How many Cambodians can you fit in a Toyota?

Me and Sopheun

The last couple of days in Kampot I have been a bit ill with a bug so didn't really do much, although I did manage to get back out to the monastery me and Lilli had stumbled across the previous day. As there was a school attached to the monastery, Sopheun (the monk who said he liked my hair) had invited us to come and teach some of the kids who study various subjects there.

So Lilli, Juanita (another teacher from the hostel) and I went down there and were given classes of about 25 students each. They were a bit shellshocked at first but then they started asking questions and we played some games and did some pronunciation work for an hour. It was fun and if I was staying in Kampot for longer I would go back.

My class

But it was time to move on and I ordered a shared taxi for the 2 hour drive to Sinhouksville which is the one main beach resort in Cambodia. I had heard that they cram in as many people as they can and as I was feeling dodgy I paid a bit extra to have a seat to myself in the front. The car turned up - just a normal size Toyota car - not a van or anything.Then we went round Kampot picking up other people for the journey. More and more crammed in until there were SEVEN people just in the back seat (one was a small kid to be fair, but kids are people too). I was impressed.

But THEN a guy climbed in and sat with the driver in his seat, so the driver was kind of half on the chair, half on the handbrake and the other guy was squashed up against the window.

So how many Cambodians can you fit in a Toyota? Nine. Plus me.