Phnom Penh day 8 – saving money

So we’ve decided to extend our stay in Phnom Penh til the sixth of April (this is when our visa for Vietnam becomes active). We’ve decided to stay here to save 1)the hassle of driving to sihannoukville which were not even sure we would like and 2) money! We are paying over the average for our hotel but get breakfast and a pool included so it’s working out the same if we moved somewhere cheaper.

We got up this morning, I was so tired again. Don’t think I’m sleeping well at all. I managed more of my breakfast though!

We went a walk to the nearby supermarket to stock up for our week of saving money. We got crisps and noodles here but there wasn’t a great selection. Instead we headed to the further away supermarket at sorya mall. The roads were disgusting. There was food and rubbish everywhere. At some points we gagged and held our breath walking through piles of rotten food. Now I know why there’s so many rats.

At the mall, we got bananas, watermelon, cheese, crackers, yoghurt, bread and scott got a croissant. It came to $6! The prices were crazy for some things. They sold full dinner packs with all ingredients for like $2, then a tub of hagendaz ice cream was $17!

We walked back to the room. We ate some crackers and cheese before heading to the pool.

At the pool, a man came into the pool followed by his tiny dog. I think it was a Pomeranian. He threw the ball in the water but it wouldn’t jump in. He ended up picking it up and putting it in. It swam around a while before trying to get out each time. It ran over to us and licked my hand and my face! I threw the ball for it and it chased it up and down the pool.

As the sun went away we came back to the room. We had pieces and crisps and scott ate his noodles. After, we ate our fruit with some yoghurt. At about 7pm I had my noodles but didn’t really like them so scott finished them.

By 9pm we were starving so ended up at sarpinos where we shared a small pizza. Think we underestimated how hungry we would be. Eek. Better planning tomorrow.

Videos

So, I try to upload videos on here when I can but its hard to get the timing right so when I upload them weeks later, no doubt no one is reading that post anymore.

So! Here is my YouTube channel where you can view some short clips I’ve been taking here and there. Hope to get them collaborated into a long montage when we are home.

https://www.youtube.com/user/squeezy182

Phnom Penh day 7 – The killing fields

Today we got up for breakfast. We both had scrambled eggs again although I’m still struggling to eat them all!

We got ready and walked to a nearby ATM for money. We got a tuktuk to the killing fields. The drive was about 7km outside the city. On the way Scott’s hat blew off 😦 poor scott. The drive was insane! They are crazy here. There are no rules and a red light means nothing! Cross roads felt like a gamble for your life! We made it to the museum in one piece – minus Scott’s hat 😥.

We went to the ticket office where “foreigners” are charged $6pp. He man told the girl in front of us if they wanted the audio tour it was $3 each. When it was our turn he charged us $12 for our two tickets. I just walked over to the audio tour guys and asked for two – and they handed me them! Free audio tour for us! 🙂

The next 45 minutes walking around the killing fields were grim. We saw victims clothes buried in the dirt and worse, their remains in the form of teeth and bones.

There were several grave pits where people had been killed.

We got to a large tree called the “killing tree” which was used to beat children on. The Khmer Rouge would hold babies by their legs and smash their heads on the bark. The man who found the killing fields found brains and hair on the tree :|. I felt sick.

One stop showed a glass box of the victims clothes and a box of their bones and teeth. Every time it rains, more are washed up from the dirt and the caretakers collect them to put in the boxes.

There was a large tree in the middle of the grounds, which was used to project large speakers playing Khmer music. They played the music loudly during each killing session to drown out the moans of the prisoners so no one could hear them. They used a generator to power the music and floodlights that they’d have pointing at the victims as they were murdered. Our audio tour played the noise of the generator and music loudly in our ears stating that this would be the last noise the victims would hear before they died. All the hairs on my body stood up and I felt a chill. It was so horrible. You honestly felt like it was you standing waiting to die.

The last stop was the monument building which contained the skulls of the victims. Hundreds of them. There must be thousands more buried beneath. The glass case told how each person had died and if they were male or female. The worst case for me was the one with the children’s skulls. Such an awful place.

We left quiet and emotional.. Still in disbelief that human beings could do this to anyone.

Our tuktuk driver took us on our crazy drive back to the hotel. We ended up on the craziest road in the world! Traffic was going every single way! We ended up in deep puddles of water and on dusty rough roads. I filmed our journey and took pictures of the crazy sights that aren’t hard to find in Cambodia.

