The bus trip to Phnom Penh normally lasts 6 hours. This one took 8 hours. With the New Year, everyone is travelling and the buses were completely packed. On one bus, there were 5 tiny child size plastic chairs in the aisles to accommodate the overbooked bus. I didn't care. I was sitting next to a nice older lady. We shared our snacks, and I had a seatbelt. A real seatbelt! That was shocking. I think I was the only one using the device.
The mythical Mekong River is unchanged since my last. Some people live on boats like this with their family, swim and fish in the brown water.
I always stay at the Longlin Guesthouse in town which is about two blocks from the river. I got a room with the smallest bathroom ever, and that is saying a lot considering the dives I've stayed in. This thing was a three ft. by three foot affair with a showerhead that sprayed in all manner of places, except on your actual body. Weirdly, the most annoying thing about it all was that there was no mirror anywhere in the room. I guess even I have limits.
There is a psar nearby. When you smell something rotting, then you know you are getting close. Here are some fish flopping around beside their dead brothers.
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