Wednesday, December 30, 2009

CAMBODIA DAY 1: PART 1, Getting there...

Off to Cambodia!


We traveled by mini bus from the airport to Koh Kong..
Approximate time: 5hours



My bus was really noisy.. for the first 2 hours?
Then everyone zonked out..

We stopped by for lunch!

Everyone had a first taste of the food.. Cambodia style!

Cheese!



After that we went around taking pictures..



Alright!
Back to the bus for another 3 hours..
Targeted time to reach about 5pm..


But about 3 plus 4.. one of the bus broke down..
The other two bus made a round about for the 'rescue'
Ian said that there were noises..
Then suddenly there were smoke coming out from the driver's seat!
They stopped and everyone evacuate!
I think the bus was beyond repair.. we had to pull the bus..
Using a rope we tied one bus to the other.. pulling the spoiled bus at 30km/h
We will take another 3 hours if we are going at that speed..
Plus there were up and down slope..
If ever the front bus stops, the spoiled bus will crash into the front bus..


We stopped by the nearest village..
Another car came to the rescue.. with a wooden pole..
All the Singaporeans had their doubts.. Me included..
How is it possible?
But they said they did it before so we prayed and set off..
The car pulled the bus from the front using just a wooden pole.. at about 80km/h


Some of the guys sat ON the car

There were couple of times during the up slope the pole gave way..
We all stopped and they tried fixing it and we are off again..
We did that a couple of times..
By the time we reach Koh Kong, it was already about 8pm?
We were all exhausted but glad at the same time that we made it..

THANK GOD.

We managed to find a place to stay as the hotels are all filled..
Thank God for bringing us there safely!

Stay tune for more about Cambodia!~

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