Another story about toilets

Ahhhh… Buses in Cambodia. You never know how comfortable are going to be the next hours when you book a ticket to somewhere. Most of the time you leave the town on time but the time of your arrival is quite uncertain. It is IMPOSSIBLE to arrive somewhere at the scheduled hour, that’s South East Asia. No need to stress you’ll be where you want to go, maybe you will change buses three times, maybe you’ll arrive 4 hours later, but be reassured, you’ll be there. Here is the perfect exemple for the sentence: “what matters is the goal, not the way”.
Sometimes, the most expensive tickets doesn’t mean you are going to be able to have a proper seat. I’d rather pay less, arrive later but be able to sleep or extend my legs than spending one hour less and feel broken for the rest of the day… But that’s just my way of travelling! Princess style you know…

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We have a guest today: welcome Travis!

I had about 15 days until my flight left Siem Reap for Hong Kong, before I decided to leave Siem Reap with a few Swedish guys I met to cruise around Laos for a week. I figured I could travel through Laos, see the major stops along the way, get a feel for the country, and still make it back to Cambodia around 10 days before I left. Laos was the last country in SE Asia I hadn’t stepped foot in, so I felt like it only made sense to see it, even briefly.  

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