Flat Tires and Cows
So I'm here in Siem Reap, Cambodia along with my girlfriend Trish. We got here after a 6 1/2 hour bus ride from Phnom Penh.
Prior to getting on the bus, Trish overheard a Chinese businessman talking to the bus company owner (an Overseas Chinese) in Mandarin: "Didn't this bus pop it's tires before?" The owner said, "Yeah, three times."
Being the unlucky fools that we were, we had already bought tix and just got on the bus. Lo and behold, while on the Angkor Express, we got a flat tire while on the rode. During that time, the passengers (some foreigners and some Cambodians) got out of the bus to walk around and some took a piss off the side of the road (those who did were Cambodians with the exception of myself = P).
We were in the middle of country land and there were some strawhuts near our bus. There were also two cows that were tied next to where we were (one brown and one white) and a water buffulo further down the road. Pictures to be posted once I find an USB adapter for my SD card. A group of children from one straw hut said "bye bye!" to me as I was walking away and I waved back.
After the driver changed tires, we were back on the road and got to Siem Reap at 420pm (we started from Phnom Penh around 950am).
Trish and I just had dinner at a Khmer Restaurant which served us a curry-like dish of chicken, egg, vegetables, and coconut milk. Now, we're making plans how we should go about seeing the famous Angkor Wat temples tomorrow (one was featured in "Tomb Raider" the movie).
More updates later on
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