Extra day in Kampot

So. Today I decided to spend a day more here in Kampot. Small town near to coast of Cambodia. There is nothing to do here but the place has some nice restaurants and for some reason, the fastest Internet in South-east Asia. It's also very beautiful.

Yesterday I went to Bokor hill station. It's a ghost town in the jungle. There is a huge hotel-casino, build in the forties, but nobody has used in it's original purpose in a quite a while. And the Khmer Rouge used to through people off a cliff there so it's supposed to be haunted. Well, don't know about that, I just ate best curry in my life there.

The trip was good but because of it every muscle in my body is aching. The drive there was about two hours trough the jungle, on a pick up, on the bumpiest road I've ever been on, in my life. So basically you had to cling on for your life. And of course, the driver was completely crazy.

Lately I've been thinking about traveling a lot. At some point I have to figure out how I get home. And when. I have to consider the fact that at some point I will get tired of :

• caring everything I own in a 55 l. backpack


• answering the questions where you from, what is your name, are you traveling alone etc. a couple of times a day.


• constantly thinking what people want from me (money, sex or both)


• hearing the phrase (insert a country) is so much better than (insert a country), people are friendlier etc. from my fellow travelers. The truth is, people are friendly everywhere here. Sadly, because of huge cultural differences and their often poor English good conversations with them are rare. Or maybe it's because I'm a stupid Westerner and not trying hard enough. I don't really care.


• missing my friends


• missing Europe

My plans keep changing every day. I have no idea where I'm gonna be for Christmas, new years or my birthday. I decided not to give as shit. Maybe on Christmas eve I'll be on a bus where nobody knows or cares that it's Christmas or go to bed early and try not to think about it. Francisco promised to call me. One thing I hope though, is that I will be some where I can listen to Pilsators Christmas album on-line!

Today's change of plans was that I'm not gonna meet my friend Lilli in Thailand. She's going to Koh Chang, where I've already been. But on the other hand, it made my plans in other ways easier. I also got a email from my danish friends, that I'll meet them in Phnom Phen. That's the way it goes, I guess.

Ja kaikki rakkaani Helsingissa ja maailmalla. Pitakaamme kaikki tahoillamme hiljainen hetki Maatushkan muistoksi. Kylla siina olin kuitenkin hieno baari. Lue uutinen myos uutinen: http://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/artikkeli/Tulipalo+vaurioitti+baaria+Fleminginkadulla/1135223559169