After breakfast we were desperate to get into the pool, mostly because it had been a while since we last had a pool at our disposal, partially because its great for cooling of in the intense Cambodian heat! After reading into how long you can safely swim after eating… we jumped in. As it turns out swimming after eating is probably just fine, as long as you don’t do anything too strenuous.
As soon as our feet hit the water a deluge of rain was summoned, presumably by one of the Hindu gods. We quite enjoyed the swim the in rain, it couldn’t dampen our spirits, we were already wet after all.
Thinking about future afternoon activities, notably quad biking, we ventured into town in search of suitable waterproof gear should the rain persist. I was hooked on the idea of finding a nice high quality waterproofed canvas, or similar, poncho.
After an hour or so looking around, we stopped for lunch. Again with us visiting off-season we were quite fortunate as there was a lot of cafes / restaurants and not too many people kicking around.
As we were heading back to the hotel, after searching through a multitude of shops, we stumbled upon one that sold a, seemingly, vintage poncho. I have been unable to find a translation for ‘sai mo tuo’, or a Honda AX-500, or the relation between the two items. Is Sai Mo Tuo the brand? Did they manufacture a poncho for Honda? Perhaps something we’ll never know.
After all of the poncho excitement we headed out with the group on a shuttle bus to the quad biking base camp. The staff there told us the rules, no backflips etc., and that we would be given a quick test before they unleashed us on the 330cc beasts.
After all the quad biking fun we had dinner with the group, more glorious local cuisine, I had a a Khmer green curry, and Hatti had the amok curry.
That completes our time in Cambodia, fantastic country. Tomorrow we travel to Thailand!
James
A two handed weapon of its own motion? Certainly sounds like the mopeds in South East Asia to me haha! Excellent research though, you got much farther than we did 🙂 x
The quad bikes look huge 😄 James, it’s nice to see you getting into the local fashion. 😂
Am intrigued too at what the meaning could be of Sai Mo Tuo. Have been googling wildly. Sai seems to be a two handed weapon?! But suo motu is latin legal for on its own motion. Then I reached saturation point! Great name for a waterproof poncho:)