And The 'Trip' Had Begun ft My 3 Favourite South Africans.

Place: Siem Reap, Cambodia
Date: 9th August - 13th August

So last night was the weirdest night of my life. Giving Happy Pizza a try was a brilliant idea at the time...had no idea it would turn out so mental. The idea that we hadn't eaten enough was a massive mistake. We sat waiting for the effects which after an hour didn't happen...the thought that maybe we should wait longer as we were probably still digesting it didn't occur to us.

I ordered the waiter to just bring us out a bowl of marijuana instead so we could just sprinkle it on the top on the remaining pizza. He obliged whilst laughing. The reason for the laughter became so much clearer later on. So again after waiting another half hour we decided it was all a con and left the establishment named 'Ecstatic Pizza'.

We wandered for another 20 minutes in and out of shops before settling in (THANK GOD) a reggae lounge. As we waited for our drinks the sudden aroma of...yes...marijuana set upon us! Great maybe we could score a joint from the downstairs bar? Just as that thought was being discussed my head did a 360 degree spin. I sat back and realised that OH GOD it was working and OH GOD we'd eaten so much! The last OH GOD was that I was the first to go. I have no idea why I was first, maybe my metabolism is faster, but this made me crazy paranoid!!

The next hour was a blur but I do remember a few events.

- I started hugging the pillow I was sitting on for dear life because I thought I might die if not.

- My friends and I had a full on debate about whether the waitress was standing next to us or not. (Of course she wasn't!!!)

- When we finally did get the waitress up to us to get the bill she seemed oh so confused when we kept trying to give her double what we owed. Thank god she was an honest one!

- The pictures of orphans on the walls were florescent...they weren't when we entered the bar.

We realised we needed to leave, get back to the hostel and hide in our room. This was the biggest mission of all. As soon as Cath suggested we leave, everyone looked scared. 'How the hell do we even leave this place?' I thought. We found our way out of the bar! YES SCORE. But we then found ourselves walking the maze of alleyways in Siem Reap town. Finally a tuk tuk driver took on the role as our hero and dropped us at our hostel. There we stumbled to our room and into bed. The time was 9.00pm.

As we all lay there lights on wide awake just staring into space, our room mates arrived. 'Hello guys!' one shouted. We all replied with a grunt then uncontrolable laughter. She then asked 'Are you lot ok?'. We replied 'No' again with uncontrolable laughter following. They left the room not saying bye. I don't blame them really.

A few hours later an alarm went off. I realised it was the south africans alarm. They had planned to meet their friend at 11.00pm. JESUS CHRIST. I followed then downstairs then realised I was not in the right frame of mind to be leaving the dsafety of the hostel so I returned back to the room. I out the key in the door and it unlocked. I then walked to my bed, not turning the lights on, and threw my things onto my bed. I turned around and was just about to go to the toilet when I saw lots of bags lined up against the wall.

These bags were not there when I left 2 minutes ago...SHIT. Then it dawned on me - This wasn't my room. I slowly turned around and tiptoed back to 'my' bed. I put my hand out to grab my stuff but instead grabbed a leg! For some reason I whispered 'Sorry' and the man replied 'That's ok darling'. OH MY GOD. I needed to leave now! F*ck my stuff!! I was not in the right frame of mind for this craziness!! How did my key work?? Thankfully all I had left there was my key so in the morning I devised some crappy story about how I'd lost my key at a bar and I'll pay for a new one. Reception corrected me and said they'd found it in Room 201. Great so now they think I'm sleeping with everyone!

The effects of the pizza lasted a full 24 hours. I seriously could not function the next day.

Moral of this story is - If your going to eat that much Happy Pizza, make sure you know what number room is yours.

Click here for pictures of my travels in Siem Reap.