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Hey Peeps,
Well just thought we'd do one last blog before we leave for India in 5 hours, a new country, no matter how many times you move to a new country the scary feeling never goes away, but normally after a few hours in our new destination we relax and start to enjoy ourselves again.
Well our last few days in SEA have been eventful, to say the least starting with our bus journey out of Cambodia, which started in Siem Reap with Rick Rachel and myself boarding a very old bus to travel 7 hours to Battambang. It was a free for all to land a seat so Rick just liek a school boy bagged the back seats the best seats in the house! If you want to be catapulted in to the roof of the bus every time the bus went over a bump which happend alot as this was the worst road in Cambodia!
Before the bus had even left the station a lovely baby boy and decided to wet him self, his mother and a section of the bus floor which no-one else seemed to mind and was left to wash its self across the floor of the bus. So of the bus sets over bumps and holes and through flooded streets (the rain was pretty bad the last few days) This was all to much for the young girl infront of Rick who threw then chucked the contraption she'd used out of the window, and this was all before our 1st toilet stop, which was a bush by the way! The second toilet stop was very welcomed or maybe not after seeing the state of the toilet.
Of the bus set again only 3 hours left and counting and it just got worse, a baby sat next to Rachel also decided to releave its self all up the seat infront of him ahhh bless and another decided to do its mess on the floor in teh middle of the isle. We had all taken bets how long it would be before we lost our sense of humor and that was it 4hrs 30 mins in to the ride which I thought was good going.
So at last the bus pulled up in Battambang and we hunted a bed down which didn't take long, and so we ventured out to check out the town, which was a big dissapointment the rest of Cambodia is the friendliest place on earth but this town was not very welcoming so we headed to a roof top bar and just drank, we took a vote to get the hell out of there next day. So we jumped on the 1st bus available and headed to the boarder so 11 hours after leaving Battambang we were back in the infamous Khao san road.
The last couple of days have been spent checking out the Royal Palace, and getting things ready for India. We had a fairwell part last night as now the gang thast been together over a month will be no more as Si decied to stay in Cambodia (apparently its love!) and Rachel heads South, but we've had a great time travelling with them its been fun and we will miss them both, but I'm sure they will vist us up north if the can get a visa sorted out from the south!.
Anyway peeps thets about it for now, got a few last things to do before the taxi picks up, so we will see you in India.
Kim & Rick xxx
P.S Happy Birthday to Ricks Nan xxx
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