Category: Cambodia


On The Road Again

Another early morning. The hotel tried to charge us for food we didn’t eat (it was eaten on a day when we were still in Vietnam) which wasn’t what we wanted to deal with in the morning while we were rushing to a bus.

Again we did some take away food deal so we could eat on the bus. This bus cost 7 dollars and it showed. People and luggage piled everywhere. I ended up in the back with a bunch of Japanese people who were really friendly, and Jen and Amy were up front. The food stops were horrible, and the eventual border crossing took forever. We stood in lines for at least 2 hours.

The bus in Thailand was better. The 7 hour trip ended up taking about 13 hours. When we got back to the hood, we found a really nice new guest house. We had some food and slept.

Cambodians Are Awesome

Well, there were reports that you need 3 days to see all of Angkor Wat and the surrounding ruins, but I had the feeling if any group of 3 people could get it done on the 1 day pass, it would be us.

We left around 10:00 in the morning, we needed at least a bit of a sleep in after the last few days we have been having. In summary for the ruins and temples, they were really nice. Some really were just dripping in history and you felt like you were walking around in an Indiana Jones movie, or a tomb raider game.

As far as the people go. WOW. English was amazing, they were all very funny, very happy, and very good at selling things. Initially our goal was to just go hang out with some locals selling things tomorrow, but when we got back into town and scoped out the travel situation, the time the bus left was too early.

We checked out the night market after some tasty food, then got a massage. After a beer, we hit the hay.

Ahh, PS. we watched the sunset from “the best spot.” It was a lot of tourists, and a very mediocre sunset, but at least we did it :D

Bus Luck

We got our first good bus of the trip! Leg room, AC, it was like a REAL bus! We were so excited as it was a 12 hour trip, and trips never take as long as they are supposed to. 12 hours is always at least 16 hours.

Not much to say, border crossings are always a little awkward, but this one was pretty easy over all. When we rolled in to Siem Reap, we got a tuk-tuk into the city, clearly to some place where he would get commission, but at 10 dollars a night, it seemed worth it. The guy seemed nice too so we hired him for the next day so we could see all the temples and ruins around Angkor Wat.

We had a little dinner across the road, and then went to sleep.

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