Hi guys!
I'm gonna cover my trip a day at a time, skipping Bangkok cos all we did there was SHOPPP and played a bit of lan gaming so not many pics taken while we were busy stuffing our faces with food and filling our hands with bags of purchases. I miss our holiday already!
Day 2: Siam Reap
We started off the day waking up at an unearthly hour, 4am to be exact cos our tour guide was waiting for us at 5am downstairs our hotel lobby. Tour was priced at USD20 each for entrance fee and USD65 for the driver and tour guide to bring us around. The prices vary based on whether you intend to see the sunrise, full day tour or half day tour and I think they are pretty standard.
Locals in the tourism industry are really milking the cows for dough. In the end, we covered the area so quickly, we managed to get back to the hotel at 12 plus even though we paid for a full day tour! Anyway, we were kinda exhausted so we were dying to get back to the hotel to rest so we decided to see whether we could bargain the price down but to no avail. :(
Given my persuasive skills, we only cut USD5 bucks off the tour price though I felt quite ripped off cos they could have covered more ground! We only covered the inner perimeter with our half day tour. It was still awesome nonetheless!
Pics of Angkor Wat at dawn:
Tons and tons of tourists.
The tour guide took a shot of us through a leaf, pretty interesting eh!
Water named after this place, spot it in the next pic!
Yeah, N fights crime. Doesn't he look like superman?
Tomb raider was filmed at this location.
The steps at these places were no joke, so super steep. Just one miscalculated step and you could be sent home with a broken back!
After taking a short break at the hotel, we came out in search of lunch!
I love the tom yum gong! Sweet and not too spicy.
For dinner, we booked a local buffet which served Cambodian food with local performances. It was at Angkor Mondial Restaurant. Had part 2 of night market shopping with a full belly.
Till the next update! :)
xoxo,
Jan
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