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Just missed a concussion...

Publicado: 12.12.2018

(This is how the writing looks here, just as a little aside 😂😂)

As can be easily seen, there are a few more language barriers here than in Vietnam - because you simply can't read anything 🤦🏽‍♀️

Well, anyway.

Yesterday morning we left at 8 to get from Phnom Penh to Battambang. Only 6 hours for 290 km this time, we're improving. We also thought we'd treat ourselves to a bit of luxury and book a minivan...................

What can we say. Next time we'll rather take a bus. 🤦🏽‍♀️

We have already talked about the roads here. But in a minivan, it's even worse 😡 every small pothole on the ground brought us closer to a concussion.

Normal rest stop here 🙄
Normal rest stop here 🙄


At 4 p.m., we were picked up by a tuk-tuk driver and taken to the hotel - for free, of course. Our room has a balcony and is huuuuuuge (20$ per night, including breakfast).

Room for 3 days
Room for 3 days


By the way, we can't take the Christmas tree too seriously at 30 degrees 🤦🏽‍♀️

Christmas mood, yeeeeei
Christmas mood, yeeeeei


Later, we just went to eat and otherwise we just chilled instead of being productive. However, we had the best pizza so far (of course directly from an Italian 🤤).

Best pizza so far
Best pizza so far


This morning we went for breakfast and then wandered around the city a bit. Much quieter than Phnom Penh - but also more retarded and dirtier.

Cooli cafeeee
Cooli cafeeee
Something different to eat haha
Something different to eat haha

At 3 p.m., our private tuk-tuk driver picked us up again and we arrived at Phnom Sampov (mountain) after 30 minutes with another concussion.
While we were walking up the mountain, our driver got drunk. There were all kinds of beer in the tuk-tuk - empty, of course. But his name was Rich - that was pretty cool 😂
After shedding 3 liters of sweat, we passed a temple at the top, which had really cool hand paintings inside and outside.
Temple
Temple
Temple paintings
Temple paintings

We were immediately accompanied by a boy who explained everything to us and later begged for money (for school books and stuff... sure... you were an adult, digger).
But the view from the top was definitely worth it 😍
Cambodia 🇰🇭
Cambodia 🇰🇭
Temple on the mountain top
Temple on the mountain top
Same Same but different
Same Same but different

Buddha of luck
Buddha of luck

Let's get back to the bad part. Unfortunately, the Khmer Rouge were also here 30 years ago. Since there was unfortunately no space to dig holes in a mountain, they simply threw people into these caves... "killing caves" 😕 We looked at a few of them, but then quickly moved on - it was once again not a nice feeling to stand on the places where people died.

Killing cave representation
Killing cave representation
Killing cave
Killing cave
Killing cave
Killing cave
Killing cave
Killing cave
Temple in the killing cave
Temple in the killing cave
Killing à la Khmer Rouge
Killing à la Khmer Rouge

 

Then we made our way to the top of the mountain. Along the way, we encountered countless monkeys 🐒. We don't mean people - but real monkeys.

Unfortunately, they need to be approached with caution... one attacked Lara and eventually scratched her shoe - thanks for nothing, you asshole 🖕🏼, in Hinduism you would clearly be reborn as a miserable rat 🐀.

Little monkey
Little monkey
eeeeeating
eeeeeating


There was then another temple and who knows what else 🤙🏽😂

Cave over cave
Cave over cave
Something in the cave
Something in the cave


Then after 1.5 hours, we walked back down to the actual main attraction.

There are bats 🦇 in all these caves. They come out by the millions at around 5:30 to search for food. At night, they return at around 5 a.m. to sleep.

New Buddha in the making
New Buddha in the making
Waiting for the bats...
Waiting for the bats...

After about 30 minutes, it was time. We had never seen anything like it in our lives.. one would fly away and then about 2 million would fly out one after the other and form a kind of "path".

Bats searching for food
Bats searching for food
🦇 coming out of their home
🦇 coming out of their home

We then saw them again on our way back over the fields.

After another concussion, we were back in town and went out to eat.

Now just relaxing on the rooftop terrace and later (by the way, it takes 60 minutes to upload 27 pictures here with the outstanding internet 🙈 that's why we don't feel like waiting one hour in front of the phone every day 🙄)

Sleeping sometime 😋 😴

Whirliiiie on the rooftop terrace
Whirliiiie on the rooftop terrace



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