But of course, not too early.
So after checking in and dropping off the bags I head into town with Bob, a Dutch guy I met at the Cambodian border that's on a very nice trip passing through a lot of countries.We take a few nice pictures of the pub street and the little pop up bars together and have dinner in a local place before heading back to the hostel.
The following morning while having breakfast I meet this girl called Alva, who is looking for someone to go with to visit the temples, and while my original plan was to go and visit them by bike, Alva got a tuk tuk that did the tour for just 10$ instead of the regular 18, so I join her for the tuk tuk around the temples. The original plan was to visit Ankor Wat, Ankor Thom (specifically Bayon) and Tha Prom, which is the Tomb Raider temple. Then finish the journey with a sunset at one of the temples.
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| Ankor Wat |
In my opinion the nicest temples are the least famous ones though, Ankor wat was impressive but I liked Bayon more, and Tha Prom was amazing to see with all the trees
After the three big temples we head back to the hostel before sunset (The day had been long and after hearing many disappointing stories about the sunset we tought that we could just skip this part) Where I meet Christopher, another room mate which seemed very nice, we all went for dinner and afterwards to the pub street, which was awesome! There are a few very cool bars and soo many people that end up dancing in the street. I even saw a girl that I had met in Bangkok on my second night of the trip!! (as they say: It is a small world)
The next day I don't have any plans so I get to sleep out. Once up I have a look in the little part of the towns centre. And remarkably enough as you walk through the tiny streets, more or less 7 out of 10 food place serve "Happy Pizza's" at first I didn't think about it too much, but after seeing the signs again and again I stared wondering what made those pizzas "happy pizzas" so I asked someone what it ment, Apparently the pizzas are made "happy" with a little bit of weed or sometimes even mushrooms.
Honestly, how do people come up with these things ??
By night time we are struggling to think about where to go for dinner. Scarlett, a 19 year old girl that has done a trip that seriously made me jealous, and made me applaud her, is joining us this time. Christopher has a look on TripAdvisor and finds a very famous burger place nearby, but on the way there we find a place called the "Bug Cafe" where they serve dishes combined with bugs, curiosity struck us and we went in to try a little dish before continuing.We order "Mediterranean Feuilletés with ants", but after half an hour of waiting they tell us that they had run out of their stock. So completely disappointed we continue to the burger place, I know, it's not the most local thing, but it was soo worth it. By the time we got there we where all starving, and the burgers tasted sooo good, everyone went quiet for a little while.
We head to play a few games of pool and continue to the pub street, where yet again there is a great atmosphere. We spend the rest of the night at one of the roof bars in the centre of the pub street. The cool thing about the roof top is that the chairs are colourful puffs and they all surround a little table.
The last day we spend together we spent it sharing pictures that we had and just chatting a bit. I'm taking the night bus at around 6 towards Kampot so before leaving we head for dinner a last time. The place where we head towards has lots of local dishes, but they also serve, Belgian beers! Even in Cambodia you can find a good old Duvel :D
I honestly say that I like Siem Reap a lot, one of the nicest cities that I've been up to now, may be it because of the people or because of how the city is. But it was nice, I hope to see you guys again somewhere!
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