Mikes Thoughts

our travel days

Always interesting to get ready to go somewhere. Traveling in Cambodia for us is usually riding a bus or can or renting a car. Once we get to a place usually we then have to go someplace else for the hotel or guesthouse. This is usually a tuktuk and they all gather at the transit stations. My wife deals with them. The driver will ask for some amount which then seems high so my wife will ask him to consider a lesser amount. Often this works.

I’ve always thought wandering around in a tuktuk was kinda cool. The driver usually knows some route to take us where we need to go. Other times it’s a negotiation. Like this much for this way. That much for some other way. No matter what way we end up at our accommodation for the night.

Today is like our getting ready day. I go to see my daughter for coffee here downtown. Get a haircut. Walk a bit. Packing to go should be easy until my wife gets involved. She will want to generally overpack. I just take the same crap with me all the time. The suitcase turns into a roller bag from hell.

First though is the morning things. Finding my way around with this beer hangover because I went out and had fun. First though we ate dinner on Pub Street yesterday. We don’t do that often so I was surprised. Red Piano is a nice place I guess. The chili pork ribs are good. We talked a bit. She wanted to get her nails done and I wanted to sit and drink awhile. Both happened.

Need to leave for coffee at about 930. We will go to Temple Bakery and Coffee. Really nice place to spend time. Enjoy going there when I want to take her someplace nicer. So I will let this go a bit and then catch up with things later when I am somewhere downtown.

Well time got away with me talking with my daughter over soup and coffee and watching her daughter love to eat the rice and then a piece of cake. Then got a haircut and wandered around somewhat in a daze I guess.

blogging the times in otres

I enjoy blogging travel things. The walks in a new/old place. Things I see or want to see. Tomorrow though is all day in a minivan. My daughter told me some things which bothered me about things here. She’s an honest person and very unlike most Khmer people I’ve met. What she doesn’t like she just says. Very refreshing when it seems sometimes this culture is hell bent on hiding anything besides happiness. That approach doesn’t work when the things are not good things but life things which touch both good and bad.

So, that’s the state of our travel days and my day before. See you along the road.