So, as promised, we treated ourselves to a night out in the seaside town of Sihanoukville. After having dinner with some new found friends in the restaurant of our guesthouse, we walked to the nearest bar and ordered a drink. Whilst at the bar, one of the many dogs we pass decided to lick my ankle .... of course I instantly panicked about the threat of rabies as indicated by the faithful nurse back in Richmond. So I whipped out my hand anesthetic stuff and said a million hail marys. Seems to have worked, I'm still here 24 hours later so not so bad hey? We won't tell you what we saw two other dogs doing in the middle of the street though a bit later on!!
Sihanoukville offered some good deals for backpacker party people - a free tuk tuk to a bar on the beach which offered free drinks to the laydees after 10pm! Nice one! So naturally we stayed there, enjoyed watching some awesome fire displays by Cambodian guys on the beach. We even tried to get him to teach us later but unfortunately didn't manage much before dropping it or narrowly poking an eye out! Did get invited up for a booty shake by the locals, one including Cambodia's home version of Gok Wan - he was the best! Told us all about his arsehole Western boyfriend who ditched him for a different country - bastard. He seemed a bit offended when we told him he was like Gok Wan but once he understood this was a popular fashion stylist in the UK he was happy. Will try get some photos up soon. Oh and I mustn't forget the local women who are obsessed with our skin and are so jealous of our pale complexions! They were so friendly and it really helped to make our night by mixing with them. We couldn't believe that one girl/woman was 31 - they all look much younger. She was so pretty with a great figure so we told her so. She replied, "Oh noooo, we want to look like you! You know, Cambodian men - they like women like you (grabs my hips) like really fat!" Hahaha!!! Completely meant as a compliment in every way possible but it did make us laugh (and did make me squirm at being fat!).
So our night in Sihanoukville was lots of fun, hardly spent anything considering that Cambodia has been pricey. The next day it was back to brilliant sunshine - typical, but still we hopped on our bus to Phomn Penh - the capital of Cambodia. Along the way we have been hanging out with a German girl called Anna and an American called Nick. Though Nick insists that he is not an American, he is from Planet Earth! Somewhat embarassed of the American reputation I guess. Also, whilst racing a few tuk tuks to our guesthouse, we got talking to a group of travellers who just so happen to be from Northallerton - blinkin small world!
We aren't staying in Phonm Penh very long - after much deliberation we have decided to abandon the idea of visiting Vietnam as we really just won't have time and will be constantly on the move and not enjoying ourselves. We have a flight booked tomorrow to fly to the Vientenng (sp?) capital of Laos. We are planning to spend about two weeks chilling out and finally settling somewhere for a bit longer as we've been ongoing pretty much from the start. A lot of people have advised us to go tubing which is meant to be a lot of fun. Will keep you posted!
As we sat having our dinner this evening in the ghetto regions of Phomn Penh (there are rats running by our guesthouse and the toilet is already blocked but it's only $1 a night!) we befriended a street kid who tried to sell us some knock off Lonely Planet guides. He offered to do our hair for us so prompltly whipped out our hairclips and started styling away - we have some dodgey hairdos going on now but amazingly, he didn't ask for a tip! He just chatted away and was so cool! I feel quite comfortable walking around with some crazy plait and quiff combination!!
Aside from the good stuff as mentioned, we decided to visit the S21 museum today (google it for a summary!) so that we could have more of an understanding of what the country went through in the 70s. It was really distressing and I didn't enjoy it at all, yet we all appreciated the importance of learning about it.
So tomorrow evening we will have landed in Laos, ready to settle down for a bit and live it up some more! Watch this space.
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