next stop phnom penh

so today we moved from siem reap to phnom penh via a 6hr "limousine bus". we had a lazy morning at the hotel, before heading off to the 12.30 bus. it was pretty comfortable and well serviced (they kept talking in their brochures about how they looked forward to serving us) and we got in to phnom penh about 6pm. got a tuk tuk who took us to a couple of places with similar names before actually finding our hotel, which then appeared to not have our booking... after much confusion they gave us a room which is quite pleasant, although without a window. we then headed out for a quick dinner on the same street as our hotel, overlooking the river. bed is looking pretty appealing right now.
altogether not a particularly exciting day, but still interesting - watching the country side go past on the bus was pretty surreal... i still havent managed to shake this disneyland feeling - the only thing i could think of today was one of those buses that goes around places like monarto zoo, where even though the world outside looks real and seems to be right there, you still feel completely comfortable and safe inside the bus - thats what our whole trip seems like, i still feel pretty insulated from the really upsetting stuff, even though it really is right there in front of me... anyway, i'll give up trying to explain it, except perhaps to point out that this surreal insulated feel will probably fade pretty rapidly if and when i'm forced to use a squat toilet....!

tomorrow we will begin to immerse ourselves in a some of the horrific recent history of cambodia with visits to the museums and killing fields... perhaps that will shock me out of this disneyland feeling.