// July 27th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Phnom Penh
The day after the party and ours was the last bus to leave at 12pm we thought it best to go with the later one and at least attempt to get a few hours of sleep. We rolled into the bar for breakfast and to say our last goodbyes to Lee, Chris, Duncan and lucy and all the others at Monkey Republic then before Georgie started crying we jumped into a tuk tuk and went to the bus station, still half pissed and hanging in the roaring sunshine we waited for our bus to Pnom Penh for about 15 minutes. We opted for the cheaper second class buss and instantly regretted it! Although the seats were comfy enough and the aircon was vicious we were joined by a Japanese choir who sang (rather nicely I should add) for the entire 4 hour journey! Georgie and I had headphones so we could get a break from the heavenly bunch before it drove us mad. The journey was really nice and the scenery passing by was gorgeous with cloud topped hills and lush greenery as far as the eye can see but the stop we made for food was as ever in a complete shithole…
Phnom Penh… The weather was beautiful and the place had a really nice feel to it, it was madness getting off the bus all the tuk tuk drivers were crowding around shouting to try and get someones attention and a guard was trying his best to keep them back a bit but there were far too many, I told one chap who was being pretty calm that if he gave me a few minutes to have a smoke and get our bags then ill come and find him and he did so off we headed down to the lakeside area in his banging old tuk tuk where a load of the girls from Monkey Republic were staying to find a room. Its alot more hectic in Phnom Penh than Bangkok even, but in a good way if there is such a thing. We arrived at the lakeside area which is a small street cramed with bars and guesthouses and had a quite nice feel about it but we were tired and needed a room so after seeing 4 of the dirtiest rooms we’ve ever seen we got back into our tuk tuk and went to Okay guesthouse near the riverside which had been recomended to us by Chris at Monkey. It also was a chaotic place but the rooms were cool, clean and comfortable so we dropped our bags and headed straight back out in our struggling tuk tuk to the Sora centre to buy a new camera.
We had a little wander around but it was all abit odd to be honest so we had some food and got on with the task at hand and picked up the exact camera we wanted for a pretty descent price, then went outside and found Mr Mengly and his poo poo tuk tuk and went back to the room to watch tv and get some much needed rest…
