The paradise, the paradise and the paradise, vol. II
Side note: Was I asleep when I wrote the previous post? The amount of
typos was painful. But it's fixed now, although I still feel stupid
for it.
(22.3.2013)
It was another Friday and
time for another trip. This one taking me from Phnom Penh to Sihanouk
Ville.
I still hadn't any clear
idea how long would the bus ride take and I was worried. The
user-generated info I found online was generally speaking of 4-5h and
I was hoping for that to be true. I knew the only boat to Koh Ru
leaves at 1pm and that was it. If I would miss it I would need to way
a whole day and for some reason, I wasn't so keen on doing that.
I was taking the earliest
bus at 7am, I had no idea where they would drop us at SHV and how far
it would be to the pier. So yea, I kind of stressed a lot, you know
me. Or I REALLY wanted to get on an island as soon as possible. Or I
really didn't want to stay at SHV. You can pick whichever you like
better.
To pass the time somehow,
I decided to take pictures of what it looked like outside. I
originally wasn't planning to publish those, they were mainly just
for my parents to give them an idea how it looked like there. But
after viewing them, my mom suggested that these were exactly the
photos I SHOULD publish, so I re-edited them and here they are. These
are also the photos I mentioned in the previous post.
After four hours at the
bus and the final destination nowhere to be seen, I started getting
really nervous. But eventually, the trip took a little under five
hours. I hopped on the first moped taxi that got to me and in no time
I was on my way to the pier. Naturally, it wasn't far. Then we
started looking for the Ride Cambodia office so I could get the boat
ticket.
Based on the map and the
description, I knew exactly where to look for it, so it didn't help
the peace of my mind when we couldn't find it where it was supposed
to be. Well, I can say I found it eventually... three weeks later! On
the other side of the street than the maps and descriptions said it
was supposed to be. Or I was dreaming again, I don't know.
Anyway, the driver took me
to another place where they sold the ticket, it was valid and the
same price, so what the hell. We got back to the pier, I found the
correct boat and waited. And got sunburned. But at that point it was
a small price to pay for the fact I made it and I was heading
straight to paradise.
Because I was.
I can't decide whether I
should start with the full and overwhelming description of how much
paradise-like the place really is. Or if I should leave it at 'It's a
paradise' and the photos that will follow.
(23.-27.3.2013)
The days started to blur as they
generally went in the same fashion – reading, writing, sunbathing
and swimming. My phone was switched off most of the time as there was
barely any reception and I didn't need it for alarm clock or to know
what time it was anyway. Nothing of that mattered there. It was all
just relax and peace.
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