Dec 12, 2010

Don Det - Day 63-68

...so we did go south. And ended up on Don Det, an island in the Mekong River (where the river is at it's widest). The Cambodian border is just across the river, so tomorrows border-crossing trip won't be too long. We've decided that five days in enough for us on this island. There is too much of Asia that is yet to be discovered in the time we have left for us to linger here any longer!

But what have we've been up to that's kept us so busy that we haven't blogged? Heh, well...nothing actually. We've been pretty 'busy' doing nothing but laying in a hammock, drinking fruit shakes and eating. In our defence it can be said that we actually have rented bikes a couple times and biked to the next island, Don Khong, where we found a lovely beach. The sand was so soft and you could cool yourself off in the river whenever you wanted, it's been very hot here. (And yes, we're aware that it's the same river as the one named in the previous post, thus the same water, but when we can't see the garbage that's in it then it can't hurt us, right?).

We found a cute gathering of bungalows just by the river for 30 000 a night (that's around one euro per person) and it's located near the restaurant street. Basically, it's perfect for us!
But still, when we get up in the morning we have to rest a while in the hammocks on the bungalow's porch before heading out to 'our' restaurant. They have hammocks there as well and you can lay on a mattress instead of sitting on a chair. We don't have to see the menu to know what we'll order. There are some dishes we tend to stick to, and of course the ever present fruit shakes!

The one BIG exception to this lay-low-lifestyle was yesterday. Early in the morning we booked us on a whole day kayaking trip. You know, because we've been so sporty lately that a half day trip just wasn't enough... So off we went, Hanna suffering from her side pain once again and all of us of sleep deprivation (Ruut because she sleeps in the middle in our double-bed, and therefore gets pushed around all night by Hanna and myself. We are very sorry about it! And Hanna and I because we stayed up late the day before hoping to Skype with some friends, but the internet cafes all closed before 1AM so that didn't happen). We always choose the best days for these physically challenging activities, don't we? But after realizing that the kayaking wouldn't kill our muscles we ended up quite enjoyed the trip. We saw the biggest waterfall (by volume) in South-East Asia, some Irrawaddy Dolphins and a beautiful sunset.

As said above, we'll be leaving tomorrow (though we still have to buy the tickets, pack our 'rinkkas' and so on, but leaving is the plan). Stung Treng, Ratanakiri, Cambodia, is our destination. Once again everything we've gotten accustomed to will change. But we hope it will be for the better!

//S

1 comment:

Kira said...

Åååååå, låter skönt! Ligga o lata sig i hängmatta med drink i handen, det borde alla få göra! Här är det snö, snö och snö. Och lite kall vind. Men vi klagar inte ;) Väntar på att ni ska komma hem snart! Ha det bäst, hoppas Rattankiri blir bra!

Pussar, Kira