A barang in the 'bode: Leg 15: I should be so lucky

With plans fallen through in Kampot, it was back on the bus and back to Phnom Penh. The south of Cambodia is easy on the eye, and I focused on looking out the window in order to take my attention away from the music videos playing at the front of the bus (which are not so easy on the ear).

Leg 15: Kampot-Phnom Penh (in blue).

This was our last stint in Phnom Penh, our home for the past 18 months. Important 11th-hour jobs included sampling Lucky Burger and purchasing a CD by Kemara Srey Mon, the sole Khmer artist of note I have taken a fancy to. However, I wasn't sure of the name of the CD or artist. I therefore needed to sing this tune to a shopkeeper in the hope that she could identify the CD I sought after. Thankfully, the song was recognised after my first rendition. The shopkeeper knew exactly which song I was referring to, and she confided to me that she too loved the song. To enjoy it, you can listen to the song here.

I was secretly hoping that Lucky Burger would be unbelievably good or unbelievably bad in order to generate an excellent blog tale. That was not the case and this tale is not even close to excellent. However, I can report that Lucky Burger was simply a cheap copy of McDonald's, with some additional cardboard properties mixed into the hamburger. It was my first and last Lucky Burger visit.