Category Archives: Cambodia

Cambodia day 13 – Siem Reap

Posted on Friday, 12 Dec 2008 by Hattie

Today  we are just relaxing.  The weather is gloriously sunny and warm and we walk to the bar area to have some lunch.  We return to the Temple Club which serves good food and doesn’t require us to reset the … Continue reading →

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Cambodia day 12 – Siem Reap

Posted on Thursday, 11 Dec 2008 by Hattie

A lazy day. The weather is mostly overcast but warm, with the hot sun breaking through occasionally.  We buy the tickets for our flights to Luang Prabang leaving on Saturday and our onward flight to Chiang Mai in Thailand.  It … Continue reading →

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Cambodia day 11 – Siem Reap

Posted on Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008 by Hattie

We take the early morning bus back to Siem Reap leaving at 8am. From there we plan to fly to Luang Prabang in Laos later in the week.  We seem to have travelled hardly any distance  before we are pulling … Continue reading →

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Cambodia day 10 – Battambang

Posted on Tuesday, 09 Dec 2008 by Hattie

For $12 we hire a tut-tut to take us to an Angkor-period temple 13km outside Battambang.  Our driver speaks good English and has an itinerary planned for us.  First stop is the bamboo railway.   This is probably the most … Continue reading →

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Cambodia day 9 – Battambang

Posted on Monday, 08 Dec 2008 by Hattie

The weather continues to be hot and sunny and we hire some bikes ($4) and take a ride out into the countryside.  It is difficult to spot where the countryside starts and the town ends as  houses line the road … Continue reading →

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Cambodia day 8 – Battambang

Posted on Sunday, 07 Dec 2008 by Hattie

We are taking a few days to visit Battambang, the second largest city in Cambodia with a population of some 560,000 people.  It lies 5-and-half hours drive to the north-west of Siem Reap about half way to the Thai border … Continue reading →

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Cambodia day 7 – Siem Reap

Posted on Saturday, 06 Dec 2008 by Hattie

Hired bikes again today and our first stop is a local barbers to get Andy a hair cut.   We then cycle into town to look for a decent internet connection as the one in the hotel is proving very … Continue reading →

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Cambodia day 6 – Siem Reap

Posted on Friday, 05 Dec 2008 by Hattie

Our temple pass expired yesterday and we are feeling completely ‘templed out’.  It’s a shame  it isn’t possible to buy an Angkor ticket that allows you to spread three-days sight-seeing over a week rather than having to cram it all … Continue reading →

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Cambodia day 5 – Siem Reap

Posted on Thursday, 04 Dec 2008 by Hattie

We pay Mr Su an extra $15 to take us on the 70km round trip to see Banteay Srei and the waterfall at Kbal Spean, not knowing quite what to expect other than our Lonely Planet bible seems to think … Continue reading →

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Cambodia day 4 – Siem Reap

Posted on Wednesday, 03 Dec 2008 by Hattie

Another gloriously sunny and hot day and we have arranged for Mr Su to pick us up at 8.30am for our second day visiting the Angkor temples.  Our itinerary includes Preah Khan, Preak Neak Prean, Eastern Mabon, Ta Som,  and … Continue reading →

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