LEAVING PHNOM PENH 

NEED A BIT MORE THAN THAT SO WE WENT TO A DIFFERENT ONE..

AMAZON CAFE – USUALLY ONLY TO BE FOUND IN THAILAND – THEY DO THE BEST CAPPUCCINO FRAPPÉ. ESPECIALLY GOOD ON HOT DAYS LIKE THOSE. I FUELED THE TRUCK AND SENT JOSEF IN TO GET SOME CAP FRAPPÉ – HE COMES BACK WITH TWO FROZEN MILK. NO MORE TALK ABOUT THAT – I AM STILL UPSET

NEXT BREAK – FRUITBREAK

JOSEF WAS ABOUT TO HEAD BACK HOME – CHASING SOME JOBS IN AUSTRIA – THANKS FOR TRAVELLING WITH ME – IT’S BEEN EMOTIONAL. WE HAD A LAST RUM TOGETHER – HE TOOK A BUS BACK TO BANGKOK AND I TOOK THE FERRY TO KOH RONG – I WAS ALONE AGAIN

I TRIED TO FIND LONG BEACH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND

I WAS RUNNING DOWN THE DUSTY ROAD AND FOUND AN EXCAVATOR SITTING THERE – GOT SOME DIGGING EXPERIENCE FROM MY WORK HISTORY AND THAT WAS A PRETTY 30T MACHINE – THE OPERATOR ASLEEP – I JUMPED UP THE TRACKS WOKE HIM UP AND SIGNALISED I WANT TO PLAY AROUND FOR A BIT. HE WAS COOL WITH IT AND JUMPED IN THE BACK STRAIGHT AWAY. SO WHOEVER HATES THE NEW ISLAND ROAD – UNFORTUNATELY I WAS PART OF IT.

AFTER MY LITTLE PLAY I FINALLY FOUND STUNNING AND LONG LONG BEACH

UNFORTUNATELY I HAD TO LEAVE KOH RONG TO PICK UP MY INDIAN VISA IN PHNOM PENH – YES A PAIN IN THE ASS. HAD TO DRIVE BACK 200KM JUST TO PICK UP MY PASSPORT FROM THE EMBASSY

ANYWAY I MADE IT TO THE EMBASSY IN TIME TO PICK UP MY VISA – DIDNT WANT TO STAY IN PHNOM PENH THOUGH SO I DROVE ANOTHER 200KM SOUTH AGAIN – THIS TIME KAMPOT

A FEW KILOMETRES AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN KAMPOT IS THIS BEAUTIFUL FRESH RIVER WITH A FEW CAFE’S AND GUESTHOUSES ALONG THE RIVERSIDE

AND MET THOSE FUNNY GIRLS ON THE WAY IN – THEY WANTED TO GO TO KOH RONG AND I NEEDED TO PICK UP MY FREIDN JO FROM THE FERRY TERMINAL WHO WANTED TO JOIN ME ON MY WAY BACK TO BANGKOK. SO THE GIRLS JUMPED IN THE CAR AND OFF WE WENT – SHIANOUKVILLE AGAIN

DROPPED THE GIRLS OFF AND PICKED UP JO

OFF TO BANGKOK AGAIN

ABOUT 10 HOURS DRIVE FROM SHIANOUKVILLE TO BANGKOK

CROSSED AT THE SOUTHERNEST BORDER INBETWEEN KOH KONG AND HAT LEK

BEST BORDER I HAVE BEEN SO FAR.

THE CAMBODIAN SIDE WAS EASY – JUST A FEW LITTLE SHACK’S – HAD MY PAPERWORK DONE IN 3 MINUTES. DROVE TO THE THAI SIDE. THAT BORDER POST WAS A BIT BIGGER BUT STILL VERY TINY. GOT THERE AND SOME PEOPLE PLAYED BALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WE JOINED IN AND TO FIND OUT LATER THAT THESE GUYS ARE ACTUALLY BORDER OFFICIALS. VISA ON ARRIVAL AND CAR FORMALITIES ARE EASY AS ASWELL. HALF AN HOUR LATER AND WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH

WE DROVE INTO THE NIGHT – STOPPED AT A FEW 7/11 ALONG THE WAY TO SNACK OUR WAY TO BANGKOK

IT WAS LATE AND I COULDN’T FIND ANY PARKING. TRIED TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION