It has been an eventful few days, as I parted with Jason (who returned to Kuwait where his piloting services were needed) and ventured North to Phnom Penh to meet up with Sarah. I found her at the Okay Guesthouse in the bustling downtown area of PP, a backpacker-ish type place, pretty laid back and basic. We walked the hot, humid, dirty city streets that evening and miraculously did not have any head-on encounters with vehicles. The traffic there is a phenomenal display of vehicle anarchy, yet somehow, the tuk-tuks, bicycles, motos, cars and brave pedestrians (mostly tourists are the only ones stupid enough to walk) all co-exist with respect for each other's space on the road. It is really something to see, but not somewhere I care to spend much time. We decided that we
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