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Such as men just standing on vehicles as they drive.

Tuktuks full of fruit and people.

Motorbikes pulling well more than they should.

Cars packing more than they should!

And crazy old men trying to cross the busiest roads ever.

We got back to the hotel and went straight to the pool to cool off. The pool makes such a difference in the heat. So relaxing.

At 5pm we went for dinner at the daughters of Cambodia cafe. It was highly rated on trip advisor. It’s a cafe opened to give sex workers a chance at a new life and leave that behind.

I ordered the crumbled chicken with mango chutney and garlic aioli and scott had fish n chips. Both were delicious! It was a bit more expensive at $6.50 a meal but so worth it. We even ordered hot brownie and ice cream for dessert. Delicious! ❤️

Back at the hotel and lying watching TV super stuffed! Although at 9pm we shared some noodles. Probably due to the fact skipping lunch is taking its toll by bed time.

Phnom Penh day 6 – chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool

I woke up exhausted after a rubbish nights sleep thanks to the wildlife last night. I zombie walked to breakfast since it was free. I had scrambled eggs but struggled to finish them due to tiredness I think, so gave them and my toast to scott.

We came up to the room to get ready but I was so tired and couldn’t be bothered moving. We decided to book more nights here so we could relax today instead, and go to the killing fields tomorrow.

We lay at the pool and swam around, the heat is ridiculous! We were starving but skipping lunch to save money. After a couple of hours it was too hot so we came back to the room.

We got ready and went for dinner. We tried to go to Cocina cartel but when we got there it was closed! Must be closed on Sundays! Instead we went back to alley cat. I had chicken fajitas and scott had stuffed quesadillas. It was really good.

It was open mic night or something and the guy singing was terrible so we decided to leave! We went back to the hotel.

As night fell, the stupid noisy wildlife started again. Cue a long night…..

14 THINGS YOU’LL LEARN AS A FIRST-TIME TRAVELER TO SOUTHEAST ASIA

BY JOE BATRUNY JULY 7, 2014

Found this online and it was too good not to share! Very accurate.

Photo: Siim Teller

1. Your “VIP Minibus” ride won’t make you feel very important.
When you’re offered a “VIP Minibus” ride to the Thailand border, what you’re actually getting is a 6-hour, overnight, high-speed, 12-passenger van ride manned by a driver who’s likely using some sort of stimulant. The ride will be cramped and the passengers will be terrified as the vehicle hits 130km/h while passing cars on dark and winding roads.

Every time you open your eyes (if you manage to fall asleep), your driver will be opening a different garage door and dropping off undisclosed packages. On the bright side, at least you’ll be able to stretch out once the packages are gone if you happen to be the unlucky one in the backseat.

2. Despite the online reviews, the happy pizza is pretty damn happy.
Sitting in your Siem Reap hostel after a long day visiting Angkor Wat and its neighboring temples, you’ll decide to see where you can find the best happy pizza. Using the rather spotty wifi, you’ll locate the appropriate literature. “We didn’t feel anything after eating the happy pizza,” you’ll read. You’ll give it a shot anyway, order three pizzas, and nudge the waiter to make it “very very happy.”

The pizza may turn out to be way happier than expected. The next 24 hours (which happen to include a six-hour bus ride and a plane ride to Singapore) will be spent feeling like you’re underwater.

3. You can indeed fit six people in a tuk-tuk with enough negotiation.
Your first time in Bangkok with five friends, you’ll be told that you can’t fit more than four people in a tuk-tuk. “Get two tuk-tuk” doesn’t sit well with you when you’re trying to hoard the few dollars you have left. You’ll offer the driver more baht in an attempt to fit everyone in one tuk-tuk. You’ll end up regretting using your bargaining prowess more and more with each sharp turn as all passengers lean with force to stop the vehicle from tipping.

4. That 12-year-old over there cooks the best pad Lao you’ve ever had.
“She’s 12. I couldn’t make mac and cheese at the age of 12.” Don’t be afraid of trying the food being prepared by the tween at the dingy food cart during your stop in Vientiane — she’s cooked that single dish 10 times more often than you’ve cooked total meals in your entire life. Just try it. It costs a dollar. Bellies full, you and your buddies will likely agree that you would have paid at least $10. It’s perfect.

