Last night May had her first encounter with a particular species of Khmer boy, namely the two guys on the moto who tend to prey on Khmer females or tourists.
Their modus operandi is to just cruise the streets looking for a female using a cellphone while riding on a moto, or the unsuspecting tourist with a handbag not held securely (yes i know "that isn't very sensible, or legal?!"but we are in Cambodia, it seems police will not stop you even for driving drunk, with 5 passengers, without a helmet)
We had borrowed Bom's nice new moto (older sister of May) and had just had it detailed and cleaned when i left to go get out some cash from an ATM. May got bored of waiting for me and drove the 100 metres down to the shops, she had her ph in her left hand, as the right operates the gas on a moto. In that time two young guys drove past her, one grabbed at the cellphone, unfortuanately May is made of sterner stuff and the grip on the phone didnt give, the bikes bumped and May ended up flipped off her bike and landed on the street, hitting her head and side and seeing stars.
As May told me later she lay there, blinking, seeing starts then looked at her hand to see the phone still gripped tightly. She got up, dusted herself off and drove back to pick me up.
The guys managed to drive away which is a shame as mob justice for this kind of crime can be quite quick and brutal!
So instead of going to eat frog and chicken with the yummy peppery lime dipping sauce, we went home and i put some ice on the back of her head.
I lit more incense than usual and said thanks for what could have been really nasty, wasn't.
May seemed ok, later on that evening I went to our local Bangladeshi restaurant (have to love somewhere that has beautiful green tomato chutney with the $1 samosas!) and got a selection of curries to take out.
May sat up in bed and took nourishment, but was certainly feeling the aches this morning (no bike ride before brekkie today!)
Mum is coming to see her today, and if she has any dizzy spells or headaches we will take her down for a checkup, but hopefully she has got away from this without a scratch...... yes we are getting the scratches on the moto taken out.
Dont want an angry older sister on our case!
Their modus operandi is to just cruise the streets looking for a female using a cellphone while riding on a moto, or the unsuspecting tourist with a handbag not held securely (yes i know "that isn't very sensible, or legal?!"but we are in Cambodia, it seems police will not stop you even for driving drunk, with 5 passengers, without a helmet)
We had borrowed Bom's nice new moto (older sister of May) and had just had it detailed and cleaned when i left to go get out some cash from an ATM. May got bored of waiting for me and drove the 100 metres down to the shops, she had her ph in her left hand, as the right operates the gas on a moto. In that time two young guys drove past her, one grabbed at the cellphone, unfortuanately May is made of sterner stuff and the grip on the phone didnt give, the bikes bumped and May ended up flipped off her bike and landed on the street, hitting her head and side and seeing stars.
As May told me later she lay there, blinking, seeing starts then looked at her hand to see the phone still gripped tightly. She got up, dusted herself off and drove back to pick me up.
The guys managed to drive away which is a shame as mob justice for this kind of crime can be quite quick and brutal!
So instead of going to eat frog and chicken with the yummy peppery lime dipping sauce, we went home and i put some ice on the back of her head.
I lit more incense than usual and said thanks for what could have been really nasty, wasn't.
May seemed ok, later on that evening I went to our local Bangladeshi restaurant (have to love somewhere that has beautiful green tomato chutney with the $1 samosas!) and got a selection of curries to take out.
May sat up in bed and took nourishment, but was certainly feeling the aches this morning (no bike ride before brekkie today!)
Mum is coming to see her today, and if she has any dizzy spells or headaches we will take her down for a checkup, but hopefully she has got away from this without a scratch...... yes we are getting the scratches on the moto taken out.
Dont want an angry older sister on our case!
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