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| Wat Preah Prom Rath |
SATURDAY 6 AUGUST 2011
I was picked up from my hotel by a mini-van for my journey to Siem Reap, about 5 hours away. Also on the mini- van were Andre and Margaret and their two sons from Holland. I had spent some time with them on the Mekong Delta two day trip to Phnom Penh.
The scenery was once again spectacular and interesting. Cambodia is a much poorer country than Vietnam, and most of the stilt houses were built using palm leaves and wood. Many farmers plough the fields with their buffalo. We stopped briefly at a market where they were selling two kinds of bugs – I think some were locusts. I decided against these and bought some dried banana instead.
We arrived about 2 p.m. and Po had arranged for a Tuk Tuk driver to take me to a hotel. Once settled in, I went out to explore Siem Reap and visited the Wat Preah Prom Rath temple on the way. The town is a lively place with lots of small shops, restaurants and an excellent market which caters for the many tourists who come here.
Siem Reap is the most visited town in the country because of its proximity to Angkor Wat.
I went back to my hotel for a swim and was just getting ready to go out when there was a terrific thunderstorm – thunder, lightning and extremely heavy rain, so I decided to eat at the hotel by the swimming pool, watching the storm.
I went back to my hotel for a swim and was just getting ready to go out when there was a terrific thunderstorm – thunder, lightning and extremely heavy rain, so I decided to eat at the hotel by the swimming pool, watching the storm.
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| Bugs for lunch? |
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| Wat Preah Prom Rath |
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| Wat Preah Prom Rath |
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