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Cambodia/Kâmpóng Saôm Round the world trip 2007
12-30-07
We finally have returned to the road. Judee started taking Cipro for her problem stomach that would not clear up on its own. About eight days with a tiny improvement around day four makes for a very weak and grumpy stoker.
As we pass many tiny rural villages, differences become apparent. Some have raised market gardens with green onions and leafy vegetables growing. These are narrow bridge-like stick structures that perhaps serve to keep the crops from being water logged in the rainy season or to keep ground critters from eating the bounty. One village displayed tall, cactus plants standing stately by each side of the stairs leading to the main floor. Someone must have seen and applied this Martha Stewart decorator element and now every woman in the village wanted to do the same: keeping up with the Kampongs! I look, but cannot see any sign of an out-house or similar building. Everyone pees along the roadside, bathes in the mud holes and drainage ditches, but where do they squat?
We stop early (12:30) and secure a room in a guest house in Kampong Kdey. Even though the bathroom hasn’t been cleaned since the last several guests, there is one: western style, too! Cold showers and wet floors are ok today and two comfy beds with fan for $5, who’s complaining? Our plan is to get to the next big town, Kampong Thom, 85 km away tomorrow. We scout out a lunch spot and lift the pot lids to point out what we want with our rice – just like the locals. As we munch our three little pieces of pork scattered among the lovely vegetables, we are watched by dogs, cows who amble through and a small boy who sits at our table staring, coughing and wheezing at us. The daughter of our restaurant owner laughs and practices a bit of English. It is good to be off the bike before the heat as Judee continues to recuperate.
January 01 Cambodia/Kampong Thom Weltreise 2008 >
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December 26-29 Cambodia/to Siem Reap Weltreise
We finally have returned to the road. Judee started taking Cipro for her problem stomach that would not clear up on its own. About eight days with a tiny improvement around day four makes for a very weak and grumpy stoker.
As we pass many tiny rural villages, differences become apparent. Some have raised market gardens with green onions and leafy vegetables growing. These are narrow bridge-like stick structures that perhaps serve to keep the crops from being water logged in the rainy season or to keep ground critters from eating the bounty. One village displayed tall, cactus plants standing stately by each side of the stairs leading to the main floor. Someone must have seen and applied this Martha Stewart decorator element and now every woman in the village wanted to do the same: keeping up with the Kampongs! I look, but cannot see any sign of an out-house or similar building. Everyone pees along the roadside, bathes in the mud holes and drainage ditches, but where do they squat?
We stop early (12:30) and secure a room in a guest house in Kampong Kdey. Even though the bathroom hasn’t been cleaned since the last several guests, there is one: western style, too! Cold showers and wet floors are ok today and two comfy beds with fan for $5, who’s complaining? Our plan is to get to the next big town, Kampong Thom, 85 km away tomorrow. We scout out a lunch spot and lift the pot lids to point out what we want with our rice – just like the locals. As we munch our three little pieces of pork scattered among the lovely vegetables, we are watched by dogs, cows who amble through and a small boy who sits at our table staring, coughing and wheezing at us. The daughter of our restaurant owner laughs and practices a bit of English. It is good to be off the bike before the heat as Judee continues to recuperate.
