October 30 – November 1 Day 3 of the sightseeing: 4 am start to see the sunrise over Angkor Wat. By all means, do it. Just don’t expect too much. This is what it looks like on the travel catalogues (heavily photoshopped). This is the reality. The sun doesn’t rise until 6am, but make sure … More 65 – Siem Reap – Angkor Wat (Chapter 3)
October 28 – 29 Apparently, according to TripAdvisor, apart from playing Lara Croft among the Khmer ruins, the best thing to do in Siem Reap is the friday night pub-crawl. I give it a try, mainly because it’s a date with a former university friend of mine who now lives here. If you are around … More 64 – Siem Reap – Angkor Wat (Chapter 2)
October 25 to October 27 Bus transfer to Siem Reap takes about half a day, across interminable rice fields. The rainy season has just ended, making everything so unbelievably green. Unfortunately, garbage is literally everywhere, mountains of plastic bottles, bags, cans, debris of all sorts. It’s true that the locals aren’t too bothered about waste … More 63 – Siem Reap – Angkor Wat (Chapter 1)
October 22 Crazy flight Kathmandu – Kuala Lumpur – Phnom Penh. The only bright side to the day is the pleasantly hassle-free immigration upon arrival to Cambodia. I hand over my passport and visa application to the fist clerk, it changes about 10 hands (for reasons unknown), I pay 30 USD to the last at … More 62 – The Pearl of Asia
