We're in Battambang, the second largest city of Cambodia, but still a very sleepy city--pretty much everything is closed up and done by 10pm. We were looking to get a late-ish dinner at 8pm and walked down to our concierge to inquire about whether there'd be anything to eat at the night-market we'd heard about. A nearby (and eavesdropping) tuk-tuk driver confirmed to us that there was and asked if we'd like a ride. The market was about 2 kilometres away and at the price he offered us, we declined the ride. Upon hearing our answer, the tuk-tuk driver frowned.
"Are you sure? You don't want to run into any trouble on the streets...there might be gangsters."
We looked at each other...and still decided to walk. We had to hang around the concierge a little longer before leaving as we were making travel preparations for the next day and every time I mentioned something about gangsters, the clerk giggled to himself. Needless to say, we didn't run into any trouble. We didn't even get lost, not to mention running into any gangsters.
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