Kratie, Bun Lung

I ended up staying in Phnom Penh for a few more nights with everyone, which was really good we visited the russian market and central market, which was interesting and for some reason i brought a dressing gown that i do not need lol stupid really because the only reason i got it was because i bartered the price down to $10 from $15.. what will i do with it now.. mum its coming your way haha.. we didn't really do much more just went out. I then went north to Kratie bymyself, which is a little town on the Mekong and saw the dolphins and watched the sunset it was so cool watching the dolphins playing around... I would have loved to move further north the next day but turns out there are no atms for the rest of cambodia and none in the south of Laos which is where i am headed next ahhhh... meanwhile i asked the taxi driver that took me to the bus station in phnom penh to take me to an atm first and he said there will be one in Kratie.. So i spent 8 hours the next day backtracking to an atm.. which sucked!! I got so sunburnt.. my bum hurt.. it was way too hot... there was a storm the night before so the first part of the trip took 2 hours instead of 15mins.. slipping and sliding thro mud cars and motos were piled up and we had to drive thro little villages to try and get thro but finally i made it to an atm and got out enough money.. thinking everything would now be fine to get to Laos i went further north to Ratanakkiri which is pretty much on the border... and i found out that you can not get a laos visa on the border i am going thro because it has only new and not properly established yet.. i thought i had done my research i have met so many people that have gone thro the border and got their visas for cambodia but turns out you cant do it the opposite direction.. no!!!!!! I was devostated there was no way i was travelling all the way back to penom pehn again so iv sent my passport off and am hoping i don't get scammed and get it back in a few days.. That problem over I love this place.. i was sitting at dinner last night waith some people from my bus and I saw Jayme and Evan walk past.. what??? I am in the middle of nowhere and i thought they had already been and gone but they just happened to walk into my guesthouse looking for a pool table.. it was crazy and turns out they have been stuck here with no money.. theres that no atm problem again haha.. so they stuck around another day and we (me Jayme, Ev and Karen a kiwi girl im now with) all rented motos and went to the waterfalls and lake today.. it was awesome!!! We are in a place surrounded by dust and were absolutely covered with thick dust.. and then in the middle of nowhere there are 3 waterfalls and a huge lake.. we jumped off the waterfalls and swam in the lake all day.. Cambodia is a great country i love it!! It keeps getting better still.. tomorrow Me and Karen are going on a trek 2 night 3 days thro the jungle cant wait il let you know how it goes
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