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“we passed some extremely deprived villages, in broken-down shacks - although strangely most had electricity and TV ... ” |
A wretchedly early start today so that we could make the 7am boat to Siem Reap. This time it was an express boat, although it still took nearly 6 hours. Despite the frenetic pace at which the boat travelled, we were still allowed to sit on the roof, which was curved and only had a small hand-rail. We spent much of the journey getting absolutely roasted by the sun on the glaring white roof, and arrived in Siem Reap very red and shiny indeed - we had no access to our sunburn cream while on the boat!
We ignored the signs that had my name mis-spelt on them (our PP hotel had phoned them ahead) and grabbed an honest-looking tuk tuk driver who ferried us into town, to the guest house of our choice. On the way, we passed some extremely deprived villages, in broken-down shacks - although strangely most had electricity and TV antennaes. Along the sides of the road were a series of wells bearing signs - donated by western philanthropists.
Siem Reap has a nice atmosphere to it - plenty of places to eat and drink, and a great market. It's a bit more laid back than Phnom Penh, although the touts are just as fierce.
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Larso says:
I had intended to refrain from commenting, but the hilarity of your travels have convinced me otherwise. So far you've drunk a lot of beer, smoked a lot of hooch, visited mass graves and shot a bunch of weapons. My question is this: are you guys taking the Hunter S. Thompson tour of south-east Asia?