By the time I'd arrived I'd already lost/had my sunglasses stolen on the bus. Then stepping off the bus I was accosted by a record 10 tuk-tuk/moto drivers who swarmed around me like bees to the hive: 'MISS YOU WANT TUK-TUK?!' 'WHERE YOU GO MISS?' 'LADY COME WITH ME, ME BEST PRICE'. After screaming at them to stop pawing at me and to give me some space, two tuk-tuk drivers had a bidding war for my custom. Turns out they were partners and as I was getting into one tuk-tuk, the driver said 'no you get in that one'. Still, they took me to the Okay Guesthouse. Which was fine, and cheap, but returning to the room I found a bug. Not quite a cockroach, more scaraab-like. DEET would not kill it and it scuttled under
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