Siem Reap is a couple of degrees hotter that Phnom Penh at the moment. That doesn’t sound like much, but I’ll tell you that it is 37-39℃ during the day. Mental!
This place is very tourist oriented, with far more tuk tuks, street food, and restaurants. People will pester you a lot here for business, but you just have to be brutal and say no until they leave you alone. You get used to it and they do expect it anyway.
It’s like an Asian mini-Vegas as it reminds me of the strip there. It has music blaring out and lights everywhere!
I wanted to go here for dinner, but it might have been a tad adventurous for us. We settled on a place that was busy and the menu looked OK. We just got pizzas as it was easy. Couldn’t remember the name of it so I just Google searched it and it is called “Happy Special Pizza”. They did a lot more than pizza, though, so we didn’t know that pizza was their thing.
Sitting there starving, our food took 40 minutes to come. This place is a pub that serves food, and we were the only ones eating as far as we could see. The pizzas arrived, and they looked great, but we’re nothing special, in all honesty. Not terrible in any way, just not a decent pizza.
The bill was only $18 including a cocktail and a large bottle of water, so it was fine for the price.
After dinner we went to the night Market to have a gander. Basically, it’s endless amounts of tat, with added gumph. And they just don’t leave you alone. Mildly infuriating, but ignoring them is yet only way to deal with it.
As it happens, I left my favourite sunglasses on the bus (gutted when I realised! I was having such a relaxing time in the pool at the time too) on the way here so I had to find a half-decent pair to use for going to the temples tomorrow. Got some “Ray Bans” for $5 haggled down from $8. Rubbish but they’ll do. I’ll never get a pair like my favorite ones again. I’ll pull through.
I’m glad we started the trip off in Phnom Penh, as it is a generally a nicer, less touristy place.
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