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Tuesday, May 10th, 2005

Here are some pictures from our party a few weekends ago, courtesy of Omry. We had an even bigger turnout than last time – estimates of turnout vary between 300-500 people. Good times were had by all. The DJs did an excellent job; Primitive Soul were on from 12 – 330 followed by Dave from the Boom Boom Room who layed down some excellend Drum & Bass. Before I knew it, it was 730 am. Neil and I were still behind the bar trying to kick a half-full keg.

In was reported in the Cambodia Daily today that the rainy season officially started April 27th, which means that we will probably have to wait until the next dry season (next December) before we can have another one.

Enjoy:
here I am, stringing up speaker wire before the party
the house before guests arrived
Vinh and I working the bar
Omry with his game face on
the crowd
check out the video screen we set up
Primitive Soul working the vinyl
James and Omry share a moment
Neil and Vinh

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Does a Wild Man Shit in the Woods?

Wednesday, May 4th, 2005

My bike hadn’t started for half an hour. We were sitting at the bottom of an enormous rut on the side of a mountain, drenched in sweat that a swarm of bees found attractive. At least 20 of them were on me, though I wasn’t too worried, as I was to tired to make any sudden movements that might cause them to sting.

“We need to get the bike to a place where we can push it and then pop the clutch,” I suggested. Having already driven up some hairy sections of the hill, turning the bike around and heading back down did not seem like the best option.

“There is a relatively smooth section up here,” Andrew said while gesturing 25 meters up the hill.

“Alright, lets give it a shot,” I said as we began the energy draining process of pushing my motorbike up the ‘road’, with scores of bees still sitting on our shirts and sweat dripping from my chin. We had gone a few meters when Andrew said that my back tire was a bit low of air.

Shit.

It was at that moment that I began to wonder what the hell I was doing in the middle of the jungle, hundreds of kilometers from civilization. Everything had been fine for the first four days of our trip. Gorgeous jungle covered mountains and fresh cool air were a welcome change from the dusty confines of Phnom Penh. But at that moment, things were looking a little bleak. We had no air pump and only basic motorbike repair knowledge. I thought we might be here for a while.

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