Early in the morning the bus picked me up from the hotel. An hour later i was in the boat. The trip promised a lot, Lonely Planet said ‘arguably the most exciting boat trip in Cambodia’. Well, it was. First i looked at the boat, wich was a lot narrower then others i had been on (see photo’s). The boat went over Tonle Sap Lake first, after that i went into some sort of canal, the water was a bit low, the boat slow, and we even had to pass boats in upcomming directions, so our boat had to go in the bush, thereby breaking a lot of debry by violence from trees we passed. Well, it took 3 hours longer but a nice day on the roof of the boat in the sun.

Before getting on the boat i got a flyer of a hotel in Battambang, and it looked at least cheap so i went there. 3 dollar per night, bathroom on the hall, but with television and fan. It was 15.00 by then. I laid on my bed for an hour or so because i felt very tired. Then i went into the city to get some food. But somehow i got feeling worse and i ended up eating a noodle soup only half. I went back to the hotel to sleep. I had a real bad night. I woke up often, halfway i got cramps in my stommach and what happend in the toilet wasn’t good….I woke up early, i walked a little in Battambang. I still felt pretty bad, so i just ate some biscuits and bought some water. After an hour or two or three i feld bad again and laid on my bed for a couple of hours. I decided that i would go to Bangkok the next day. I bought a shared taxi ticket for 5 dollar to Poipet, on the border with Thailand. I had noodle soup for dinner again, and got into bed very early that day. Battambang was nice and quiet, but like the way i felt it was no fun…:( Maybe i will come back again to see the surrounding area of it, because they say it can be very nice. Has to be another trip than. For now: Bangkok here I come!