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Great Packing
A mini van that was packed to the brim! And yes, those are live chickens tied to the roof As my trip is coming to an end I decided that to save money I would take the bus back to Bangok instead of flying. like my German friends. I left Ho Chi Min City at 7 am and arrived in Phnom Phen at 1:30pm. After a short layover I got on a different bus and drove another 6 hours to Siem Reap. I totaled 637 km in roughly 12 hours. This trip took a lot out of me so I was thinking that I would take it easy that night. Not so much.
I met a woman from China that was on vacation for a week on my bus. We headed into town to eat dinner and have a drink. I later found myself drunk walking home. When we got to our road I told her that it was nice to meet you and that I would talk to you later, I had other plans on my mind. If you know what the Cambodian flag looks like you would want one too. So off I went, on a drunk mission, along the main highway looking to snag myself a flag. They littered the highway but there was not a suitable spot to nick one. Everyplace had security guards or ppl on bikes chillin. I found a suitable one that I figured I could take down at around 3am. I walked around a km to get to this one. As I was cutting the pole down a security guard came out of a fence and watched me. Not wanting to get sent to jail I walked over to him and started chatting. Well me talking and him looking at me. I pointed to the flag and showed him 5 USD. He seemed to understand so I walked over to the flag, brought it back and cut it off the pole. He looked Ok with it. I rolled it up and said..OK? He didn't respond. So I asked to the road. Flagged down a moto and hopped on, never looking back. I was not arrested or confronted by police thankfully. I now own a sweet, large Cambodian flag.
The next journey ahead of me was to wake up at 7 and take a bus from Siem Reap to Bangok, a total distance of 370km. Doesn't sound bad, but you have no idea. The road between the two places is a disaster. On the Cambodia side it has not been repaired, well since ever. And there is a rumor that some airline, (Thai Airlines) pays the Cambodia gov't not to keep then up to par. This road had pot holes that could swallow a entire car. The ride took 12 hours to do less than half the distance from yesterday. What an experience. But not something that I would like to do again!
The use of the horn in South East Asia is necessary. There is a precise and complicated etiquette of horn use. Honk your horn only under the following circumstances:
When anything blocks the road
When anything doesn't
When anything might
At red lights
At green lights
At all other times
Enjoy
Your Guide Jordan
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Living the Dream
Ben & Nastassia
HORN - the universal language...
hey buddy, i can full well imagine your latest bus ride - bolivia is like that EVERYWHERE. sounds like the fun is ever conitinuing... is that the end of your trip or do you still have some more time? you forgot one more circumstance of using the horn: ยท when your bus driver is about to becoming involved in a impending crash! taker ez muchacho ben