Cambodian Department Of Transportaiton

...so i'm sure that somewhere in the levels of gov't in cambodia there's a man whos sole responsibility is to ensure that tourists can travel safely from thailand to siem reap...after all the angker wat temples are an important part of cambodian history and a huge tourist attrataction...and they should be...they're absolutely amazing and very worth while the visit...

However...there's always an however...heed my warning that if u plan to make this journey over land pack ur self a kidney belt and if u can help it it would be best not to have liquid ass at the time...i shall explain...

the road that leads from siem reap to the thai border is mearly a suggestion of what a road should be...now yes some of you are thinking that it is really my suggestion of what i road should be...and i agree with u 100% so let me give u an visualization...

for $10...remember that i'm traveling with josh and that he is very budget minded...u can travel via VIP a/c bus...the bus ride takes 6 hours....i would suggest that riding the coney island roller coaster for 6 hrs would b ezr...since i have never been this roller coaster this is only a guess...i pretty sure that i'm right on this though...the road is dirt and filled with boulders, pot holes that make the ones back east seem like cracks in the side walk, rocks and just about anything else that one can image would appear on a cambodian road including animals...kids cars buses trucks etc...most of the bridges are non existant which means that there are detours where basically means that this VIP A/C bus...has to trudge through a creek bed....we travel at about 20kms an hour over this pounding highway of...well if there is a highway of or to hell...i'm pretty sure that this is part of it...

now our VIP A/C bus has no A/C except for the windows that only open halkway and of course only about 75% actually open...which brings in copious amounts of dust, fumes and what ever the locals are burning...not only is the a/c non existant on our coach...the suspension seems to have been over looked for although i saw what resembled suspension this thing bounced heavier than a fat kid on a smarty...there were 32 travelers on this VIP coach and i have never bonded so closely and quickly with two people before...fortunately for me i have tow ladies on either side of me and we bounced and swayed for 6 hours...it was the most interesting bus ride so far for sure...i must have though about flying a million times...

rereading the above and i am shaking my head as i have not nearly done this trip justice...let me give it another go...imagine being shelled by ten pound bags of sugar for 6 hours... yes that's better...put ur self in a 3 legged chair w/o a chair back...have 6 of ur best friends through 10lb bags of sugar at u for 6 hours and maybe u will begin to understand what we went through...

but of course everything happens for a reason...and although i just want to leave this journey with out major deliberation as to why it crossed my path...let this one be...as it was like nothing i have ever experience...dune bugging...flying off a 20 foot dune and fliping ass over end the dune buggy i was piloting in the oregon sand dunes pales in comparison... i do have a an idea as to the lesson...it is really a simple one...

thought...6 hours of not thinking...

it was one of the most solom (sp) bus rides i have been on thus far...i guess my brain after the intial shock of being treated like an etch-a-sketch just turned off...i did think about the irrepairable damage i was doing to my spine and the hours of relaxation
that i will need on perry magic hands lea's table of light...after that...i thought about nothing...it was really quite weird...very little talking happened...everyone smelled...we were all sweety...dirt lined all of our faces...it was remarkablly peaceful....strange...throw 32 people in a massive dryer kind of way....in fact that is what it was like...riding inside a dryer for 6 hours...

there was one more guiding light sort of...i was still experiencing butt leak...ok have ur laugh but this was serious business...all this pounding 6 hours...and i with liquid ass...i have to admit that i was really quite scared...and i'm not sure if the pounding help the situation or not...perhaps that is what kept me so concentrated...i was focusing on keeping all my fluids in side me...

oh well i don't know what this means...

peace

mag19