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Finally…

Friday, December 14th, 2007

We were here! Siem Reap! Closest city to Angkor Wat!

We stayed at this guesthouse pretty close to where all the bars/restaurants were called Baca Villa. The first thing we noticed as we stepped in here was, uh oh, mosquito country. Time to bring out the Deet. And we had changed to Doxycycline. Since Larium, the malaria pills we had taken up to this point, didn’t work that well in this area. Something about mosquito-resistance. Some of the problems with Doxy is that you have to take it daily instead of weekly and it can cause sun problems. But those are the breaks…

And we met back up with Natalie that night and had drinks and dinner. Good and cheap margaritas here.

We all decided to do the Roluos Group and the Floating Village/Forest the next day.

Two more days…

Friday, December 14th, 2007

In Phnom Penh – we didn’t do much; hit the internet cafe; hit a couple more Wats; went to the Central Market (which was huge) – it’s kind of funny here but you can get a brand-spanking new Lonely Planet here which retails for 22 USD for the rock-bottom price of 5 USD.  Probably cheaper, but that’s what we got quoted.  John wanted to get one but I was like, we’re only going to be here 2 weeks and 1 week plus will be at Angkor Wat so I didn’t see any sense – I would rather get one that just focuses on Angkor Wat if anything…but yeah, it was hard to beat 5 USD.  We also bought a few DVD series…since TV hasn’t been, well, hello, we’re in other countries!

We also went to this mall-type area.  John had read about this a couple of years ago where this was the first escalator in the country.  And people were riding it like, well, a ride.  Disneyland comes to a Cambodian mall.  The only reason we even remembered this story was that there were still people (although, I’m sure, not to the same extent) riding the escalator like it was a foreign thing.  It’s kind of amazing the stuff we take for granted.  Amazing what a 1 hour plane ride will take you.

Anyway, we also booked our bus to Siem Reap.  To see something on my top-10 list.  And to see where Tomb Raider was filmed.  Okay, slight exaggeration, but it did make Angkor look pretty darn cool.  This was something I was looking forward to this entire trip…

Gurgling toilet

Friday, December 14th, 2007
Our guesthouse had the most comfortable bed. I mean, maybe our standards have gone down the toilet but we've never slept so well. On the subject of toilets though, it sounds like our toilet has indigestion. It ... [Continue reading this entry]