Phnom Pehn...again

We were not so happy at having to travel back and spend another night in Phnom Penh. Having stayed there an extra day while awaiting our bags, we really wanted to move on to Vietnam. But we can only go when the buses take us, so we resigned ourselves to another night.

We only got into PP after 7 and had a tuk tuk driver take us around. I was amazed to find myself really pleased to be back! It's a great city, so busy and noisy and colourful. And travelling by tuk tuk is the only way to go. It turned out that the direct bus to Ho Chi Minh City was full for the next day so we had to work out a plan B. We checked into a guesthouse by the lake, imaginatively named #9 Guesthouse. The room was not spectacular, but at $3 a night, we couldn't really complain. We went out to sort ourselves out a ride to Vietnam. The most interesting way to get there is by boat. Takes a bit longer, but we decided it was worth it. That sorted, we decided we needed a drink. And at $0.75 for a double vodka and red bull, it would've been rude not to!

We then spent about 3 hours cotching in hammocks (Toby's makey-uppey word, not mine) and drinking beer on the deck of the guesthouse over looking and overhanging the lake. This was mainly because our $3 room was sweltering and there was no air con, only a crappy fan on the wall, but also 'cause they were hammocks and there was beer!!

We eventually rolled out of the hammocks at 3am and into bed surrounded by a mosquito net. After a fitfull 3 hours sleep we were back up and very soon on the road to Vietnam.