My husband and I made an impromptu road trip to the Cambodian border town of Bavet (an international border-crossing to Vietnam) in Svay Rieng province. What was a simple trip to the Russian market last Saturday morning to have our dose of Khmer pork-and-rice breakfast saw us end up in Bavet, some 170kms away from Phnom Penh 4hours later!

I know, we are a crazy couple, hence, the crazy road trip. But it was fun and we enjoyed the change of environment! I must say we  both enjoyed unplanned, spontaneous actions such as the recent border run. Here's sharing some of the sights. I still have a lot fram my mobile phone camera but downloading them onto my laptop is proving to be a beyotch! Lol.

We drove through hundreds of kilometers of green and golden yellow rice paddies as far as the eyes can see. There are no more signs of water after several months of flooding previously.

On the road we also saw a lot of huge trucks coming from and going to the border. I wondered if these large vehicles were fitted with gps for trucks even though there is only one main road that leads to the border. You will know that you're close to the border already because of the many KTVs, massage parlours, and casinos that line up the last few kilometers. Sadly, I wasn't able to send postcards at the border town because I could not find the post office.

Of course, Miss Igorota, on the right, my traveling doll, was with me and crossed the border to Vietnam, too. Surely you don't think I'd left her behind? We didn't go that far, though, and after inhaling the breeze in the Vietnamese soil and surreptitiously taking a few photos, we crossed the border again back to Cambodia. We were back in Phnom Penh at 8.30pm of the same day, just in time to enjoy the view of the lunar eclipse that night.