Monday 27- Arriving in Trat at 5am, we were quickly ushered to a van where we continued on the to Cambodian border. We arrived 90 minutes early and so we were able to relax a bit in the bus. Going our way was a friendly English-speaking monk, wearing a matching orange tuk. He told us he had done the trip many times so we just put our trust in him. At exactly 7 am, the border was opened. A small group of people on the Thai side were let across. After they finished, a huge group of Cambodians surged across the border-running as if their life depended on it. Most raced to the morning market that had sprouted up and took large crates of fresh pineapples and watermelon back into Cambodia. Somsak, our monk, negotiated transportation for us and soon we were racing over land to catch the 8 am ferry to Sinanoukville. There was a quick border check and they the guards waved us on. Somsak let us know, "It's good to travel with a monk". We changed to a little barely stable dingy to cross a section of water and made it just in time. I paid my $15 for a ticket as Somsak caught back up to me. "How much you paid? "$15" I said "Oh, for me I only paid 500 baht. It's because you are forigner" "I understand" I said. "If you speak Khmer you could get for 500 baht. $15 is 600 baht. You paid 100 baht more than me." I had about enough of this horn tooting and luckly our seats were on opsite sides of the boat. The boat was quite crowed with a few forigners, many Cambodian and a few soilders with AK-47s who most seemed to ignore. 4 hours later we arrived in Sinanoukville and had a quick look around before we were off on the $2 bus to Phenom Phen. The city is a quite get-a-way with some nice beaches. A great place to catch some sun. The trip to Phenom Phen took 4 hours thanks to the American made route no. 4, two lane highway. We got into Phenom Phen at sunset and found a $5 room at the Singapore hotel. The city has 1 million people and a few ten story hotels and a very old and decaying feel. Most of the transportation revolves around the motorcycle. I doubt many know of the versatility of these motorcycles, but they have been seen carrying 28" tv's, 4'x8' pieces of plywood, and families of six. We took a quick trip to the Heart of Darkness bar, reccomended by Sean. Not bad, but as both of us were feeling sick, and it was 11pm on a Monday night, things weren't that exciting.