotel, planned money and lunch at indian place, met a weird
hippie expatriate,read 20,000 Leagues under the sea
367 - Moto to airport, airport tax$25, lost scissors, wine opener, shampoo, Lost $2
singapore to Khazak guy stuck in airport supposedly, singapore, culture shock, easy
to hostel, walked to downtown singapore, walked around the arab quarter, then the
marina area, along the river, up to the Bugis area, found a cheap shop and bought
terrible noodles, and apple juice, walked back to the hostel, watched some bad
movie.