After deliberating for days over heading next to Indonesia or Indochina (I know, it's tough...), I decided on Phnom Penh, and soon found myself on a tuk tuk ride through the cool night air, the smell of river and street food stall wafting by. The people were out in force, walking, eating, shopping after work, and the laid-back energy instantly captivated me.
The next day I set out to see the sights via my favorite means: trekking! I dipped into a local market, where I saw fish being prepared on wood slabs on the ground, making me question the sanity of my fish-soup lunch, and saw a man pull up on a motorcycle to deliver rods with live chickens hanging off them. Emboldened by the street food adventures of Malaysia, I sat at a popular street stall to enjoy some noodle soup full of bona fide mystery meat. Let's just say, the imagination is stronger than the sense of culinary adventure!
I am, of course, adding a level to my video game: In addition to "Kathmandu Taxi", it will have to have "Phnom Penh tuk tuk", both of which will feature bonus points for head-on near misses.
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