After an arduous journey we arrived in the Northern Cambodian town of Kratie and found a nice room to stay in. It had a TV so I was able to watch the England vs Sweden match which started at 1.45am! Had a bath for the first time in months then went exploring.
Grabbed some dinner in what appeared to be the only restaurant in town. Really nice steak and chips. We then enquired about a trip to see the Irrawaddy dolphins and also about the border crossing into Laos.
The next day we went to see the rare Irrawaddy dolphins that live in the Mekong river so got a tuk tuk and off we went. Got a boatman to take us out into the river and straight away we saw two dolphins. We stayed out on the boat for about an hour and saw loads more dolphins. They came pretty close to our boat and were really playful especially when it started to rain.
After the dolphin watching we headed into town to see what was there. Not much to be honest. We had some lunch at a corner cafe and some old beggar dude across the road kept insisting that I look up at something. Couldn't work out what he was on about. Guess he was just mad.
We ate in the same place as the previous night and met the owner called Joe. Booked a bus to take us across the border into Laos and onwards to Don Det.
Woke up early, had breakfast in the same place that we had eaten twice already and again the food was good. Then we boarded the bus and off we went.
Kratie is really all about the dolphins. There isn't much more to it. It was cool to see the dolphins and nice to just chill out for a couple of days before moving on to a new country.
Next up, Laos, Don Det and the big waterfalls
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