Date: May 13, 2007
Location: Bangkok
Cambodia or Bust? I guess it's a bust. I ventured into Cambodia despite the warnings of 2 feet of mud. I encountered only 1 inch of mud, but that was enough to stop my heavily loaded bicycle. Pushing my bike through the mud, my sandals got stuck several times. Trying to pick up the sandals while balancing my bike, and trucks trying not to hit me wasn't much fun. There weren't any large buses to Angkor Wat, and the smaller tourist buses couldn't handle my bike. Locals with trucks wanted to put me in the back of their Nissans with 15 other local travelers, while my bike with all it's gear would hang off the back. I knew my bags, which are already ripping, wouldn't be able to handle the rough roads of Cambodia, so this wasn't an option. If Cambodia is this much trouble just across the border, then it would be more difficult further in, so I decided that I'll head back to Bangkok and travel by bus to China, because Vietnam can't be much better than Cambodia.
I can't enter Vietnam until June 7, so I'll hang out in Thailand until then.
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posted by Rick Anderson @ 4:43 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Rick
My son, Ian the tiny baby you cared for, is now 15. His great travel adventure before him is 3 days with his high school band at Disneyland. I think he would get a much better education in the mud flats of Cambodia with you. How come you have to wait till June to enter Vietnam, passport issue? Waiting for the Vietnam equivalent of the electric light parade?
Where's the picture of you ankle deep in mud? Where's the picture of you haggling for a spot in the back of a crammed nissan pickup. Where's the picture of you dancing with old toothless women?
Joe
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