The bus arrived at about 08.30 and I boarded along with an Australian family who had been on the buss from Siem Reap and stayed, at my suggestion, at the hotel I was in. The bus spent the next hour picking other people up, returning a full three times to the same spot in town.
Eventually we set off and made good progress. The road is new, in good condition and remarkably free of traffic. It was also a scenic if not drop dead beautiful journey.
We stopped half way and I was struck by the grandness of the roof of the next door house, compared to the rest of it.
When we arrived at Sen Monorom, we were swarmed in the customary fashion by people offering lifts to our lodgings and, also in customary fashion, the promised pick-up was nowhere to be seen. Luckily, I spotted a couple who also looked like they were waiting for a pick up. I asked if by chance the were going to my Indigenous People's Lodge - and they were. What's more, they rang up to chivvy the pick up.
The accommodation is basic but adequate - maybe not as 'in the jungle' asI some publicity had led me to believe. But anyway, it's fine and the owner and his family seem helpful.
After settling in and some rice soup and vegetables for lunch, I walked into the town. On first impressions, it seems less chaotic and slightly more prosperous than Ban Lung. It is also close to natural beauty. It might be more of an ethnic town - the . The children all seem to take great delight in high fiveing a foreigner.
The shops have their own quirk which is to see unlikely combinations.
I also came across a Christian church, devoid of any clue that Christmas was a week away.
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