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Day twenty: 314 mile drive to Siem Reap
Itinerary:
Phnom Penh - Siem Reap
After breakfast leave the capital and visit Sambor Prei Kuk Temple, located 35 km north-east of the town. Stop to admire the Naga bridge and continue your journey overland to Siem Reap through small villages and a wonderful landscape of lush jungle. There are 314 km between the capital and Siem Reap.
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Phnom Penh- Siem Reap on the Tonle Sap lake
... a cold towel (Sunil needed that) and a cold drink. The drive was very pleasant and we found out that the hotel reopened 3 weeks ago. I think Sunil's fuss resulted in a room upgrade! The room is phenomenal! It has it's own swing and his and her sinks! We get complimentary laundry, mini bar and cars around town and it wasn't that expensive. Sunil has just fallen asleep on arrival as he had a bad headache! I think it is a combination of not ...
Kingdom of Cambodia
... only class available, but a bargain at $6 or so USD for all of us) for the 6-7 hour ride to the border town, Aranyaprathet. The trip on this train was an experience. This train was filled with mostly locals, except for the few tourists like us going to the Cambodia border. We sat in bench seats face-to-face that we thought were meant for 2 people. At some point, we realized that these were intended for 3. Perhaps 3, small ...
Round two...
... shaken baby syndrome....
• The power went out for a few hours last night. It was hot and ickky. Plus some weird bug/gecko/bird decided complete dark and silence was a good excuse to make a bucket load of noise.
• Update on rooster: he doesn't sleep in, we are all immune to the noise. Another thing we have adapted to that I never would have thought possible.
ok, done and dusted. writing into word now to avoid disaster!
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Exploring the magnificent temples of Angkor!!!
... everything great have to involve sunrise? After waking up at 4am we met Shari, our tuk tuk man and made our way to Srah Srang. An alternative to sunrise at Angkor Wat where hordes of tourists go, we sat infront of the man-made lake and watched the sun slowly make its appearance with about 30 other tourists. It would have been nice and peaceful if not for the local kids hanging around insistent that we should by some postcards off them. Some chinese tourist tried to shoo them away ...