5. Everyone gets sick once. Or four times.
You’re in Southeast Asia. There’s no way you’re not going to eat at a food stall, complete with miniature red and blue chairs and tables, for nearly every meal. You’re probably aware there’s a risk involved, but you don’t know when it’s going to happen. It could be any factor that’ll make your insides become your outsides within 20 minutes post-meal. Chalk it up to adventure. Besides, there’s a pharmacy on every corner — you’ll be fine.

6. Wet wipes or toilet paper on your person are indispensable.
After your first incident, which will be way too close for comfort, you’ll learn that carrying a daypack containing wet wipes or toilet paper isn’t exactly over-planning. That way, the next time you’re at a market and end up having to sprint to a bathroom as you feel your stomach flip upside down faster than a Six Flags roller coaster, you won’t be stuck wondering what in the hell you’re going to do as you look up to realize there’s no toilet paper or hose.

7. Go with the flow.
Planning ahead is responsible, but you’ll quickly learn it’s not worth the stress. Bus, flight, and train schedules in Southeast Asia change more often than a chameleon’s colors. After throwing your money away on a hostel stay that you never made it to, thanks to a cancelled flight to Kuala Lumpur, you’ll decide there’s no need to make important plans more than a couple days in advance.

8. But making some plans in advance is wise.
Despite your past resolution to not plan in advance, you’ll decide that planning ahead is actually really smart upon arriving at Koh Tao, when you discover it’s the week after Koh Pha Ngan’s Full Moon Party. Everyone happens to come down from his or her alcohol-and-drug-fueled island romp on Koh Tao, and accommodations will be fully booked. After finding a place to stay (don’t worry, the permanently clogged toilet is complimentary), you’ll decide that you should have planned ahead.

9. That driver you hire at a bargain isn’t going to take you anywhere you want to go.
As the taxi driver finally drops you off at your Chiang Mai hostel, he’ll proposition you about taking you around the area the next day. “I show you all good places,” he says. You’ll look left and right at your friends. They’ll nod. It’s a great deal.

You’ll give the driver a call the next day. He’ll show up. Everyone will slide into the car. Then he’ll hand you a map. “I take you to these places.” But you don’t want to see the tigers. You want to go to the temple. “For more money, I take you. For what you pay, I only take you here,” as he points to the tourist traps on the laminated map. You’ll sigh in defeat and tell him to take you home.

10. You’ll wash, buy, and ditch half a closet’s worth of clothing at least once.
You’ll do laundry several times, depending on the length of your trip. Items will have not so mysteriously disappeared from your wardrobe upon your laundry’s return. You’ll buy t-shirts, ill-fitting Havaiana seconds, and zip-up hoodies reading “Tubing in the Vang Vieng” to replace the missing items. Once your bags become hard to seal shut, you’ll ditch the cheap items.

Someone on your trip will inevitably tell you about their missing items, but their potentially fabricated story is much better, involving “sex with some bird at the beach” and “waves wash[ing] away [their] clothing.” It happens.

11. The mall food isn’t your average food-court fare.
After asking the hostel clerk where to eat in the area, you’re told to visit the mall. “The mall?” you ask. You’ll follow the suggestion, as it’s your first day in Southeast Asia. You’ll climb to the San Francisco-themed fifth floor of Bangkok’s Terminal 21 mall to find office-workers enjoying their 35-baht lunches. You’ll try to pay in cash, before being told to buy a card. Hungry, you’ll order the food, inhale it, and near the end of your trip, find that it rivals most food stalls and hawker centers in the region.

12. Alcohol is probably the most expensive part of your trip.
Lunches cost $1-2 dollars. Hostel stays cost $7-15 — maybe even 20 if you really splurge. You won’t be sure where your money is going, but you’ll also be trying to remember what happened the evening prior — then you’ll realize that the large bottle of Siam Sato you struggled to take down cost more than your lunch. And the bucket of Sang Som and soda cost as much as your hostel for the night. Then you’ll tell yourself you need to save money, before quickly forgetting and blacking out again the next night.

13. You’re going to do a lot of waiting.
You’ll get around on planes, trains, and automobiles, many of which will be cramped and/or not quite what you’re used to. You might cram into a sleeper bus bed, cover yourself with a Mickey Mouse blanket, pass out, and wake up to shouting in foreign tongues before being told to disembark. “Your stop!” someone yells.

