Yesterday I had nothing planned other than my bus in the
afternoon so I was in no hurry to get out of bed, especially after a string of
early mornings. My internal alarm clock had other ideas though and I was wide
awake at 8am. I had a scratchy throat so I lounged around for a while trying to
get more sleep but didn’t have much luck. I made my way downstairs around 10
where I found Rachel and chilled with her until it was time for my bus.
The ticket I had said the bus was leaving at 1 and I should
be at the station at least 30 minutes before departure so I was stressing huge
at 12:45 when my ride to the hostel still hadn’t arrived. I was on the verge of
a full blown panic attack when it finally showed up and whisked me away to the
bus station where I waited until 2pm for my bus. I was not impressed. It was
about a million degrees outside and I was melting. Some good came of the long
wait though as I made some new friends Grant and Mitch (two guys from the UK).
We didn’t sit near each other on the bus but we chatted at
the rest stop and since they didn’t have a hostel booked they decided to tag
along with me to see if there were any available rooms where I was staying. I
was thankful to have them along as I had a dream the previous night that a
tuk-tuk driver kidnapped me and I was scared it might come true. Unfortunately
there were no vacancies so they headed off and soon after they left I found out
that my room had a king size and a twin so they could have crashed with me.
It was already dark when we arrived at the guesthouse and
the area looked incredibly sketchy so I was scared to wander out on my own in
search of food. I hadn’t eaten since about 10:30 so I thought I might starve to
death but I was saved because there was a restaurant in the lobby. I ate some
fried rice and headed to bed.
I tried to sleep in again today and did a little better than
yesterday but only lasted until about 9. I needed to move to a new hostel but
check out wasn’t until noon so again I was in no hurry to go anywhere. I did
however walk to my new hostel without my bags to make sure I knew where I was
going and then crawled back into bed until it was time to check out.
I arrived at my new hostel and it was too early to check-in
so I made my way to the pool area and bumped into Mitch and Grant who had
arrived a few hours before. We lounged by the pool for a while before wandering
into town to look in a few shops. We picked up the items the boys wanted and by
the time we made it back to the hostel it was time to check in.
I had the worst strawberry daiquiri in the history of the
world, and we all went for a swim. The water was freezing even though it’s an
indoor pool but I felt refreshed afterwards. Once I had cooled down I made my
way back into town with Mitch and got some cash from the ATM and bought some
light cotton pants to wear when I visit temples.
There was more lounging by the pool when we got back and
after a few hours we made our way into town for dinner. The hostel was throwing
a barbecue and we had originally planned on eating there but the food looked
rancid so we headed to Pub Street and found a nice little restaurant. The boys
had curries and I had a noodle dish, I was a little apprehensive about ordering
it after the vinegar noodle incident but I made the right choice, as the
noodles were delicious.
We sat at the restaurant for quite a while waiting for our
cheque but our table was outside and it had cooled down quite a bit since the
sun went down so I didn’t really mind. When we had finally paid we headed to
the night market for a bit of a wander. It looked a lot like most of the other
markets I’ve visited before but I will probably go back one night this week for
a more in depth look. On the way back to the hostel I some how convinced the
boys that they should buy some pants for tomorrow as well, they didn’t seem too
excited about it though even though I talked the lady into cutting her price in
half.
Now I’m back at the hostel relaxing, thinking I might head
to bed soon. Hoping to hit up Angkor Wat tomorrow for the first of three days
of exploring the many temples so I probably shouldn’t stay up too late.
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