"I might have ridden a motor scooter, but I will never ride a cyclo" (rickshaw behind a bicycle)... As we came out of our hotel this morning at 0630 Phi was standing there with three grinning cyclo drivers. "We will be taking this conveyance to the boat dock." Len got on the first one and I was following, as we came to the only red light in 50 miles and his driver flew right through with mine after him. We were both looking at the grill of a Hyundai truck.. it was quite a thrill but sort of fun once we didn't die on the truck bumper.

We left Phi there, he will return to Saigon by express bus and got on a "Blue Cruise" fast boat to Phnom Phen, by way of the Mekong River. It is a huge river nearly a mile wide in places and moves fast. Our first stop was the Vietnamese border where they unloaded all the baggage, made the porters carry it up a steep rickety staircase and load it in a cart which they wheeled to the custom house, waited 1 minute and turned around and carried it back to the boat. The boat company picked up all the passports at 5am from the hotels. We were with a group from Holland and everyone was getting nervous about getting our passports back. About a mile up river we stopped at the Cambodian border for a real "Chinese fire drill". It took over an hour and there was no organization and no one spoke English. No lines, just sort of milling around and calling out names. Things finally sorted out and we were on our way. Our boat company must not pay big enough bribes, because other companies came in after us and were long gone.

Our tour guide met us at the dock, a cute 21 year old named Nim. We went to a great Cambodian resturant for lunch. Len is feeling much better and enjoyed the food. Our next stop was the genocide museum with memorials from the killing of the Pol Pot regime. It was very sad but interesting.

We are staying at the Phnom Phen Hotel, which is very nice, we plan to hit the pool later. There is not WiFi, so will have to save up photos for later.