You’ll get off, not knowing where you are. It’s 3am. A tuk-tuk will take you into town, where you’ll discover that Luang Prabang shuts down around 11pm. You’ll find a comfortable spot on the sidewalk, drop your bag down, and use it as a pillow until the sun begins to rise and a nearby coffeeshop opens.

14. “Hello” and “thank you” go a long way.
Upon arriving at your first hostel in Southeast Asia, you’ll ask seasoned veterans for tips while drinking “big Changs.” You’ll hear, “Learn to say ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ in each language” more than once. You’ll follow the advice. You might find that it leads to tea and fruits over conversation with a shopowner’s grandmother, or scarfing hotpot and downing rice wine poured from gasoline canisters with hotel staff members.

In the end, you’ll find that a welcoming smile and politeness can get you much further than a few extra dollars placed in someone’s palm.

Phnom phen day 5 – moving hotels, swimming pool!

We were due to check out today but hadn’t really found anything cheaper elsewhere. So, we decided to ask to extend our stay. However, the hotel told us they were full. Back to the drawing board. We ate our bananas for breakfast as we looked.

There was a hotel across the road so scott went over to ask but they wanted £22 a night. I found the hotel online for £4 cheaper! This then meant it was £3 more than our current one, but on reading the info found out it had breakfast, free water and a swimming pool. The breakfast alone would save us money, so we booked here. We packed up and just as we were ready to leave the manager knocked our door. He said they had a room become available if we wished to stay, too late bruv! We had a small minibar in our fridge of which we would drink the coca cola and then replace it from the shop. However, we forgot to this time! Eek. We checked out and he asked if we had anything from the minibar, we lied and said no and he didn’t check! Ah! 😂

We scuttled off across the road to the G Eleven hotel. We checked in and were shown to our upgraded room which was a large king bed and single bed. We had our own private balcony along with a shared one. We ate some bananas and shared a pot of noodles before getting changed for the pool. The water was actually warm and was so relaxing to swim around in. We spent a good few hours here before becoming peckish.

We came back to the room and got changed for dinner at 5pm. We wandered the streets and whilst walking came across two naked babies about 6 months old just lying on mats. One as rolling around while the other sucked a milk bottle. There were no adults near apart from one woman who was about 30 feet away lying sleeping next to the wall with another child, probably about 2 years old. This was quite worrying but we couldn’t do anything or take the chance to. The place is too dodgy and everything feels like a scam.

We ended up at a place….the name escapes me. It was next door to chansoda hotel. Scott had Khmer curry with chicken and fries and I ordered roast chicken and mash potatoes. Somehow Scott’s chips came on my plate? But I just scraped them onto his haha. The food was not bad but cheap at only $3.50 a meal.

We walked back to the hotel and noticed the babies were no longer there, but the woman was. Very strange. We passed a young schoolboy playing in a construction site pile of sand. He was very smiley. 🙂

We bought cornettos at a small shop nearby and took them back to the room. We lay in the room and began to hear a storm brewing. We opened the balcony to see torrential rain and it was really windy. The air is still hot but dusty.

As we tried to fall asleep some weird animal started making a duck moo like noise. No idea how to describe it. I’ve googled and you tubed my heart out. But no idea what it is. Just as it stops, the geckos start “ge-ckoooo, ge-ckooo” It’s incredibly annoying!!!

Phnom Penh day 4 – Genocide Museum Tuol Sleng

Today I was rudely awoken by beeping horns and noisy school children. There are always school kids everywhere here, I don’t think they even do anything at school!

This morning we went for breakfast at a coffee shop round the corner near a mall called the pencil center. We both had an egg, bacon, tomato and lettuce bagel. It was lovely. I miss bagels.

We decided to go to the genocide museum which was just over 2km away. We decided to walk. The sun was very hot as always in Cambodia. We stopped half way at the independence monument to take a couple of photos.

It took us a good half hour and the pavements (when they existed) were abysmal. I actually videos us walking to show how bad it is. However, we eventually made it.

It was $3 each to enter. There were four buildings (A B C &camp; D) facing onto a memorial monument and seven gravestones. This was the Tuol Sleng prison also known as S-21.
We started in building A. This building consisted of rooms where the Khmer Rouge would torture their prisoners. In a ground floor room, there was a metal bed with metal bars that shackled their feet.

