01/19/2023
March 2015
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Location – Sihanoukville, Cambodia
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Let’s leave the big city and head to the coast, Sihanoukville. It’s a good 5 hour's bus ride from Phnom Penh. Never a dull moment, the converted school bus was packed full of mostly locals and us. After noticing the bus didn’t stop driving much on the trip, I emptied my system of fluids at the first stop. Apparently, not everybody had that same idea….
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A good 3 hours into the scorching and bumpy bus trip, the lady directly behind me, and her two daughters, about 4-6 years old, started making a commotion. I couldn’t understand what was happening, as I didn’t understand the language. A couple of minutes later, I looked behind me and this child is fully squatted in the middle of the aisle over a plastic bag her Mom had placed out for her to use as a toilet. I couldn't believe what I was seeing!! I remember this overbearing smell of sh*t; she was letting it all out! I’m pretty sure I was in shock.
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Things went from bad to worse, we managed to hit a jump at precisely the wrong time and there she went right into her excrement. All hell broke loose at this point as tears and screams started rolling. The bus came to a stop, and I was the first one off and spent the next 10 minutes vomiting my guts out! I will never forget the last 60min of that bus trip.
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The laidback vibe, our accommodations, and the endless white sand beaches, almost made up for travel in. I spent 10 days in Sihanoukville, enjoying the unique energy this place provides.
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Needless to say, I got a private shuttle back to the airport.
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_adventures.by.al._
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