Golden Banana Boutique Hotel Siem Reap

Oh, where to begin... Siem Reap, the closest city to the temples, is a fast little town completely made over for tourism. They have a Pub Street and Alley Street where all the restaurants and bars are, a market for cheap textiles and goods and thousands upon thousands of tuk-tuks and touts vying for your attention and money. We met a girl in Luang Prabang the night before we arrived who recommended the Golden Banana B&B for a place to stay. At first, Rory thought it sounded like a giant g...

Oh, where to begin... Siem Reap, the closest city to the temples, is a fast little town completely made over for tourism. They have a Pub Street and Alley Street where all the restaurants and bars are, a market for cheap textiles and goods and thousands upon thousands of tuk-tuks and touts vying for your attention and money. We met a girl in Luang Prabang the night before we arrived who recommended the Golden Banana B&B for a place to stay. At first, Rory thought it sounded like a giant g...

Ok, so neither words nor fotos can begin to describe the glory and splendor of the temple ruins at/around Angkor Wat. However, I'll try here...

I began with the largest & most famous, Angkor itself. Approaching by tuk-tuk and then walking partly around the huge moat that surrounds this incredible site, I tried to imagine the circumstances under which it was built so many centuries ago. The influence of both Hinduism and Buddhism is apparent in the many structures, bas-reliefs, towe...

Yesterday morning After our flight from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap which was barely 35 minutes, we were taken to our hotel which is called Golden Banana. It is located in a pretty place, surrounded by pretty palm trees and has a fantastic swimming pool. And by the way the staff are very kind and they are gay friendly! That's what it says on the brochure! And let's just say that poor Steve has been checked out by them several times! Steve's plan for the day usually consists of getting up in the m...

We finally made it online! Every place has wifi, but we didn't bring a laptop. The places that have internet seem to be from the early 80's...suffice it to say we won't be uploading any photos here. Siem Reap is a tourist hell. The town is overloaded with bus loads of Chinese, Japanese and Korean tourists...absolutely swamped. The city of Siem Reap is pretty gross--everything's in US dollars, not Cambodian Riels and everything's for sale...I'm pretty sure I could get a child for $20 US...or a...