Saturday, September 20, 2008

Downtime in Sihanoukville

So, it's the wet season, and I have never experienced so much rain as I did at the beach in Cambodia. We spent 3.5 days recuperating and chilling out in Sihanoukville with Pierce and Hannah, and on only one of those days did it not rain all day -- though it did storm that night. Our first night we took advantage of a short break in the weather to go for a swim; the water was warmer than the air and we happily bobbed on baby-sized swells. We didn't need much more than that night swim and our one beautiful day on the beach, though: with our stilt bungalows at a whopping $3 a night, we happily spent days drinking coffee, eating shark curry and barracuda steaks, reading, and playing cards. We hadn't seen Pierce in 5 months, and it was great to finally meet Hannah, who was a PCV in Kyrgyzstan, so the company was as good as the chance to relax.

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