My bike arrived with a mechanical fault. It jumped a lot especially when I first set off, it had a serious problem when changing gear - i.e. It did not always seem to know that I had asked it to go up or down a gear, in fact it seemed to have a mind of it's own. I was thinking I would have to take it to a garage as it was obviously faulty but strangely over the week that it has been in Pailin the air here has worked it's magic and it now running much smoother!! I must say having a bike is great in the middle of the day, I no longer need the fan when I stop off for my lunchtime coffee.
Yesterday I arrived at my cafe for the above coffee when I was asked by Sake if I wished to join them for lunch - it was great and I now have several more dishes I can order when eating out.
Today I was taken to the local Pagoda by San, only in India when I was caught up in the flood have I seen monks just being monks. Sadly I have tended to see what tourists want to see. This morning I saw local people worshipping in their local temple, it was very moving. I went to the food festival (not sure what is actually called but it is when the monks are given their food). Today is especially special as it is the start of a 2 week long festival - so I can expect to see a lot more monks. (The main monk actually talked to me in very good English - they seemed to think I was the tourist attraction!!)