We had a very lazy morning waiting for our midday bus to arrive to take us to Phnom Pehn - the capital of Cambodia. The first half of the bus ride went smoothly, despite the intense heat and having to have a seat shuffle to get seats next to each other. About 100kms from Phnom Pehn the bus broke down and we ended up stranded on the side of the road for an hour. We noticed that slowly the other passengers we getting into minivans, so Adam the negotiator spoke to the driver and ended up getting a free minivan ride for the 4 of us all the way into central Phnom Pehn.
A short distance from town a storm descended from the skies and served to clean the dirt from the atmosphere and provided us with excellent views of the mountains in the distance.
The driver attempted to drop us off at a busy intersection where a swarm of moto drivers darted towards our van and jammed their heads in the windows yelling at us to take their moto!!! We totally ignored them and Adam managed to get the driver to drive in the right direction. Soon Adam was pressing the accelerator and holding the steering wheel as the driver attempted to call a hotel to come and relieve him of his burden!
We ended up right where we wanted to be, which is on the edge of Lake Kak where we enjoyed the storm-cleaned skies as we watched the sun throw its colours over the water.
Adlibing it to the city.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
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