Phnom Penh to Siem Reap

Our last bus ride finally!! We enjoyed seeing a lot of the Vietnamese and Cambodian countryside, but the continuous honking and slow travel by bus was getting old. We were glad to arrive in Siem Reap and looking forward to seeing the temples of Ankor Wat.


Helen being silly on the bus.



More flat Cambodian countryside. There were a few hills here and there but it is a very flat country for the most part.



Somebody's lunch. Just glad it is not mine. These spiders and bugs were for sell at a roadside market. Had to take a picture but we had no interest in taking a sample.











Another "Just had to take this picture"



While most people might think that because Cambodia is such a poor country, that it would be very cheap to travel in. We actually thought that Cambodia was expensive. One of the issues is that they use the American dollar and Cambodian Riel. Many items are priced using the American Dollar. The problem is that they do not use any American coins as change. You pay in American dollars and get change in American dollars and anything less than a dollar you get in Cambodian riel. Yes, it is confusing. It seemed that prices were inflated just for the tourists. While Siem Reap is a big tourist area because of Ankor Wat, prices in Phnom Penh were also expensive. We regularly spent $20-$25 for a meal. Luckily our hotel in Siem Reap had a huge buffet for breakfast. However other things are cheap. Sue and I got massages at the Siem Reap market for $6/apiece. Our hotel shown below was $40 per night. We had been in our first room barely 30 min. when they moved us to the suite you can see in the picture. First time to have a jacuzzi tub in at least 2 years! However the hotel charged us $1/minute for a local call to our tour guide!