July 17th, 2014
We were too on the fence today I think
And when that happens, nothing happens!! We woke up and whilst we were having our omelette by the river, the wind picked up something fierce and then rain came pelting down. It passed in about 10 minutes or less, then we saw blue sky. So we started to brain storm about the day. Should we do something, should we do nothing? We decided to do something since the rain forecast for the next two days is for rain. It is the rainy season after all. So we decide we should try to get to Bokor Hill. Supposedly the are a few nice things to see up,the, an old abandoned Catholic Church, an abandoned casino? And a waterfall….
We could hire a driver and a car, a tuk tuk or rent motorbikes and go ourselves. Thinking tuk tuk is our best option as a car and driver is $40 for a half day. So we ask a couple tuk tuk guys, they say nope, a tuk tuk can’t make it up there, must go on a tour or hire a driver. So we wander into town (with laundry in hand) to see about renting motorbikes. Apparently this is $5 per day per bike investment. By the time we get laundry place found and dropped off, the nasty clouds have rolled back in so we think bikes maybe are not the best idea if it is going to rain and the road is clearly steep and windy. Thus the tuk tuks not being able to make it. So we are back to tour, or car. It is too late to catch a tour today (they leave at 8:30 am) and we are just not sure about the expense of the car and driver yet. We decide to think about it over a light lunch. 😃😃 We went to the original Rusty Keyhole and I order fries and Troy orders a bacon and chicken sandwich. Very tasty lunch but when we are done it is still quite windy with ominous clouds overhead. So back to the hotel we come to rest and blog. As it turns out, it is 4:19pm and there hasn’t been a drop of rain since the bit this morning at breakfast, so we could have rented the bikes…..but you just never know. I guess it is best to catch up on my blog anyway.
There are a couple dogs that hang out here, I guess they live here, they are scraggly looking mutts to be sure. Kinda cute though. This one growled when I took his picture. Maybe he is shy….
I love how they just lay about wherever and expect folks to go around them….
Here is what the place we are staying at looks like and the view from the restaurant. We have breakfast out in those huts…
So we have heard the Rusty keyhole has absolutely amazing ribs, so pretty sure we will be back down there at 6pm ish for supper. I’ll let you know what I think.
