It has been raining - not for long but oh so hard. My landlord - like all Cambodians collects the rain. We are on the mains but water is expensive and although I always use the mains water I know they don't. As you can see they have huge earthenware pots which are filled from the gutter. It took 5 minutes to fill one of these containers (that's with half the water escaping because it was so heavy).

There are only gutters where collection is happening, everywhere else you just get wet when entering or leaving a building.

This morning I decided that I have been a nervous idiot and if I could ride Marc on highway 4 I could ride my bike. So here I am, with Gertrude (the bike) sitting patiently outside, in my favourite restaurant eating breakfast and drinking coffee. I really enjoyed riding the bike in Myanmar and feel better for the exercise, so I am determined to ride it as much as possible over the next few months.