There was also a battery on the bed, used for torturing and electrocuting them. After a couple of rooms like this, which were accompanied with pictures of the prisoners tortured or dead on the wall, I began to feel physically sick. As we explored, we found more rooms which were bigger with maybe 3 or 4 beds together for the same purpose. You could see blood stains on the floor. The heat was still intense and I began to feel quite faint.

On the third floor the rooms had boards with pictures and details of the history of S-21 and what happened here. It was so unbelievable and made us very angry and upset.

Back on the second floor a dvd presentation started at 2pm. They had fans in there so we decided to do that as I was beginning to feel unwell. We watched the dvd which was video footage by a Vietnamese journalist upon finding the prison. It showed exactly how the Khmer Rouge had left it upon hearing the Vietnamese coming just moments before. The video showed that they found cameras which the Khmer Rouge had used to take photos of their prisoners. Fourteen prisoners tied to the beds had just been murdered and the video showed them lying on the beds, blood everywhere. I was feeling more and more unwell and was thankful when the video finished. A tour guide spoke a bit about the history and I began to feel better. It was definitely the images and rooms that were making me feel so sick.

In the second building it had the pictures the Khmer Rouge took of all their victims. Some of them were just children, it was horrific. In this building there were brick cells where they would keep the prisoners. The cells were tiny and the prisoners would be chained to the floor.

The information in this building told how Sweden had visited Cambodia multiple times and returned to tell everyone the stories from refugees were lies and that these atrocities were not happening. This went on for many, many years and no one believed these stories until long after the torturing and killing had ended. After well over two million people had lost their lives. As we left we noticed three bats sleeping on the ceiling.

As we walked to the next building, here was a metal frame which was used by the school children to exercise when the grounds were the high school. But as a prison, they would hang people upside down until they went unconscious and then submerge their heads into stinking manure water until they awoke and continued to torture them this way.

We passed a man at a table who had a sign that said “come say hello, I’m a survivor!”. He was selling books and answering questions. I can’t even imagine what this poor man went through.

The third building was surrounded by barbed wire to stop the prisoners trying to escape. In this building there were more cells but this time made of wood which had wooden doors. They felt even smaller than the first.

One cell had a sign showing that this cell was one of a survivor, the man outside. I can’t believe he was tied up in here. The horrors he must have seen. In one room there were boxes filled with victims clothes. One showed a baby girls dress hanging, covered in dirt.

At the fourth building there were more photos and information. The information told us how two of the five leaders, including Pol Pott, had already died (of their own accord). The remaining 3 are being tried for their crimes which include genocide, torture, wilful killing, wilful suffering, crimes against humanity. In the next room we found torture instruments and various boxes and tables they used. One box was used to put over victims heads and fill it with scorpions. Part of the reason the world never believed the refugees stories is because of the insane and horrible ways the Khmer Rouge were torturing and killing people. They found it unbelievable. In the final room there were skulls of the victims and descriptions on how they were killed. There was also a glass box of bones.

Some of the information we read was absolutely shocking and unbelievable. If you haven’t read about this, you should. You should also read about how these five scumbags will never get what they deserve for their crimes. The world is a cruel and unjust place.

We left the museum full of emotions. It’s something we find very hard to understand.

As we walked we were hassled by the usual tuktuk drivers. Although one made us smile as he yelled “No tuk tuk, helicopter?!”. We walked to a supermarket on the Main Street and this time went a spree for food. Scott bought a pizza pastry from the bakery and noodles, and I got a bunch of bananas. We got a bag of haribo and found American Santa chocolate reduced to 50cents. A man was cooking spaghetti arrabbiata as a promotion and we got to try some in little tubs. I really wanted to buy yoghurt for my banana but felt it was too expensive. We got some water and scott got onion ring crisps for a dollar.

We continued our long walk back, my legs were aching so much. The roads were insane as it was rush hour. We’ve never seen anything like it! Motorbikes werej just driving all over the pavements and because there are few traffic lights, they instead had three policemen directing traffic (terribly). We played frogger across the main road, I think we’re becoming cross the road pros, and made it back to the hotel. I took a much needed shower while scott ate his pizza, noodles and crisps! I ended up just eating some haribo.

At half seven we decided to go to sarpinos pizzeria for a pizza. We got a medium BBQ chicken pizza and then went to kfc for a $2.80 meal with burger, fries and a Pepsi. We made our way back to the hotel and munched away. I let scott have the majority of the burger as I’m still not and never will be a fan of kfc.

