Another day at the beach

Friday, Jan 20 Today, the bus was put into action again for a morning run to the market and an afternoon run to the quiet beach, Outras Beach. Those who didn't go to the market walked to a big modern supermarket to stock up on provisions for an afternoon party.  This store had everything, including a bottle of liquor with a small cobra holding a scorpion in its mouth inside the bottle!  Also a huge jar of snake repellant and a gecko trap. Outras Beach is certainly beautiful and quiet too. The Walton's and Brouillettes stopped at the first available shady spot and Linda went to buy some cold beer. I smelled a whiff of weed and noticed that the top item on the menu was "joint $1.50"!  So we quickly finished our beer and moved on to a more mainstream location(I had to drag Dave by his ear)  We had lunch with Lisa, Socheat and Porum.  They allowed us to share some of their interesting food selections.  We also shared some very interesting conversation about Porum and Socheat's life  experiences with marriage, medical and careers. After some swimming and sunning we headed back to the hotel and prepared for the surprise bridal shower celebration for Stephanie.  We popped the cork on some bubbly and raised our glasses to wish Stephanie and Nat a long and happy life together.  There were some gifts where the theme ended up being Canadian and tea towels in addition to other lovely items. Then down to the beach BBQ for our last sunset and dinner! A little more subdued since we knew we had to be at breakfast the next morning at 7 am before getting on the bus to return "home" to the Anise Hotel in Phnom Penh. We found out that we have no more bicycles to assemble and some expressed disappointment since we have gotten very proficient at it! We will have to write a manual for future groups.  We will just distribute them at two very interesting sites, the Bear Rescue Centre and the school for dump children. Posted by Linda