Day 54 Floods

27/04/13
Unfortunately I forgot to turn off my alarm so I was woken at 6 again, luckily I managed to get back to sleep. I went to the National Museum (entry was steep) and I was surprised and impressed. I actually enjoyed it, aside from the same lame statues again there was lots of other stuff which was good, so good in fact that I spent a good couple of hours there. After lunch I went for a coffee whilst I waited until 15.00 when the climbing centre (a little out of town) opened. But before I left it started to rain, hard. At 16.30 it had eased enough for me to ride my bike without drowning, but that's not to say the roads weren't damp. Most of the roads were partially or fully submerged, some a foot deep, which made interesting cycling, especially when I car came the other way. I found the road where the centre was, at least where I thought it was, I tried many other roads nearby but to no avail, so I turned back. On the way I stopped to look at one of the hotels, it was billowing smoke, possibly started by an electrical fault seeing as it was still raining hard. Back at my hotel I search for the climbing centre again, found a more detailed map and set out once more but still no luck, I threw in the towel just before 6 and went for a couple of beers. I paid then headed to my bike so I could cycle to a concert, on my way I bumped into Vanessa, I told her my plans but didn't invite her, she was keen to get food anyway, I didn't protest. The concert itself was really good, the performer, Beatocello a Swiss doctor. He had first come to Cambodia in '74 but had only stayed a year before the Khmer Rouge took over, he returned in 1991 and constructed a hospital, 4 more have since followed. He still works as a doctor but plays cello every saturday to raise funds for the hospital, a man totally devoted to a vision!

Breakfast

Enough water around to put it out!

A restaurant name... 

Beatocello