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Day 14
May 4
Siem Reap to Phnom Phen
Some days are more exciting than others. I was picked up by collector mini bus at 7.40 Am to take me to bus company's head office. The transfer was quick, some more person were collected from various addresses. By 8.30 we were on the road to Phnon Phen, the capital of Cambodia I sat next to an interesting 59 year old Vietnamese – Australian who had been one of the boat people who had escaped Vietnam during the 70’s. He worked for Coca Cola Amatil in Melbourne. He was offered an early retirement package and asked my opinion what he should do. Not knowing his financial position I could only make a suggestion especially when he told me that he expected the pay out to be around half a million dollars, I asked him if he was able to earn and save half a million between now and age 65? Well there is your answer.
We stopped for a lunch break at a market selling amongst another things deep fried Spiders , crickets and beetles. I got some samples and crunched them Bear Gills style and thought well that is it, just like chips …Crunchy.
We arrived at the Phon Phen office where I transferred into a tuktuk for the ride to the hostel I booked yesterday. Wilkommen Backpackers, very welcome.
May 4
Siem Reap to Phnom Phen
Some days are more exciting than others. I was picked up by collector mini bus at 7.40 Am to take me to bus company's head office. The transfer was quick, some more person were collected from various addresses. By 8.30 we were on the road to Phnon Phen, the capital of Cambodia I sat next to an interesting 59 year old Vietnamese – Australian who had been one of the boat people who had escaped Vietnam during the 70’s. He worked for Coca Cola Amatil in Melbourne. He was offered an early retirement package and asked my opinion what he should do. Not knowing his financial position I could only make a suggestion especially when he told me that he expected the pay out to be around half a million dollars, I asked him if he was able to earn and save half a million between now and age 65? Well there is your answer.
We stopped for a lunch break at a market selling amongst another things deep fried Spiders , crickets and beetles. I got some samples and crunched them Bear Gills style and thought well that is it, just like chips …Crunchy.
We arrived at the Phon Phen office where I transferred into a tuktuk for the ride to the hostel I booked yesterday. Wilkommen Backpackers, very welcome.
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