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Our last day in Siem Reap started with a reasonable 8:30am tour through Angkor Thom, which gave us time for a real breakfast and some very good news from our hosts. Our flight out was not leaving for Saigon until 9:35pm, which the hotel somehow was made aware, and when we went for breakfast they offered, without our asking (!), that we could stay…
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The hotel called precisely at 4am as promised and delivered our first breakfast at 4:30am. At 5am we walked out and found our guide and tuk-tuk ready to roll. It’s pitch black and away we go. The tuk-tuk ride takes about 15 or 20 minutes. Our eyes are barely opened, but not being able to see anything in the…
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Still suffering from the jet lag effects, I just happened to be awake at about 3am when staring at my phone I received an email from Cambodia Angkor Airlines, the airline we are taking in a few hours to Siem Reap where Angkor Wat is located. Strangely, it was from an actual real person with another…
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Valentines Day and our last day to be in Phnom Penh. Lisa scheduled a last minute architectural tour wanting to see the French Colonial buildings that dot the area around our hotel. Our guide named Votey, who speaks excellent non-Khmer-glish English, shows up to the hotel to greet us. Votey is an architect but gave…
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We were up a raring to go after a good night’s sleep. The only problem it was 3:30am, which would be 2:30pm at home. Day 2 was going to be a long one. We laid around in our room for about 3 hours trying to fall back to sleep, but it was to no avail. 6:30am, time for breakfast! Here’s…
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Our internal clocks are so out of whack, not knowing if it’s night or day, Saturday or Monday (recall we lost Sunday), taking a nap just wasn’t going to happen. The concierges recommended many things to see and do. Though they pushed that we go to the Genocide Museum (nothing says Welcome to Cambodia like a stop…
What Happened to Sunday 