Cambodia day 5

Today was aweosme. The Finnish guys, matt and i woke up heaps early and decided to rent motobikes for the day for $4.

While awkwardly trying to sit on the motorbike (it was actually a scooter, I just wanted to sound cool in the previous paragraph) I was given about 5 minutes of verbal instruction. Once I figured out how to start the two wheeled death machine, I asked the receptionist whether I should drive on the right or left side of the road. She shrugged her shoulders and said in broken English 'right side mostly'.  My speedometer was broken but Matt confirmed from his bike that our top speed was 100km/hr; a pretty amazing speed considering we just had casual clothing and helmets made out of Styrofoam.

We rode our way to Bokor national park. The views were spectacular and the entry fee was only 50 cents.

We met a Sweedish guy called Max along the road and invited him to join us on our journey. Once we got to the top Thumas, Max and I jumped into the lake. The water looked clean, but all the trees boardering the lake had died, while the rest were perfectly green and luscious. Whatever, a but if nuclear waste poising was probably with the experience.

On the way back we filled up the bikes with petrol from a local outlet. They brought out repurposed coke bottles and filled up the bikes manually. The local accidentally spilled gas all over Matt's scooter but a quick wipe with a damp cloth fixed that right up.

To finish off the day we had dinner at a restaurant called 'Om' everyone ordered a western meal except for me.