“Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock...”
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(Beautiful sunset on the horizon at Tonle Sap)
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Route: Phnom Penh - Siem Reap
Distance: 316 km
Hotel: Serkirin Mary Angkor Villa Hotel, Siem Reap
07:00 - Simple breakfast in the hotel room. No half-boiled eggs today as the power was too weak to use the kettle to boil water.
07:15 - Checked out and had photo shots in the park by the river.
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| (An anchor sculpture) |
07:30 - Drove out of Phnom Penh towards Siem Reap in a nice sunny weather. Road condition is good all the way to Siem Reap.
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| (A local scene on the road) |
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| (Following the road sign to Siem Reap) |
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| (Indonesia/Cambodia friendship cooperation) |
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| (Less traffic on the road) |
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| (A local house in Cambodia) |
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| (School children after school) |
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| (Stalls selling sticky rice in bamboo, just like lemang) |
09:30 - Refuelled and coffee break at Tela Depot in Baray.
10:45 - Passed through Kampong Thom on the way to Siem Reap
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| (A brief coffee break) |
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| (A typical structure at the round about) |
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| (Passing through kampong Thom) |
13:30 - Arrived Siem Reap in heavy traffic. Our Garmin and Map GPS were jammed on entering Siem Reap town, the venue for the BMW Motorad Bike Week. We drove direct to Muslim Kitchen for lunch of a Morning Glory Fish dish with rice.
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| (Arriving in busy town of Siem Reap) |
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| (Old ladies selling lotus flowers used for prayers) |
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| (At Muslim Family Kitchen) |
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| (Varieties of food to choose from the menu) |
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| (Fried fish with morning glory flowers) |
15:15 - Sent the dirty Bigfoot to Sunny Auto Car Wash, a Japanese owned.
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| (At the Japanese car wash) |
13:45 - Checked in Serkirin Mary Angkor Villa for USD15/night and performed our solat jamak.
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| (A Muslim owned hotel) |
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| (A halal restaurant next door) |
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| (Spacious suite for the night) |
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| (Masjid Al-Neakmah is nearby) |
17:15 - Drove to the thatched huts restaurant at Tonle Sap lake to watch the beautiful sunset. It was already late to drive to the viewpoint up the hill as we might miss the sunset when we reach there.
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| (The thatched-roof huts of the seafood restaurant) |
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| (The sun sets early in Tonle Sap) |
17:45 - Drove to the ferry terminal and visited the fishing village on stilts. Watched the boats ferrying back tourist to the jetty after completing their sunset tour of Tonle Sap.
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| (Boats ferrying back tourists) |
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| (Fishermen village on stilts) |
18:00 - Drove back to the hotel in the dark via narrow busy streets.
18:30 - Walked through the walking streets and had an hour of foot massage next to Reaksay Hotel.
19:30 - Bought a few baggy pants at the night market.
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| (Buying pants at the night market) |
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| (A new restaurant near our hotel) |
20:00 - As we were not very hungry, had banana pancakes for dinner.
20:30 - Met some Malaysian bikers who planned to enter Vietnam with their bikes.
GPS Coordinates:
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Muslim Kitchen, Siem Reap (13.353455, 103.849455)