It was another night full of lightening and stormy winds until the sun shined bright into the window. Unfortunately in the middle of the night I woke up with a Terrible ear ache that resembled an ear infection. I took some ibuprofen and tried to sleep it off still hoping it would just be water in my ear.
In the morning the pain had subsided but I knew it was an ear infection. I'm guessing it came from jumping into the water and it getting into the wrong area of my ear. Shoot! Knowing that there was one doctor on the island, and two pharmacies, we got up early to get some medication before a long day of traveling to Phnom Penh.
It was a shit show trying to find the doctor. Everyone just pointed and said "pharmacy over there" and it was closed. We had to make a 10am ferry so I went into the other pharmacy that was open, and told him I had an ear infection. He understood me (thank God) and gave me some ear drops for $5. He showed me the instructions and all the details of the medication so I bought it.
I got some wifi at a restaurant but wasn't quite able to look up what it was because of bad connection. All I know is it's made in France and seems legitimate (shoutout to my mom for double checking at her work when I texted her that it actually would work if it's an external ear infection). I put the dropper together and put some drops in. The only real warnings were if my ear drum was punctured that it may cause permanent damage (which is somewhat concerning), but I didn't have so much pain to the point that it would be torn at all.
My only thought is, what if it's an internal ear infection? I guess if the drops don't help or it gets worse I'll be able to go to a real doctor and have them check it out in the next couple days.
At any rate, we got onto the ferry and headed back to the mainland. We made it back with thirty minutes to spare before getting on the bus. We dropped our bags at the resort we were getting picked up from, Alex ordered us some food, and I ran to get my passport back from our cash advance on the island. All went well with the passport and finding an ATM to get cash from.
What was super lame was when the bus came to pick us up, we hadn't received our food yet. We ordered chicken fried rice and some chicken kabobs...how does it take more than 10-15 minutes? The guy said he would make the bus driver wait. So we got in the bus and waited...until the driver decided it was time to leave. We paid for overpriced food and didn't even get to eat it. At least they could have just given us what they had made by the time we left. Just some rice would have been nice.
So we were taken to a bus station and switched into a bigger bus, which was nice, but it didn't help our hunger. We grabbed a couple snacks quickly at the station before it took off. Our lunch consisted of pizza Pringles, some cashews, crackers, and some dried fruit. All of average food quality. We're failing at eating well on travel days.
The bus ride was better than the usual van, but still very warm. The AC barely came out so it was super stuffy. We slept and read for most of the 6-7 hour trip until we arrived in Phnom Penh. However, the bathroom said on it "Urinate Only". Someone definitely didn't follow the rules and it smelled like we were in the bathroom with her. Why would you do that? Her stop was in the next 30 minutes too. Come on sister, do us all a favor.
We got into Phnom Penh later than we originally thought, so we didn't get to our hostel until around 8pm. Our tuk tuk driver was a nice guy so we set up a couple rides with him tomorrow. We knew we wanted to see the Killing Fields, which are about an hour outside of the city, so we just set up a pick up time for 7am the next morning.
We checked into our hostel and ate right away. We had not eaten a real meal since 7:30 that morning. The food was pretty good at the hostel and the employees here are awesome. The company is both fair to their employees but also do a lot to give back to the community. For example they have an effort to help fund and build clean water wells for rural families. This is extremely important because a lot of children are dying before the age of five due to poor water conditions.
After dinner we called it a night. We just hung out and planned our next day. We only have tomorrow to see Phnom Penh so we want to make sure we see all the best stuff - this is why we're getting up at fricken 6am. The Killing Fields and the prison are a must, despite the evil done at these locations, but we also want to check out some of the shops here. There seem to be a lot of shops and restaurants that do a lot to try developing the country and it's people.
A lot to see and a lot of traveling in the next couple days but the end is near so we're trying to do as much as possible!
"Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough
Gleams that untraveled world whose margin fades
Forever and forever when I move.
How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!
As though to breathe were life!"
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
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