The bus left at 6.30am prompt for the long journey to Kompong Cham, Cambodia's 3rd largest city. Not really large, about 50,000 people. It was a big bus, pretty comfortable and we were the only westerners travelling.
There was the usual karaoke screen playing Cambodian music and a movie! We got quite excited when the movie started and the title flashed up on the screen, 'Rambo III'! Unfortunately, the excitement came to an abrupt end when Sylvester Stallone demonstrated he could speak fluent Khmer (Cambodian)! We were distraught, the movie was dubbed! So we slept, apart from the hourly toilet stops. One stop was a little more interesting. The bus stopped as usual, everyone clambered off, disappeared behind various bushes and then after a few minutes we left again. Not a building in sight. The road was good most of the way but half way there was a large section which was purely red dust. Our bags were covered in the stuff and we do not want to think about how much we must have we swallowed!
Eventually we arrived in Kompong Cham, a town by the Mekong River. There were a few large tour boat travelling to Vietnam and many NGO vehicles. We found a good hotel then headed out to top up on money and grab some cold drinks (cold blackcurrant tea and banana juice, both really good). We played pool at a small bar and ate at a great little restautant over looking the Mekong River.
There was the usual karaoke screen playing Cambodian music and a movie! We got quite excited when the movie started and the title flashed up on the screen, 'Rambo III'! Unfortunately, the excitement came to an abrupt end when Sylvester Stallone demonstrated he could speak fluent Khmer (Cambodian)! We were distraught, the movie was dubbed! So we slept, apart from the hourly toilet stops. One stop was a little more interesting. The bus stopped as usual, everyone clambered off, disappeared behind various bushes and then after a few minutes we left again. Not a building in sight. The road was good most of the way but half way there was a large section which was purely red dust. Our bags were covered in the stuff and we do not want to think about how much we must have we swallowed!
Eventually we arrived in Kompong Cham, a town by the Mekong River. There were a few large tour boat travelling to Vietnam and many NGO vehicles. We found a good hotel then headed out to top up on money and grab some cold drinks (cold blackcurrant tea and banana juice, both really good). We played pool at a small bar and ate at a great little restautant over looking the Mekong River.
