After dinner we came home and started to pack up - our flight to Vietnam was scheduled for tomorrow afternoon so there was still time for the pool beforehand!
Showing posts with label Siem Reap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Siem Reap. Show all posts
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Day 54 - Rest day in Siem Reap
We had our free breakfast at the hotel at a more humane time of 8:00am and afterward we hit the pool for a serious day of lounging...later in the day we found ourselves wandering the streets of Siem Reap looking for a well-reviewed Indian restaurant. We never did find it so chose a more humble spot for dinner.
After dinner we came home and started to pack up - our flight to Vietnam was scheduled for tomorrow afternoon so there was still time for the pool beforehand!
After dinner we came home and started to pack up - our flight to Vietnam was scheduled for tomorrow afternoon so there was still time for the pool beforehand!
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Day 52 - travel to Siem Reap
We had booked a 7:30am pick-up for our 6 hour trip to Siem Reap in a WIFI'd, air conditioned Greyhound bus (with extra leg-room) but at 8:00am they still hadn't showed up! We started eating breakfast in the hopes that this would bring the bus to us and twenty minutes later it did come by and we drove all over Phnom Penh picking up other tourists, then transferring to a larger bus for the rest of the drive.
River side temple
Once en route they turned on the bus' TV screen and played Jack & Jill, a movie where Adam Sandler plays both male and female roles...terrible! After 2 hours we stopped for a toilet break and then at 3 1/2 hours we stopped for lunch at a small restaurant overlooking rice paddies.
The bus arrived at the Siem Reap bus station at about 2pm and then there was absolute chaos with about 15 tuk-tuk drivers trying to get our business. Checking into our hotel was pretty quick, and we were given a refreshing drink and cold towel and shown to our lovely AC'd room! We tried the pools downstairs (there were two) but the mosquitos got to me so we scurried back to the room.
A little while later we ventured out for dinner to a highly rated italian place called Il Forno, where we had the most amazing pesto mushroom pizza and afterwards I haggled a young gal for some MC hammer pants ($4USD), to wear the next day at Angkor Wat.
Across the street from our hotel
Scooter driver transporting some sad chickens
Expensive casino hotel in Phnom Penh
A fair taking place across from the casino
Group of men playing badminton with their hands!
River side temple
Locals using the shared public exercise equipment
Once en route they turned on the bus' TV screen and played Jack & Jill, a movie where Adam Sandler plays both male and female roles...terrible! After 2 hours we stopped for a toilet break and then at 3 1/2 hours we stopped for lunch at a small restaurant overlooking rice paddies.
The bus arrived at the Siem Reap bus station at about 2pm and then there was absolute chaos with about 15 tuk-tuk drivers trying to get our business. Checking into our hotel was pretty quick, and we were given a refreshing drink and cold towel and shown to our lovely AC'd room! We tried the pools downstairs (there were two) but the mosquitos got to me so we scurried back to the room.
A little while later we ventured out for dinner to a highly rated italian place called Il Forno, where we had the most amazing pesto mushroom pizza and afterwards I haggled a young gal for some MC hammer pants ($4USD), to wear the next day at Angkor Wat.
Hip Hop Club down the road from us
Pagoda reflection in the river
Where tourists come to buy and play
Dr. Fish boutique
Hip Hop is heating up...
We had set up with our original tuk-tuk driver to get picked up at 4:30am for the sunrise at Angkor Wat and so went right to bed after dinner.
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