Happy and Gross

Our tuk-tuk driver/guide for the day, Kasol, said that if me and Timmy wanted to go to a kickboxing match, he could get us VIP seats. We said yes, and he picked us up around 5pm to go to the kickboxing match in Phnom Penh. 

It was really cool and we got to see guys get knocked out by elbows to the skull and knees to the face.

In the second to last match, an Iranian guy was fighting a Cambodian guy. They were bare-knuckle boxing and the Iranian guy was huge. The Iranian knocked the Cambodian down once, but he got up. The Cambodian was obviously not 100% and me and Timmy knew what was coming. In the next 10 seconds, the Iranian guy knocked out the Cambodian guy like it was time for a nap.

The next round was the last round and it was the championship match. It was a Cambodian versus a Cambodian. The guy that ended up winning got a huge gold trophy. Since we were VIP, Kasol said that I could go into the ring and get a picture with the champion. It was really cool that I got to meet a kickboxing champion. 

Wyatt and the champion...in the ring!

After kickboxing, we went back to the hotel to pick up Sarah and Taylor. After that, we went to the Phnom Penh Night Market and Walk Street. 

We didn't find anything cool at the Night Market, but as we walked around Walk Street, we found some cool shops with interesting food.

Timmy got octopus and we stopped along a bench so he could eat. Me and Timmy were still on a quest to find a tarantula, but we were getting close to the end of Walk Street and it was getting late. But as we walked, Timmy called out to me and told me to go over to a shop. He pointed at a pile of fried spiders and I knew what I had to do.

Me and Timmy both got one and he said that I should go first. I said I would, so I got the spider in my hand and prepared for what was about to come. I put the whole thing in my mouth at once. At first, it tasted fine. But then I bit the abdomen, and the stuff inside squirted everywhere. It was gross and I immediately regretted what I just ate. I toughed it out and still ate it though.

I probably won't eat a tarantula again, but it was a good experience in Phnom Penh.

Ummm, that's a big spider...

And it's going in Wyatt's mouth...

And he's chewing it!

And he thinks, "I don't need to do that again."


p.s. -- Post written by Wyatt!



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