Nice easy day today... woke up had a drink fell back into bed and slept another 2 hours... Yay!! We went to Cinderella cafe for lunch and it cost $21.75.. Expensive for Cambodia, and for that we had, 2 cuppacinos, 2 lattes, 1 hot chocolate, 1 fanta, one meal of scrambled eggs and 4 rashers of bacon with 2 pieces of toast, and spicy Korean noodles...
Grabbed a tuk tuk ($10) and took a tour of the city.. Brilliant.. Off the coast the government is building a bridge to snake island named funnily enough because of the number of snakes on that island.. (why they want to make it easier for them to get to the mainland is beyond me). We were taken to the "airport" which is a hanger that houses an anatov?? airplane that you can walk through.. it is suspended from the roof, and a restaurant disco floor below.. Sign on the wall entering the place in pictures is:
No grenades
No Guns
No knives and
No cameras... Right next door is the Snake house, and it's free entry if you eat there, else it costs $3 pp entry fee.. Directly across the Gulf of Thailand is a small island that is privately owned by the same man who own's the Snake house, and the Airport.. 12 rooms only in the hotel with an underwater viewing room for the guests.. Cost $1000 - $7000 per night... Locals say it's the Russian mafia, others say its a rich Russian, so the nationality is the only thing that they all agree on.
One of the photos shows a stretch limousine, which is one of two in the Kingdom of Cambodia.. the other one is in Siem Reap and is white... It is based at the privately owned beach, that has white sandy beaches that you pay for if your not staying at the hotel.. $4 gets you access to the beach the swimming pool and no street sellers, the tarpaulins contrast the opulence of the hotel and some of the local living conditions.. they are within 20mtrs of each other...
Tried to take a photo of the hotels rules but my camera doesnt work that well in close-ups.. but had to do it: Rule number 5: No weapons, No explosives and no radio-active material to be in the rooms.. These must be registered at reception.. (nice to know they are safety conscious).
One of the burgeoning industries in Cambodia is retirement villages for tourists... Long term stay in Cambodia is much easier than in Thailand. You can ask for one on entry, and occassionally they check it out. If this occurs you leave the country for a couple of days and then return. The care provided is personal, cheaper, and the weather, temperature and value for money means that many westerners essentially come here to live until they die.. There is a standing joke about Thailand being the country for eternal youth (being the surgical capital of the world) and Cambodia being the country to go to die..
It's 4.40pm and we are supposed to go out for a beach BBQ as a group, but it's bucketing down at the moment so not a particularly attractive option.. might stay in, get lots of sleep we leave for phenom penh early tomorrow morning... two nights and then Vietnam.. have been told by the australians that hoi an is the place to have things tailor made, takes 24hours.. will see.. Oh went into the sea again today.. Gulf of Thailand, so both coasts covered now.
Running out of room on my memory stick so will burn to CD and start all over again.. I asked the driver again about the absence of cats in Cambodia and he does think it's down to the monkeys playing with them in the trees.. Volleyball is a favourite sport here, and it's not limited to the people... Sorry cat lovers, the monkeys use cats and hold onto their tails to play "toss the pussy" ok sounds dodgy given the other industry that flourishes here after 9.00pm..
Son, no shoes yet sorry sweety... But apparently there are Rolex's for $11 at the market... One of the aussies bought one, dropped it and now the crown (which is the hallmark for Rolex) is floating around his watchface... anyone interested in a $7 Rolex???
Till next time... xoxoxo
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