Dissing the dolphins

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Stung Treng is the gateway to Rattanakiri, home of some of Cambodia's best wildlife spotting, but the heat had convinced me that tramping around wouldn't be much fun, so we headed for Kratie the next day. The touts were out in force, and were persistent beyond the point of mere irritation.

I'll mention here about the bizarre dual currency system in Cambodia. You can pay for anything in either $ or riel (with a 4,000 to 1 exchange rate being almost universally employed), but in general you'll use $ for anything "large" and receive change in riel (especially when the change is less than 4,000 riel). The ATMs give out $.

The main reason for anyone to stop in Kratie is for the dolphins that live in the river there, however after arriving we decided that we weren't sufficiently interested to see them, so made plans to move on to Phnom Penh the next day.

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