glutous maximus

It turned out to be a real good few days down at the beach, a few days i wish had turned into a week. i was tempted by a gesthouse with beds for $3 a night. i figured i could live here pretty cheap for a few months then catch a bus home. my adult reason turned on and i humbly got into the car, a truely defeated and under adventurous traveller. maybe 2 monhs was too much anyway, i could have stayed for another couple of nights!

so straight after my last blog, in the shack just off the beach, i went and parked my glutous maximus in this nice little restaurant, one of the many that litter the beach front. i sipped a glass of ice cold beer and shoved mouthful after mouthful of lok-lak down my gob whilst watching a rather magical sunset. it made me think that actually i have seen this before many times whilst sitting on worthing beach or up on the downs. im just seeing it from a different angle today. its strange what the mind does when its starved of rational human conversation. i sat back and finished my book then partisipated in some fire poi khmer style...
...i enjoyed it soo much i did the same thing the next day at a different place then suddenly realised that you could do this for weeks before getting bored, there are soo may beaches with soo many bars and restaurants, what at first seemed a rather small and unappealing place suddenly opened up into a world of possible relaxation and chilled out beach bars. i must say the temptation to stay was huge. im glad im back in the city now though! cheap internet!

the three days cost me $25 per day, thats living pretty well. i recon i could survive down there on $12 a day. i will have to make another trip at some point to test my estimate.

i bought a bunch of books from a bookstore in sihanoukville. the political biography of pol-pot, a khmer dictionary and a book called 'off the rails in phnom penh' its all about the drugs, guns and girls of cambodia a paints a very vivid picture of life in the late nineties in the city. i must say although some of the stories dont leave much to the imagination it has been quite captivating and opened up a whole new understanding of the political scene, the recent history, and various funny anecdotes about westerners trying to buy guns and huge bags of heroine from market sellers. it is a strange world where anything that once seemed crazy to anyone with any common sense or conscience, now seems normal and acceptable.

life and times of a solitary adventurer.
Ben.