After yesterdays exploits i had no chance of convincing Erika to take to the saddle today, so we had an unplanned rest day. However first, we needed to find a decent guest house where we could relax and enjoy the river views, and to our luck we found the perfect place at a very reasonable price of $8 per night.
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| Stung Treng market 5am |
It was a tourist training school, setup and managed by Mireille and Jacques from Brugge and Switzerland respectively. The school takes in poor underprivileged children , educates them and provides them some basic skills to get jobs, they have a 90% success rate, which is tremendous here.
Jacques also advised us, that our planned route to Siem Reap was not possible as the road was impassable, and recommended heading further south via Kratie. So after yesterdays experience, we took his advise, even though this meant an additional 200km to our trip. He also suggested taking a mini bus to Kratie as the road there built by the Chinese was completely pot-holed.
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| Im not getting on that ferry |
So today was a very lazy, and with no-internet due to the storm, wasn't particularly productive. But a good day in the company of Marielle and Jacques, who given the chance we would revisit.
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| Locals fishing on Mekong |
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| Mireille and Jacques |
Congratulations, to you both, on completing the long and very hot journey on time. What an adventure! You both deserve a medal for perseverance. Thank you for the very interesting daily Blogs & photos you sent. Life here is going to be very dull without them. Enjoy the week with David & Shereen. Again Well Done. M&D++
ReplyDeleteBravo Nick and Erika... enthralling blog of a marvellous adventure... thank God for your back up plans and the local transport!! A Heroes welcome should await on your return home from all that were inspired by your intrepid journey! David
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