TWO DAYS AGO: Friday, January 6, 2012
Today was insane. We woke up at 5:00 AM and inhaled our breakfast while slamming our clothes into our bags. We then jumped onto a bus for 6 hours until we arrived at the Siem Reap bus station. Even though we’re in a different country, and a much poorer country, traveling feels the same as in the US. It was just like getting in a car and driving to school, except longer.
Once we got off the bus, we got in some tuk-tuks and drove to the hotel on some roads that are worse than the ones you would find in Chino Valley. Even though this is a major city, it’s much different than Phnom Penh, since only the major roads are paved. It probably would be a huge pain to have to drive on these roads every day. 30 minutes and 2 headaches later, we arrived at our hotel, The Berlin Angkor.
We had just enough time at the hotel to drop off our bags and get in the bus. Then we rushed to Pre Rup, a major temple in Angkor Wat, to watch the sun set over Cambodia. It was beautiful! It would be easily comparable to the sunsets over Sedona. The sun was a brilliant pink and you could just barely see it as it sunk into the huge, majestic trees of the jungle. Amazing!
We then proceeded to a very Khmer dinner. Mia Manzanedo got fried frog, Matt Bray got fried quail, and Mr. Denhartog got some weird, whole local fish. I stuck with spring rolls.
~Adam S.
"Stuck with spring rolls" ??? As if that is a safe option. Who knows what they chop up and roll into those? hee hee hee.
ReplyDeleteI loved the description of morning chaos. Sounds like a typical teen, getting up late and dashing off in the morning. And the road condition compared to Chino made me chuckle.
Thank you for sharing your views and visions. What a beautiful place you are in.
I'm glad you got to enjoy a beautiful sunset at the end of your long, tiring day. I've been wondering how all of you were adjusting to the very different Cambodian cuisine. Has anyone had a chance to sample the crunchy fried spiders yet?
ReplyDeleteMrs. Saint-Amour,
ReplyDeleteTo tell you the truth, the spring rolls were the only the I WOULD trust ;D The morning was extremely crazy. It's a lot like my mornings so it was easy to write about. Thank you for reading my post and giving me feedback :)
Mrs. Dyer
To my dismay, we didn't find any crunchy fried spiders. If we would have, I'm sure Mr. Dyer would have made us try them. The cuisine was actually pretty good. It was a lot different then Panda Express but it was rather enjoyable. Thanks for commenting!