Takeo

Takeo, Dec 30, 2010.

115 km

Takeo is not much.

It was a long day getting here. I arrived around 0530 and picked the guest house recommended in Lonely Planets Cambodia book, Boeung Takeo. It is OK but really nothing special.
As I walked around in the evening to find dinner I saw that there is also a guest house right by the Independence monument. I did not check it out and it is not that impressive from the outside, but still if I were to spend another night in Takeo I would have a look at it.

I had dinner at an outdoor upscale restaurant. There were cubicles around each table and a roof, but still outdoors. When I walked in I saw a group of young Khmer in one such cubicle. I said 'good evening' but did not intrude on them. I got my own table.
Right soon one of the Khmer guests came over to me to offer help with understanding the menu and get my order sorted. His English was limited but still useful.
Later as I was enjoying a pre dinner drink one young Khmer woman came over to sit by my table for a few minutes. She spoke no English at all. Anyway it was sweet of them to offer me a bit of help help and company.