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Sat 12th Jan -
Got the bus at 0815hrs and arrived in Phnom Penh at 1230hrs, and booked ourselves into a guesthouse on the lake called the lazy fish.Now whoever constructed this oversized garden shed must have been a Lazy fish or totally stoned out his nut as he left gaping holes in the walls and floor, for mosquito's to get thru.We dumped our bags and went for a walk around the area.We had booked our tuk tuk drived to come back for us at 2pm , so we bought some essentials, had a fruit shake (which always gives you the skids) and then headed off with wee Cambod the tuk tuk driver to the shooting range.Some sweet wee kids chased us and jumped on our moving 3-wheeled machine beggin for money.Even though we said no they still blew us a kiss!! Sweet eh?Up at the old shooting ranged we sat down and were presented with a menu.Baldy was about to say she didn't want any food when Laney stepped in and said 'Read the fecking thing , are you gonna chow down on an M16 or a feckin tommy gun', we bagged ourselves a couple of AK47 rusian rifles and wiped out the targets and tyres in the range.So much fun especially on automatic!! Again safety is not an issue in this part of the world and again one does not hesitate to pick up an old rifle which could back fire in your mush and start firing away Rambo style.On the way back the same kids kept pestering us and the tuk tuk driver could go no faster due to the bumpy dusty track and his bike's lack of power.Laney started making a movie of them as they clung to the side of the vehicle begging for money, and in return we gave them the equivalent of fifty pence for there effort.They accepted this measly donation and ran off to play in the quagmire.After we had showered the inch thick dust, which had collected, on our faces from our open air tuk tuk ride through town we went to a lovely Italian restaurant for dinner.Whilst sitting waiting for our feast we overheard a young Cambodian girl asking the couple behind us to buy a book from her.They must have recognized her from a night previous to this and told her they did not wish to buy a book, however if she wished she was more than welcome to sit with them and have a meal.She placed her box of books on the floor and climbed on to a chair adjacent to them and politely ordered a salad and water, as she claimed that coca cola is not good for you.Back at the holey hotel we rid our room of cockroaches and mosquitos and squeezed ourselves under our mosi nets.We gassed out the last few bugs with a smoke and crashed out.
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