6.30am alarm, quick breakfast and £20 ride to airport. We were Terminal 4 but we headed to T1 (Jewell) as it’s a sight to see in its own right!! They’re not wrong.
Walk into the main area and they’ve set up pretty much an indoor rainforest complete with waterfall which sadly wasn’t on as we were too early. We’ve constantly been taken aback by the scale of everything and the airport(s) no different. Just so much space, clean and shiny, everything feels new. Trees everywhere, comfortable furniture, electric connections everywhere, gentle and calming music being played, sculptures around each corner. It’s all been amazing.
We flew to Bangkok and waited there for a couple of hours before flying to Siem Reap. It was interesting in this departure lounge because the travellers for the two flights (Siem Reap and Phnom Penh) were predominantly Western, hardly any other nationalities. So it felt like we were off to Tenerife or somewhere.
Arrived and no problems with customs and we had a pick up organised by the hotel waiting for us, we followed him out of the airport and we’re presented with a large sized tuk tuk!! This was our airport to hotel transfer which we thought hilarious and jumped on board. We’d been well warned to keep valuables within the tuk tuk as it was common practice for passing bikes to grab and steal handbags and anything loose. He told us the same.
We travelled through the streets and it was busy. Just people driving all over the place and so many scooters. Dropped off at the hotel and it was very nice indeed, it’s actually a spa as well so it was pretty decent!
On opening my luggage I found that my flip flops were missing, I was a bit pissed off because they were both expensive and nice ones. I really believe they were in the side pocket of the bag, which isn’t locked, and they’d been swiped. Ah well.
The chap that picked us up from the airport offered to take us out to one of the temples for the sunset so we agreed to him. We had to go and buy the day pass tickets and he then took us to one of the temples and then to an area of water that was busy with h loads of people doing the same thing…watching the sunset. It was very impressive and relaxing.
He then took us back to the hotel and we agreed to a full day tour of all the temples with him tomorrow. It made sense as it was reasonable and we’d have control over some of the timings but he’d also know what best to visit.
We then got ourselves ready and wandered out about town but didn’t have to go too far as the place we were headed for (Pub Street) was quite nearby.
Goodness me, that was an eye-opener, bright lights, blaring music, cheap and tacky place. Exactly like the strip in San Antonio or somewhere. I loved it!!
We walked through and around, it wasn’t that big in the end, and we found somewhere for food and drinks. We felt we managed some culture by having a local dish, but also a pizza to share. Both were good. We watched the world go by and then changed location and couldn’t find a bar we really liked but ended up and one and played cards. Tash beat me at Crib again!!
Didn’t overdo it and made our way back to the hotel. A decent day, excited for tomorrow, there’s just these old temples and ruins everywhere.
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