The city of Phnom Penh is not too impressive, but we love people-watching and seeing daily life go on by around us. One of our favourite things to do is just ride around in the tuk-tuks. You see some weird and wonderful sights of everyday life. The best being: 6 people on a 125CC bike, so many boxes piled on a bike that the driver is crammed against the steering column, a mobile gas station wheeled in by bike (as in the picture), 4 people crammed into a one seater rickshaw, a guy carrying a large pane of glass upwards on the back of a bike, tons piled in to a minivan with 2 motorbikes strapped to the back, people on the roof of minivans along with tons of luggage, and the list goes on. I guess these people need to get themselves and their stuff around somehow and are very resourceful.
We have been traveling around Cambodian style too - Michelle and I pile on the back of a motorbike (3 on a bike) and the driver takes us around for a Dollar or so. We sometimes keep our eyes tightly closed - it's best not to see what's going on.. they are terrible, terrible drivers pulling out in front of one another or going down the street the wrong way against traffic etc etc..... Scary! * Stub
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