Garden party

Got up bright and early (well 7.30am) and had a quick coffee before checking out and making our way to the bus stop heading to Kampong Cham. The bus did surprisingly arrive in Kratie on time, but broke down as soon as it arrived?! But after just ½ an hour’s wait another bus showed up,

The supposedly impressive lighthouse

so as sheep we were promptly ushered onto this bus and straight into the remaining seats at the very back, nice! Shortly into the journey, due to the bumps and eating just before getting on the bus, I started to feel very sick, so Chris playing nurse gave me a nausea tablet and I passed out for the rest of the journey awaking only when we arrived, perfect!

Outside Mekong sunrise guesthouse

Kampong Cham is a bit of a sleepy town, and as we had seen the dolphins yesterday, there wasn’t a great deal to do, but an ideal stop-over to break up the journey to Kep.

Where we stayed in Kampong Cham

We found a nice guesthouse easily called Mekong Sunrise that had $4 rooms overlooking the River, and we met up with 4 other travellers, Jo, Johnny, Claire and Neil and enjoyed a few drinks with them in the evening after going to a garden Party for dinner.

Our massive terrace

This is basically a place where they cook spit-roast beef, I know it sounds strange, but it tasted good, and it is a real local thing to eat when in Cambodia. Unfortunately, they tried ripping us off with the bill at the end, charging almost double the price on the menu, which left a slightly bad taste in our mouths after a great meal.

Kampong Cham, Cambodia