After further thought I'll try not to rag on Cambodia so much, although I still do think it's the asshole of South East Asia. I think I'm mostly missing the company of the people I was with in Laos. It wouldn't have been half as fun there without them. I also am itching to get to the islands in Thailand to meet up with a few of them.
I'm currently in Battambang. I won't go into it too much but this town is a dump. True I haven't seen too much of it yet, but from what I've seen it's a dump. Fuck it who am I kidding. Release the hounds.
For being as poor of a country as Cambodia is one would figure it'd be budget travelling paradise. As far as accomodation goes there is no such thing as value for money. It's down right (relatively) expensive here. The food is a hodge podge of Vietnamese and Thai with half the flavor. There is a direct correllation on food of the country and whether or not I like the place so maybe that explains my negative feelings.
If Angkor Wat wasn't so close to Siem Reap that town would be a shithole too. There's something inherently wrong when I'm ok with going to sleep before ten, which is what happened every night in Siem Reap. The temples were amazing, Siem Reap not so.
I'm a heartbeat away from booking a bus out of Battambang even though I just arrived. The shit towns in India were more exciting than this. There I go again with India.
Ok as I was saying before I'm itching to get back to Thailand. I'm considering going to the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh to get a two month visa just so I can leave Cambodia sooner than planned and not have to worry about doing a visa run in Thailand. I think I'm finally getting a little tired of all the travelling. I just want to be in one place for a while chilling with familiar people. Koh Pha Ngan sounds lovely for this.
It's only nine more days until I planned on going back to Thailand. Can I find something to occupy my time until then?
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