CAMBODIA: A very long bus ride.

Finally!

 Western-ish breakfast in an open air restaurant. A toasted, buttery baguette with a mixed veggie omelet and a side of fresh fruit (mango, pinapple, watermelon). We were decadent and ordered a thick chewy banana pankcake and 2 sickenly sweet iced coffees each.  We had been asking for no sugar in our coffee, then realized it tasted like motor oil without the sugar overload.

Then we embarked on a long bus ride to Battambang. If Cambodia had more than 2 paved roads the journey would have been 30 minutes. It took us 6 + hours. These 6 hours were spent on an old hand-me down bus that frequently stopped to load or unload passengers on the side of the road. It also blared cheesy 70s-era Chinese fight movies dubbed in Khmer. When the movie finished the ballads started. This would have been bearable but the failing sound system made it sound like a dying bird.

Sticky rice, beans and coconut shavings steamed inside some bamboo

I removed most of the "flossy pork" before eating.

Misery aside, we got to stop at an interesting roadside “food court” to pee and eat. Amongst the offerings were deep fried sparrow and fried cicadas. I chose the safe rice-in-a-stick and sweet, eggy cake with “flossy pork.”