A slight fuzzy feeling was
occupying my head that morning, due to only grabbing a few hours sleep and the
numerous Angkors the night before. But we had not planned in much for the day
so we needn’t stress too much if we had a lazy day. Our next few steps of the
trip were in the schedule already and we could just mop up a few last things in
Phnom Penh.
After brekkie we grabbed some
supplies from the local(ish) mini-mart and got scorched by the sun in only 30
minutes. It was another hot one out there. Once we had polished off the bowl
noodle for lunch (again, I said we were taking it easy that day) we headed out
to see the Royal Palace just round the corner. As we walked down the main road
to get there it was still blocked off and a large crowd were still milling
around and offering flowers to one of the buildings with the king’s portrait on
show. We weren’t sure if we would be able to get in to the Royal Palace with
recent events, but we found the entrance anyhow and queued up to get tickets.
The guidebook had said it was about $2, which was fine, but we were quoted
$6.25, and that was just for the Silver Pagoda as the Royal Palace was closed. That
was too steep for us so we took a wander along the river. Soon enough we were
gasping as the mid-afternoon sun had been unrelenting. We took the decision to
get back inside and research Vietnam, for we would soon be crossing the border
into country number 9 (for me, 10 for James since he took a small trip to
Mexico back in the day).
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| People in the street |
We finally managed to make it
into Karma for dinner, and as we were having a “dry” night it didn’t matter
that Happy Hour had ended at 7:00pm. It was well worth the wait as my Khmer
Amok was served beautifully in banana leaves with steamed rice. It was
definitely one of the best meals in Cambodia, and dare I say it…Asia. It
certainly beat the bowl noodles we had eaten for lunch. The rest of the evening
was the usual for the night before leaving a country/hotel – packing up and
prepping for the next days travel.
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| Nom nom nom |
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