We’ve since lay chilling out in the room, my legs are agony! I can’t believe we walked all that say today. My body is probably secretly thanking me.. 😉

Just as we were trying to fall asleep, the clickity clackity noise from last night came down the street again! I jumped up and ran to the balcony to see a man walking in the distance with a drum and a stick! ARE YOU SERIOUS?! I couldn’t tell if he was a monk or not as he was too far away.

Also, since learning that monks are not allowed to touch female skin, every time I see one I have an unbelievable urge to run and piggy back jump on one 😂😂. Still not mature at 25 hmm….. Time to sleep!

Phnom Penh day 3 – moving hotels

Today we checked out and moved to the suite home boutique hotel a few streets down due to our current hotel having no rooms.

We decided to walk in the heat with our backpacks. As tempting as the tuktuk drivers offers were, $2-3 just seemed too much. We will never forget our 80p bangkok tuktuk for the day.

We made it to the hotel and checked in. They showed us to our room, 204, on the second floor. It was nice and a lot cleaner than the previous one. Just as we unpacked our air con started pouring water all over the floor. This seems to be a regular occurrence, happening in at least three hotels we’ve stayed at so far. Scott alerted the staff who moved us round to room 202. This room was almost identical so we were happy.

We went a walk to KFC as there was one round the corner. Scott’s been feeling a bit down and not enjoying Cambodia, in particularly here in Phnom Penh. It was really cheap at only £2 a meal. Scott ended up getting another burger as he was still hungry.

We went a walk to the paragon mall across the road. Crossing the road here is impossible! There are no crossings and no one stops. You literally have to just walk into speeding traffic and hope you don’t die.

The mall had an interesting sign on the door showing prohibited items including hand grenades, swords and don’t forget cats. 😂 It wasn’t very impressive but had a supermarket which was just what we needed. We decided to splurge and buy ourselves some shower gel, deodorant, a lufa and listerine. We are crazy shoppers! It sounds sad but we were genuinely excited to get back and shower. We have felt disgusting for so long.

Back at the hotel we had the best shower ever. As I washed I sang about smelling like roses. I brushed my teeth and felt like the lady from the listerine advert when her cheeks explode due to the powerful freshness. My mouth has never been so numb and happy. I then sprayed our Adidas men’s deodorant (it was the cheapest) and felt like a teenage boy, but one that smelled super fresh.

We went to a restaurant called the alley cat cafe. It was down a dark alley and looked quite dingy but was funky inside. I ordered chicken quesadillas, scott got the angry chicken burger with chilli cheese fries and we got nachos to share. The nachos were quite stake and disappointing but I enjoyed my quesadilla and scott burger was lovely! For dessert we shared an ice cream sundae. The bill was $18 (ay karumba!). Just as we were leaving a customer ordered chicken fajitas and they smelled amazing! I wished I’d got them… Haha.

We walked back to the hotel, now on the road as the pavements are ridiculous here. We went to bed but I struggled to fall asleep. It didn’t help that every so often a tapping clicking noise would go down the street. No idea what this was! But finally, I fell asleep..

Phnom Penh day 2 – food troubles

Today we had breakfast at the hotel. I did not enjoy my scrambled eggs as you can taste that they cook everything in the same pan. Mine tasted like meat. Scott enjoyed his though 😂. I just ate my toast.

We booked another night here but they only have dorms available from then on. We’ve looked for somewhere else but we haven’t found anywhere suitable yet. Scott wants to move hotels or better yet leave Phnom Penh. He isn’t enjoying it here at all. I think there are other factors but more over I reminded him we haven’t even done anything yet.

We decided to take a chill day and just watch TV. The heat was too much. We bought a bottle of vodka from the mart, $6.90 for a litre of glens vodka. 😍

By dinner time my stomach was imploding from hunger. Scott wanted to go a walk so he went to get food. I hate when he goes out himself! He returned saying he got lost looking for pizza so instead ordered a burger from the hotel…. “One burger?” I said. “And spring rolls. Will that not be enough?” Scott asked. Noooo! Haha.

The food came and the burger was disgusting but I was honestly the hungriest I’ve ever been that I ate half and then couldn’t eat anymore. Scott tried it and never ate any. Scott went to the Indian and got a take away of chicken tikka wraps and pakora. We shared the wraps and scott at the pakora. Best Indian restaurant ever!

We watched films and looked at hotels to move to. We booked the suite home boutique hotel a bit further down the city centre.