I didn’t sleep that well as the aircon
was so overpowering I was frozen, which is the complete opposite to the last 3
nights sleep. We arrived in a dumpsite just before 7am, obviously meaning we
had to get a tuk tuk into the city to our accommodation. I’ve got to hand it to
them, these bus companies know how to make money, it was a dollar each but
still! Like in Phnom Penh we’re staying at the Mad Monkey hostel, which nearly
every person I’ve met has told me to stay in, it’s got a pool so why wouldn’t
we?
We couldn’t check in until midday but
that didn’t matter as we just lounged around sunbathing and chilling in the
pool until we could. This hostel was slightly weird though, as a private double
room was cheaper than a dorm, in a way it was quite nice to have our own space
seeing as I haven’t reorganised my bag in a while and I had acuminated quite a
bit of washing. Our hostel wanted to charge us $2 per kilo, which is expensive,
so we went around the corner where they wanted to charge $1.50 but I knew I had
seen it for $1 so we started to walk off to find somewhere else when they
called us back and accepted our offer of $1 a kilo. I knew you haggle for a lot
of things in Asia but I didn’t realise I could barter for laundry as well!
After our strenuous day we decided to
explore the local area. We found pub street, an ice cream parlor to hang in for
a bit and a cheap massage. We went for a neck, shoulder and back massage, which
was alright, it was funny experience for us 4 girls to partake in. We then
wondered back to get changed before going out for dinner and meeting the boys
for drinks in pub street.
