travel
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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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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…