Woke up early this morning to pack and have breakfast before being picked up and taken to bus station for journey back to Phnom Penh. Don't think I mentioned the cost of the coach when booking includes tuk tuk or mini bus picking you up......saves lugging all the bags around. Also when booking they assign a seat number against your name, hotel and room number, so will not leave without you. Very efficient, but they are always 15 to 30 mins late picking you up and the coach leaves up to 30 mins late.
Last night.........not being seasoned travellers, we discovered that the cheapest place to drink ( 1/2 Litre of beer 50 cents, a gin and tonic $1 ) is seldom the cheapest place to eat. So you start in one and then move to the other. Also you can take a small bottle of spirits in your pocket, order just a coke and add you own spirit. These savings can add up over 2 to 6 months which seems the average length of backpackers travels
The previous night.....Christmas night we tried the open air restaurant, always seemed busy with up to 200 people. The popular dish appeared to be BBQ. Maybe it was our fault for ordering insufficient, but the potato was very small and only just warm, the skewers of chicken and pork were 95% red and green peppers and onions, with just 3 small pieces of meat. The salad was just 4 leaves of lettuce, and our chosen sauce just lightly brushed over the top.The skewers cost $.90, & the potato $.75, but that wasn't the point.Janina was craving a potato for Christmas dinner! If we had complained I think they would have claimed not to understand.
A selection of people pictures takenover the last two days.
COOKING BY THE ROADSIDE
SELLING DRIED FISH AND BUGS
A BIKE FOR TWO
A BIKE FOR THREE
OR EVEN FOUR
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