A few days before Cornelia hired a small catermaran yesterday and we had a fun afternoon sailing. She was the most experienced having watched a friend sail a boat one aftermoon in Germany! We all had a go at the helm, even an 8 year old English boy was skipper for a while. A few times we jumped in and held onto a rope and once we got some wind in the sail we got pulled along behind the boat. Very refreshing!
Interesting bike ride in search of fishing village - saw the shanty corrugated shacks with smiling kids waving and an inquisitive granny came up and patted me on the shoulder.
This was after running into a police roadblock. They'd already got $2 off Cornelia so this time with an cocky air of confidence I produced a UK licence with motorbike permit to which the police officer retorted 'Yes but you need international licence in Cambodia'. He kindly let us off the fine saying we could give him something for helping us!!!
Meanwhile a parallel conversation was taking place between the other officer and Cornelia who being Swiss informed the policeman that a Swiss driving licence is all she needs throughout 'die ganz welt!' with that we both pulled away.
My penultimate day ended with a return to the city beach for Cambodians enjoying their Saturday by the sea. Even saw a monk smoking, drinking ice coffee with family and friends, then shed his robes to go in for a dip! Had some great barracuda with ginger and morning glory at Sea Dragon then back to our beach for sunset swim.
For the first time we had a Saturday night out at the bar run by our lesbian friends (while our basketball friends were having a winter Cruisers - team - night in...
... at 51 Roslyn Rd - our house!!')
The Secret Garden bar staff were mixing up some experimental 'Kalula' cocktails!! We ended up in their new pool under the stars having piggy back fights!
Sad to say goodbye to Simone for 4 months til she makes it up to Harbin, but happy to leave the sandflies behind.
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