I was up and on my way by 6:20 this morning and I crossed the Cambodian border at 9 AM. I don’t know what it is, but even though there were 50 people waiting they processed me right away. Can biking shorts really have that much effect on officials? So at 9:30 I was in Cambodia and it was hot. I stopped after half an hour at a small roadside café that had nobody in it. I ordered 2 waters and within 5 minutes there were 20 plus old ladies and young children sitting in a circle around me. When one old lady came up and touched me I got out my camera and took some pictures. It seemed to amuse them greatly when I showed them the results. I am going to change my lunch hour. By 11:30 I was hungry and I hit a town with lots of restaurants, but no cooks. Finally one lady boiled me up an instant noodle soup. It seems that the Cambodians eat lunch early and sleep from 11:30 to 22:30. I found a hotel and then went for a ride around the area. A rainstorm came up and I took shelter in a small Buddhist shrine. Then another family showed up (3 people) and them 2 more motorbikes pulled over. On the 3 motorbikes there were 10 people, not a bad average. The shrine we were in was strange. There was a Buddha, but on both sides of the Buddha there were boxes of human skulls. Judging from the mural behind the Buddha the shrine was commemorating the massacre of Khmer Rouge victims.
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