Ombrelle & Kimono Boutique Hotel
Travel Blogs from Siem Reap
Getting some perspective on life...ancient temples
... its hard to explain! But despite its madness I would prefer to ride a scooter or bike on these roads than in England cos u pretty much know u arent going to get knocked off by an ignorant driver as people are more aware of scooters and bikes. Thailand is same side as England but Cambodia is now the other side of the road but its amazing how quick u get used to being on the other side... So was in my own little world cycling along, then realised I hadn't turned right as I ...
The Village (no creepy red cloaks)
... and comfortable despite cold showers and no air-conditioning.
Other funnies from the day:
A: Channing Tatum?? Is he that guy off one tree hill??
On our way to the project, with Troy (the visitor from another NGO) following us on motorbike we stopped to look at a baby buffalo. He stopped alongside and looked to us for an explanation for the sudden stop we replied "Sorry, baby buffalo stop" he just nodded as if it were completely typical to pause ...
Siem Reap and the temples of Angkor
... the hotel for 12pm we were in need of a midday rest. But instead opened our hotel room to be welcomed back to a flooded toilet. Great. I won't go too much into gory detail but lets just say the cleaner got nowhere after an hour of feeding pooey water to the near by plants and a room change was in order. With the unpleasant drama finally over with we had time to relax before heading out for tea and in search of a local bar showing the England-Australia rugby ...
Siem Reap, Cambodia
... a rocky road one, both of which were absolutely DELICIOUS! We went around all of pub street and the night market looking around and then went back to the hotel for the night. Day 2 We got up at 4.30 am and took a tuk tuk to Ankor Wat temple. We watched the sunrise come up behind it. Our tuk tuk took us on a half day tour of all the big temples and waited for us to look around each one. All of the tombs were used in the tomb raider film but primarily the ...
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Amenities
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Free High-Speed Internet