One of my closest Khmer friends brother had a very bad accident, so Alin, Carli, Tak and I travelled up to PP with him to get to the hospital. We arrived at 2am and what a wake up call I had. I cannot explain in words what I saw, what i now know as a third world country hospital. It was so dirty, there was rubbish of all kinds overflowing the bin, people sleeping on the filthy floors. No decent hospital beds, had to watch family members do the jobs that nurses would be doing in Western hospitals. It was awful.
We wanted to make the best out of a bad situation so Alin took us on a tour of the city, and I treated him and Tak to a gorgeous meal on a rooftop restaurant over looking the river. We went to a shopping mall which had an arcade on the top floor. Had a hilarious ten minutes in a 4d mini cinema. Tak decided to choose the scariest ride, and all through him and Alin screaming. Tak and I came back to Shv two days later after spending seven hours on a freezing cold bus wearing only a top and shorts and eating Pringles.
His brother made a full recover and a week later was home where he belongs :)))