Three waterfalls and a lake

07.01.2017

I woke up early ready to tackle this hard core ride. The bike rental place was supposed to open at 6 a.m., but in reality the owner didn't come until 6:45 a.m., with apologies. No matter, at $1.50 a day, how can you complain?

As I left the city, I sat down for a leisurely breakfast of noodle soup, tea and iced coffee at KC Restaurant. Then, I was really ready. The bike to the lake was easy and I strolled around the perfectly circular water until I got back to where I started. I was a little paranoid because my bike only had a lock on the back tire, like the ones in Amsterdam, but I think it was too crappy, so no one wanted to take it anyway.

I took a quick dip and went back to the other side of town to find the waterfalls. I figured I'd go to the furthest one, which was a good idea, because I had a lot of energy at that time, and the bright red dirt road was full of potholes and rocks. It would have been a hard ride, even if I had a better bike, but as it was, my little street bike was struggling.

The first waterfall was a little disappointing, so I was more than happy to stop for lunch of pate, crab, deep fried baguette with cucumber and mayonnaise. So great with cold beer, after my hot ride.

The other two waterfalls were quite a distance away, but they were both on decent roads and very lovely. I went swimming again in an attempt to cool myself off for the rest of the day.

At the best waterfall, I approached an American woman and her family to ask if she had seen the washroom, she replied, "No, but Cambodians always have a place to throw their shit." What? Why talk like that? It was so strange and unnecessarily vulgar.

Anyway, I went and bounced over the suspension bridge and down to the bottom to feel the mist and see a small rainbow. On the way back, it was getting a little cooler, so I made it home without collapsing.

Son was in town for some reason, so we went out for dinner with Caroline and the tofu amok was awesome at Cafe Allee. The owner was nonsensical, but he gave us free whiskey/bailey's for dessert. I said goodbye to Son forever.

Breakfast