Well today we travel to Ko Lanta (Check it out here) around 6:00 in the evening. The day was spent finishing up some chores, putting what we don’t need for the rest of the trip in storage with the rest of Amy’s stuff, and then catching up on my blogging 
I’m pretty excited about this part, and I have high hopes for the island we picked. We are (what I expect) a nice bus ride over night, and a boat ride away from white sandy beaches and clear blue water.
Again, I don’t know what the internet situation will be like, but we plan to stay on the islands until about the 27th or 28th.
We got our first good bus of the trip! Leg room, AC, it was like a REAL bus! We were so excited as it was a 12 hour trip, and trips never take as long as they are supposed to. 12 hours is always at least 16 hours.
Not much to say, border crossings are always a little awkward, but this one was pretty easy over all. When we rolled in to Siem Reap, we got a tuk-tuk into the city, clearly to some place where he would get commission, but at 10 dollars a night, it seemed worth it. The guy seemed nice too so we hired him for the next day so we could see all the temples and ruins around Angkor Wat.
We had a little dinner across the road, and then went to sleep.
Well we woke up early as we had a few things to pick up before heading off to the local bus to get back to Danang. We say bye to Mascha and get to the bus just as it was rolling away. By chance it was the same one as the trip in. It started a lot slower, but soon became a racing, honking, yellow bullet through the crowded streets. At one point we picked up a full load of school kids which added to the craziness. We were able to communicate that we wanted off at the train station (or as close as possible) through some “bumpy bumpy bumpy” and hand motions from the Vietnamese guys. It ended up being a lot closer than when we left… good to know “for next time.”
We had some food, as we finally were confident we had some time before the train left, and then we shuffled on to see what awaited us. Hard sleepers on a new train, after being told repeatedly that you wouldn’t be able to sleep at all, made us just a little apprehensive. When we got in there, it was perfect. No different than China, except there were only us in the cabin for the first 6 hours or so. We played some cards (golf has replaced asshole as the game of choice) and then tried to have a bit of a nap. Eventually we got some Vietnamese cabin mates and we all were forced up into our beds. 2 top and 1 middle bunk. We slept on and off, but it was so hot, you were never really asleep.
To be continued…
