Shark soup is fantastic for those of you wondering. Although we did play the clueless tourists when they brought out a pot to the table that consisted of broth and some strange looking bones floating in it and was sitting on a little gas burner. We actually almost dug into it too, but then the waitress came out with a plate heaping with vegetables and then another plate with what we believed to be the shark meat and a egg on top of it. She then proceeded to throw it all into this pot of broth Aspen and I had almost started to eat, thinking that was our soup. Pretty much this waitress was our savior when it came to our shark soup. She kept coming to our table and stiring it and turning the burner up and down. I think she was scared of what we would do if she left so she kept a permanent post right behind me throughout our entire dinner experience. It was a great experience though, and the soup was fantastic, but we threw a couple too many chillis in it. It was mighty spicy! The chillis here are a whole different league of hot compared to what I have had back home.
After our meal they brought us desert too! It was 4 random looking fruits that were red and green. We had seen these outside at fruit markets already but we didn't have the slightest clue how to eat them so we never bought them to try. Now we had our opportunity to! The outer peel was very tough and there were no knives at our table, I was just about to use my teeth when our savior waitress grabbed a knife and cut them open for us. I enjoyed them a lot, very sweet little guys with a strange pit in the middle. The pit resembled a almond but deffinetly didn't taste like one!
With bellys full of shark soup we headed to monkey republic for some beverages and ended up meeting a crew of construction workers that travel to third world countries and build schools and hospitals for the poorer communities. They are away from their homes for 9 months at a time! Real funny group of guys though, they had Aspen and I laughing all night.
A couple of them actually asked us to go to a Mexican restaurant tonight once they head Aspen is part Mexican. A Mexican restaurant in Cambodia, hmm interesting. The food around here is great though so I have no worries it won't be tasty.
Today started out on a lazy foot. We originally had planned a beach day at a beach called Etres beach. But after waking up and grabbing a bite to eat, we crashed and took a giant nap! It was raining anyways so not too much to do and I probably shouldn't become any darker shades of red or I'll create a new race of skin color. Then we picked up our laundry, which smells great and is awesome to have clean clothes once again. Sadly, no surprises in either or our bags.
Finally after having a nice lunch, steamed rice and fried veggies with pineapple :), we caught a tuk tuk ( a motercycle with a little buggy attached) to Etres beach. Only we weren't thinking at all, and when we turned a corner we noticed we were heading right into a giant rainstorm. Perfect.
Just as we arrived at the beach, which is lovely by the way, it started to torrential downpour. Luckly the buggy had little roll down walls and we took cover and got to meet our driver. He was a real friendly man, 38 years old and no family though. He said he doesn't have lots of money so no women want him, poor dude. Aftr chatting a bit he pointed out if Aspen and I were girlfriends! We said no, no, just friends. Aspen told him I have a boyfriend and he took that as I WAS the boy in the relationship! Finally he understood that we were just friends and my boyfriend is back in Canada. After some serious convincing though. Finally the rain cleared up enough to leave and the man hopped on his bike and tried to start it. It didn't start, just our luck.
We ended up getting some other Cambodian men, that had taken cover in the same area as us from the rain, to push us up to a hill so we could coast down and pick up some more gas. We safely made it down the hill and refueled. There was a little hut of people watching us and pointing. We are just so strange and interesting to them, or something. They had little pigs running around though and they were adorable! I want a little pig.
So that's a little taste of some of the adventures we go through daily. Tomorrow we plan to actually get up and hit the beach up before the rain, hopefully the plan falls through. I'll keep you all informed for sure, fiesta time now!
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