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So back to having rubbish night's sleep because the pillows are like sleeping on a rock, I woke up so many times in the middle of the night with a crick in my neck and Scott had over 3/4 of the bed so he reviewed a few welcoming knees in the back and kicks in the calfs in the middle of the night, he looks so angry when he gets women up, it's pure evil and I love it! Muhaha. Serves him right for being in my space! Scott nabbed the soft 'fashion' pillow that was on the bed for show and slept on that. I woke up at 6am, fell back asleep almost instantly once I decided it would be more comfortable to lean on my arm and sleep, so that I did and I was out like a light for at least three hours. I don't think I moved an inch.
We eventually dragged ourselves out of bed for breakfast and decided to go on a waterfall hunt because other than organised treks I'm not sure there's much else to do around this town.
The map we got from the tourist centre is pretty poor, google maps was being super uncooperative so it was a guessing game after the first one. The first one was on the maps and took only 5 minutes to get to. It was small and shaded and two guys who we got chatting to there said that it was freezing so we went on the prowl for more, these two guys were doing the same so they tagged along on their moped and followed us. They were having a break from their bicycles, the English man had down 20,000km around the world so far, obviously he had flown in some parts but he done a lot of Europe and the really strange countries like Kazakhstan and he wanted to do Iran and Iraq. Strange.
We took a gamble on which dirt road to take as the map was pretty s***ty. We went for at least 10km and the roads just gradually got worse, the mud tracks were flinging sand and dirt up into the air turning us orange and I had to get off the bike a number of times because the balance on the bike was easier as the roads were like tight rope width with half a metre ditches either side. We accidentally went over a tree stump and it knocked the spring off the stool that would prop the bike up when you need to kick start it, so luckily the two men were DIY handy and helped put the spring back on.
We didn't go very much further before we have in and turned around. We parted ways as us two went to find another one on the other side of town, again unsuccessful, the road just came to an end and there was no road, not even any signs of water. We did however eventually did a sign for the 'sea forest' which is recommended in the lonely planet book; well I must say that lonely planet book don't lie and pretty much always right when it comes to attractions eateries and hotels; but this time around they must have been having an off day when they wrote the paragraph or desperately trying to find some more things to see and do in Sen Monorom to praise it a little more because yes you could see forests but it was no picturesque view and gorgeous forestry amongst you! We defeatedly retreated back to the first waterfall we found desperate to freshen up and get the orange sand from off of us! The water was incredibly cold but good, soon enough the locals that were at the top of the falls with their good stall were peering over the edge because we were 'foreigners showing flesh!'
On the way back Scott grabbed some grub and I had a nice cream at a road side cafe, I'm going to miss these cheap cafés with plastic chairs, bowls and cutlery when we get home! Haha.
I had to wash my back pack off once we got back, it's supposed to be black but it is indeed brown, I redecorated the bathroom with brown water whilst cleaning it! Even though there isn't much point because it's going to get dirty again tomorrow!
Definitely not like any other valentines we have had, tonight's meal cost us a whopping £5 overall and we kept ourselves entertained with a deck of cards!
The evening didn't start off great as I beat Scott up!
Ha! No, he walked behind me when I was drying my hair and as I pulled the brush from my hair he spring into Scott's eye and the Brussels caught him on the face so he looks like he's been beaten up by me and had a cut and a bruise around it, whoops!
But every night in Asia is date night so it's just another day here! That's his excuse for 'not seeing the florist' that we have walked passed 6-7 times since we have been here! Haha.
Karma is obviously a b**ch
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