The Road to Phnom Penh

It was like leaving our own home.


Leaving Siem Reap gave ETS and I the same kind of sadness.  We wanted to give everyone a big goodbye hug!

And it didn't help that the driver who took us from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh was Mr. Polie, a Phnom Penh policeman said his see-through camouflage shirt, LOL!  He was like a dad taking his kids to a boarding school.

Despite the language barrier, he tried his best to chat with us, while he was texting, talking on the phone, at 120kph in his Camry which he must have mistaken for an All Terrain Vehicle!  This video should give you an idea.

It was a 4-5 hour drive, but because I could not sleep given the situation, I just busied myself with taking pictures along the way, whenever I wasn't trying hard to understand Papa Polie.  And I swear I didn't see a single mountain.

The road to PP is around 95% well-paved. The remaining 5% was under construction.

Hitch-hiking monks. At least Cambodian drivers know that if you are slow, you should always keep to the outer lane.

The bus to PP which we didn't take because we were feeling rich at the time!

Spean Preah Toeus, believed to have been built in the same era as the Angkor Wat.

Just one of the many Khmer structures along the way.

Monks.

More monks.

Cambodian countryside. Philippines=coconuts, Cambodia=palm trees!

Cambodian houses on stilts, usually with a hammock downstairs where they spend siesta to escape the scorching heat.

Papa P, the proud policeman!

Whatduh?!

Local delicacy.  Papa P explained, I did not understand.

School kids biking their way home.

Slow down Papa P, for goodness sake!

Finally, PP!