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Siem Reap Travels~ 27 Oct to 30 Oct 2015

Okays, I know this is like a way long overdue post. Honestly, I didn't even realised that it was not posted until I was looking through my photo albums.

So...here goes!

View of Siem Reap~



We took a tuk-tuk to our airbnb place

 And it started raining halfway~

The airbnb place was not too bad~

This is the view from the road outside the airbnb. It was our landmark for the days to come.

https://www.airbnb.com.sg/rooms/5109040?s=GmXH1mfc

(Okays, somehow the image got rotated and I don't really know how to rotate it back.) But here is the airbnb place. Not too bad, where we got a big room with an attached bathroom to ourselves.




The amazingly most disgusting and cheapest bananas that I have ever tried. 1000 riel(around SGD0.25) but DON'T try it! NEVER~~~

This is a picture of all the types of bread that can be found in the bread shop. All with barcodes!

What age can you ride on the roads? 
ANY!

This is the chinese restaurant that is just across the street near the airbnb. The manager is a Malaysian who can speak Chinese. He will be more than glad to chat with you till late at night (and I mean really late! They close at 5am!)

Btw, local food in Siem Reap is quite expensive compared to Phnom Penh. The average street food price is USD 2. (Not expensive for Singaporeans but expensive by local standards.)

We found this really really nice mobile noodle stall! USD 1 for the packet of noodles below! We followed the locals' queue and just randomly told him that we want one packet, without knowing what was inside. And it was spicy~ @@ we had to drink lots of water after that.
But the food is awesome if you can take the 'hotness'. We are just too noob for our own good.


Then, we ventured to the night market.


Fruit juice is everywhere! Freshly made for USD 1!!! 

Then, there is this satay bun that has lots of locals queuing too! Delicious!



Second day! We went to the War Museum. http://www.warmuseumcambodia.com/

It costs USD 5 to enter but you are free to roam around and take photos. You can also take the guided tour around the place for free. We didn't tip but there were some guys who did.







Then, we went to a landmine museum that was so out of the way that we shall not post it here. I honestly felt that it could be skipped as there was not much information given there and it was not worth the time. The trip took us around 25 minutes from the war museum and that was due to the grace of PL's friend. Can you imagine the anguish? >.<


We had dinner with his friends at a western restaurant. Not sure where it is but there is a whole stretch of restaurants along that street. 


 Third day!
We went to Angkor Wat. The only thing I can say is, get a private guide and tuk tuk! You will be sweating like hell and they are just all pictures to me! (Pardon me but SEA history is not exactly my cup of tea haha)



The queue was horrendous even on a weekday.

Some iconic photos that we just gotta take

I cannot emphasize enough how lucky we have a car! The aircon is like a god send after walking out in the hot sun for so long~

Next was lunch. Nothing fanciful but more of weird. We ate a turtle! More like, PL ate the turtle. I refused to touch it. EWWW~ 


This dessert is surprisingly nice though. Not sure how they made it. But it was kept cool with ice inside the plastic bag.


And there was a hammock for you to sleep your lunch away!

Remember to wear your shoes before you head out.

View of the market

The custard apples which are in season around october~ It's really cheap there. 1 whole bag of them for less than 1 USD.


My first time eating it.



See the banana and the pack of rice oats that he is holding? Apparently you can only get it around end october period. It is a delicacy where you dip the banana into the rice oats and eat it. Nice and crunchy! Too bad it's only once a year. According to him, you can get it at any markets around this period. Shouldn't be too expensive. But check the quality! Make sure that the husks are removed properly :)


Khmer BBQ! They introduced us to this Khmer BBQ where lots of butter is slapped onto the grill and makes everything so awesome! Ask the locals where to go :D

Fourth and last day!

We went to this pizza place near pub street. Not bad I must say, for the price and we treated our airbnb host to his first ever pizza!




And the amazing oven baked pizza!



Before we left, we took a photo with them :)


Then, PL's friend picked us up and brought us to visit his house and crocodile farm! Imagine staying with the crocodiles everyday!!




And we have to fly back to Singapore! WE WILL BE BACK!





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