How stupid am I?

Silly me, thinking I could turn up at the bus station early this morning and get a ride back to Phnom Penh. No such luck. It's election day tomorrow and the whole country seems to be on the move as everyone returns to their home village, town and province to vote. If I go back to the bus depot at 1pm they might have a seat for me, but they told me not to hold my breath! As if I can hold it for that long anyway... The loudspeakers and election convoys were out in force yesterday but its gone strangely quiet today as the various factions get prepared for tomorrow. The election has been overshadowed by the events at Preah Vihear in recent weeks but tomorrow all eyes will be on voting booths around the country as the spotlight returns to more mundane matters. I had a drink on pub street last night and you wouldn't have realised that we're in the low season. It was extremely busy and an indication that Siem Reap will be swamped cum the next high season beginning in November. Be warned. I returned to see my good friends at the Shadow of Angkor guesthouse last night and took the opportunity to visit their new 20-room second guesthouse that they're building on Wat Bo road. It was dark and the building is in the middle of construction so its difficult to appreciate what is will look like, but the rooms will be bigger and more swanky and it will have a small swimming pool on the ground floor. They hope to open it in January and judging by the popularity of their current 15-room guesthouse, they need it sooner rather than later.
Postscript: I made it back to Phnom Penh by 6.30pm, exactly 5 hours on the road courtesy of the Rith Mony bus company. Beggars can't be choosers when all seats are sold elsewhere but at least they got me back home and the ticket cost just over six dollars. All seats were taken and small plastic chairs filled the gangway too as the bus maximized its passenger count. One of those seated by me was a soldier who regaled the passengers with his tales of daring do at Preah Vihear. Phnom Penh looked very quiet on arrival, 8.1m people are registered to vote at some 15,000 polling stations across the country tomorrow and that means lots of shops are 'shuttered up' and the owners and personnel have gone back to their village for a couple of days.