Best Experiences: Anna Birding in Prek Toal: I felt like I’d been dropped into a nature documentary Exploring Beng Mealea with Aaron for hours on Valentine’s Day Playing “I Spy” with the remarkable bas-reliefs of Bayon Best Experiences: Aaron I’ve never seen so many birds as we saw in Prek Toal; really wish I hadn’tContinue reading “Siem Reap: Highlights Reel”
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Siem Reap: Day 8
Heat makes me want to eat my vegetables. Usually a salad sounds boring, but after being outside in the sun all day, a salad is bliss. Guess I need water wherever I can get it. So, it was with this in mind that we chose Vibe Vegan Restaurant for dinner. It’s a very small, cafe-styleContinue reading “Siem Reap: Day 8”
Siem Reap: Day 7
We took a nice long rest after our visits to Bayon, Baphuon, and Ta Prohm. The best strategy here, we’ve discovered, seems to be to go out early in the morning, and then hide in the pool or air-conditioned room until the sun leaves you alone. It was dinner-time before we finally decided to ventureContinue reading “Siem Reap: Day 7”
Siem Reap: Day 6
Aaron and I were feeling a bit lazy this night. We’d spent all afternoon floating in the pool, after our visit to Apopo, and we weren’t about to change our pace. We walked two buildings down from our hostel for some very decent sushi at Shin Sushi. Shin is a thin, long restaurant, and fromContinue reading “Siem Reap: Day 6”
Siem Reap: Day 5
We let the sun dry us when we were done swimming, and returned to our room to ready ourselves for dinner. A tuk-tuk brought us to Mahob Restaurant, which is a bit north of Siem Reap, between the city and the Angkorian temples. We sat under a jackfruit tree in its front courtyard. I don’tContinue reading “Siem Reap: Day 5”
Siem Reap: Days 3 & 4
When we finally made it back from our temple tour, I was suffering from heat exhaustion. I could feel my pulse in my forehead, and each thump was agony. My face was red–not pink, red. I was sweaty and gross and very unhappy. I felt nauseated and tired and sick. So, you can perhaps understandContinue reading “Siem Reap: Days 3 & 4”
Siem Reap: Day 2
Dinner was at Marum. Marum Restaurant is a modern, wooden structure with a lush, tropical courtyard illuminated by string lights and table lanterns. At night, Siem Reap gets cool enough to tolerate, so we sat under what I think was a lime tree and ordered some modern fusion. We started with a jackfruit and lotusContinue reading “Siem Reap: Day 2”
Siem Reap: Day 1
In order to get to Siem Reap from Ho Chi Minh City, Aaron and I had to take two seven-hour buses with an overnight layover in Phnom Penh. These buses had pretty inadequate air conditioning, so when we finally arrived, we were overheated and exhausted. Fortunately, the hostel that greeted us, once the tuk-tuk droveContinue reading “Siem Reap: Day 1”
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