Taking the flight
Its about 630 in the morning when we are waiting at gate T3 at LCCT, Kuala Lumpur International Airport. We are departing off to land of super-duper-lots-of temples.
Thanks to Keat Meng’s housemate for sending us to the airport. Sorry I can’t recall your name. I appreciate your help :)
Malaysia is one hour ahead of Cambodia! The flight took near 2 hours to reach Siem Reap International Airport. By the time we reached there, it was 820am Cambodia time! We were greeted by super-duper hot sunshine. Its surprising that we were allowed to camwhore around the taxiway and inside the immigration hall. You can’t possibly be doing that in USA. I was caught in LAX before for taking pics in the immigration hall and asked to delete those pictures taken inside there. :-S
Siem Reap
We paid 5 US dollars for a taxi to the Siem Reap town. Voon Fei told me that he saw someone got into a tuktuk at the airport which offers the cheaper alternative mean of transportation. Along the way to town, we can see rows of high-end hotels stretching its way to town. High-end stuff simply not for backpackers like us. So, off we go to the town center searching for cheap guesthouses.
Cambodia is extremely dusty! The road condition is not as good as Malaysia, they don’t have proper road barrier at the side of the road as well. Lots of sand and dust can be seen flying around. :( That’s one major minus point for those on tuktuk and motorcycles.
Accommodation
There are plenty of accommodation available around the town from a cheap 6 dollars to 300 dollars per night depending on your budget. We stayed at Golden Temple Villa guesthouse which offers aircon, hot water, TV and free Internet access. We did not opt for the air-con though. It costs us 12 dollars per night for three of us.
First Meal in Cambodia!
We went to Khmer Kitchen Restaurant as featured in the Lonely Planet guide. There are a few branches of this restaurant throughout the town. We went to the one opposite Old Market (Psar Chaa). [Click for the map of Siem Reap]
This restaurant serves Khmer dishes. Khmer ethnic forms the majority of Cambodia population.
Khmer Dishes
Coming up next: Cultural Village, War Museum, Phnom Bakheng temple for sunset
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