This time, the early awaking was mainly a bodily issue…
My stomach was hurting during the whole ride and I had to slow down, because of feeling weak. Now I wonder, was the water filter not working good enough (today I only drank bottled water), was it the salad I had got yesterday (since 45 years I know you shouldn’t eat raw things that can’t be pealed), was it just the badly cleaned plate (I saw the “cleaning” procedure in the last restaurant and only could continue eating when I concentrated on something else). Today, I only had to go 87km and this was good for me…
interesting religious building…
left:
interesting sign for a Cambodian bridge! I found some information about infrastructure programs of Australia for Cambodia, but nothing especially about bridges
right:
dozens or even hundreds of masons working on stones in all sizes with hammers, levers, crowbars, saws and few electric tools along a 1-2km section of the street
see video 148
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LmnhtM-dDs
After arriving, I bought some bananas (I only had eaten 4 of them until noon), some dry bread and plain, cooked rice, but this was too much, I was not hungry, only tired and feverish.
At the hotel, I read the guidelines fur guests and the tell something…
For tomorrow, I planned a shorter tour again 75km), only the next day will be longer (120km) and then after another 83km, I will (should) reach HCMC (former Saigon).
Today, I would have had more time for my digital business, but I slept some hours and my video delay grows. But the blog is more important to keep updated, because even when I write it on the same day, many things stay untold . Some of them, I remember when I edit the photos or videos, but for most of them, there is nothing like that.
Some examples of what normally would get lost and I recalled after finishing writing:
Today, so many children waved hello, from gardens or porches of houses 20-30m away, so I could hardly see them because of trees etc. Some were maybe 3-4 years old and did it by themselves and I wonder how they “learned” that. Some, the even smaller ones”, waved together with parents, but I cannot imagine that so many people come around there who can be greeted.
In one area, I could see some men with sticks through their lips (or noses, I didn’t want to stare at them) and ancient looking machinery for mashing some grains. Most of them were driven by their motorcycles or by their tractor.
And there, for the first time, a woman with her child stopped her motorcycle to talk to me and ask some questions. And she didn’t mix up Austria and Australia ?
Regarding this common confusion, I was thinking about what I could say instead of Austria. And I noticed that I don’t want to say Germany or even Switzerland (am I a patriot or even Nationalist??), so I mostly say Europe.