I arrived in Bavet, the first city from Moc Bai. (The border crossing) at 9am this morning. Bavet is kinda boring, mostly a bunch of casinos on the side of the road, then dusty little shops then nothing. The road isn't nearly as bad as I expected. I'm on the road to Phenom Pehn, but I'll turn off when I reach the Mekong and follow that to Kratie. I've found a mildly frightening guest house, but it feels fairly safe because it is run by women. Most of the scary is because there are small holes in the upper wall where I know creepy crawlies can invite themselves in. (it is part of the structure, not from disrepair.)
The road itself seems almost finished, but they left the very last smoothing layer for later. It isn't as green as Vietnam, and it is more dusty, but the people are friendly. The only problem I had was when I stopped for my sugar cane juice. I was surrounded by lots of kids, and several old women and two younger women. We were talking, and I said I came from Vietnam. This enraged the drunken uncle (who was about 90) and he decided to come to where I was sitting. All the girls & women leapt to my defense so I was not even mildly perturbed.
So far so good.
Until I post again, be good, be happy, and have fun.
PS the reason I didn't answer any e-mails today -- the Internet is very very very slow
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