Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Cambodia - Day 4 PM & Day 5 (Last Day)

Day 4 pm: Had lunch at a shop near the old market. Think we spent like US$8.50 on vegetarian rice rolls, duck noodles and stir-fried pork with basil leaves and then we went out again with our tuk-tuk and guide to visit the angkor temples - this time taking the bigger circuit route. Visiting Preah KahnNeah Pean, Ta Som and Pre Rup before rushing back to see Ankor Wat in the sunset. Dinner at some buffet BBQ / steamboat place that served roasted pig for US$6.50 adult US$3.50 child. I liked their banana flower salad. Very yummy.


Day 5: Breakfast, followed by a US$1 ride to Artisans d' Angkor where you can see craftsman at work in stone sculpturing, lacquering, wood carving and silk painting. From there, we took advantage of their free transport service and made a trip to their silk farm. Somehow, we took a wrong turn, entered from the point of exit and ended up viewing whole silk making process from end to beginning, rather than the other way round. (Very educational but it's hard not to wonder... 1 life for every 400m of silk fiber... how many for a silk scarf? ). We went back to the hotel.The big one packed. The small one fiddled with my iphone... I slept. We went out again for lunch near the old market US$10 on more vegetarian rice rolls, fried eggplant with minced pork, banana flower salad, french fries. Flight was smooth and the little one slept all the way, not even knowing that we had a 45 min layover at Phnom Penh.



Some useful contacts:
Really liked our Tuk-Tuk driver. His contact: Phan Sam Oun +855 9294 5331.
Central Boutique Angkor Hotel. Tripadvisor reviews for this hotel.

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