Kampong Cham, Cambodia: The Beginning of our Travels up the Mekong

Mekong River Kampong Cham Cambodia Cow
A cow poses in front of Kizuna Bridge in Kampong Cham
Young Cambodian girl sleeps on a Capitol Tours bus
Capitol Tours: The civilized way to travel
We had banned Phnom Penh Sorya after the last debacle, so we booked our passage to Kampong Cham from Sihanoukville with Capitol Tours (the civilized way to travel) for $9.75, with a stopover in Phnom Penh. We had a couple of hours to kill between our connecting bus in Phnom Penh (it seems like we can’t stay away), but the Capitol bus station had a restaurant serving relatively good food and, most importantly, cold beer to stave off the sweltering heat of Phnom Penh.