·We left early the next morning on a 7am bus for Phnom Penh. We arrived at 5.30pm. Three of us shared a tuk tuk to Boeng Kak Lake and checked into the floating guesthouse. I dumped my bags and went straight for food. I shared a room with an English girl, Sam, who I had met on the journey. We ordered everything we had deprived of, pizza with lots of mozzarella, beans and cheese on toast and Cambodian wine that is made from palm leaves and tastes more like port!
·Sam left the next morning and I moved next door to Happy GH where I was meeting up with two girls I had met on Don Det. I visited the central market and just hung around the guesthouse waiting for the girls. They turned up at dinnertime and we went for more western food at Lazy Gecko restaurant. We did the Thursday night quiz and I ordered steak mmmm. Two guys joined us for the quiz and later we headed for a club – the heart of darkness! It was a great, alcohol fueled night.
·The girls’ left for Bangkok the next day and I left for Takeo where I would be teaching in a school for a few days.