Jared left to catch his flight bank to Bangkok while Bryson and i.. well, we took yet another bus, but to Battambang. We were picked up from our hostel and taken on a four hour bus ride all for 5 dollars. Never in a million years could you get that service nano in the states. The seat behind us is a bit crowded considering there are three natives sitting in two seats. Sadly I understand why. They are a poor country. Even last night we had what looked like a 9 year old try and sell us crack.. Even at the entrances of the temples there are children (as young as 3 or 4) selling souvenirs for dirt cheap kowing their life revolves around tourism and selling from sun up to sun down. While we were getting five dollar massages the other night my masseuse said she's been working there for seven years and never once had a holiday And she's only 24. She kept telling me she was too old. Apparently the average age of marriage for women here is 17. And I thought Utah had a young average It's very advantageous they primarily accepted American dollars here seeing how I've had a few hundred dollars sitting in my pack since I left home. A tuk tuk driver waved us down. He spoke really good English wit an Australian accent, though he is Cambodian. He took us to ride the bamboo train. Rule on the bamboo train is who ever has the least amount of people per carriage has to disassemble their cart and let the others pass by. But the question is every time you reassemble back on the track, did you do it properly? We had to place the wood/bamboo frame on the metal ball bearings. It was a rough ride and went fast but it was stuck a rush. We hung out and had a dance party with some local children who gave us some homemade grasshoppers out of grass. Cute and entertaining kids.
The next day we visited a crocodile farm. There were somewhere around a thousand of them divided within three different pens. We held one of the baby crocs. I even jumped in with some of the smaller crocs only to have them scurry into the water. I was able to grab one of their tails just before it got away. We spent the rest of the day shopping for necessities like a sweatshirt since the mornings and nights are starting to get chilly, a belt I so badly needed. I've been using a tie the past four months. Also earphones, snacks for our13 hour overnight bus trip to the coastline, and some heavily medicated over the counter drugs to help us sleep on the bus. Bryson got a massage from a blind guy. He said it was the best massage he's had so far. I I'm sure being blind the masseuse can concentrate more on other senses like touch.
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