Diwali Break Siem Ream

I decided to take a short trip during Diwali this year.  We had WWW last week and I wanted a couple  days to recuperate so I didn't leave until Monday morning.  I had a flight from Mumbai to Ho Chi Min City (Saigon) but when I got to the airport, there was no flight to HCM city and my flight number was connected to a flight to Bangkok.  I was confused. The guy at the counter said that I stay on the plane in Bangkok and continue on to HCM city.  They didn't mention it on the flight (which they usually do on these kinds of flights) so I asked the flight attendant and she had no idea what I was talking about and was confused when I showed her my boarding pass with HCM city written on it.  She said she would contact people and let me know.  Of course she didn't.  I got off the flight and asked ground staff and they told me to get back on along with a few other people.  That same flight attendant worked that flight!  How did she not know it was going to HCM city after Bangkok?!?!  The flight was about an hour, then I had another hour long flight to Siem Reap Cambodia.

I am staying at the Palm Village Resort and Spa and they were at the airport waiting for me with a sign.  It is a cute place on a quiet dirt road.

my sink

path to my bungalow

My Bungalow

outdoor eating area

In the morning, I got breakfast - a poached egg, pancakes, and some fruit.  It is hot and humid here, but there is a nice breeze in the tuk-tuk.  Rickshaws or Tuk-tuks are common in asia, but different in various regions.  These have no sides and there are two benches that face each other so 4 people can fit in them.  They are powered by a motorcycle which is toting the tuk- tuk.  In Mumbai, the rickshaw actually has its own motor.  The traffic actually MOVES  here so the rider gets a breeze.  There is rarely any honking and people drive in a safe, orderly manner.

The Angkor UNESCO site is HUGE.  400 square km.  It has been filmed in movies such as Lara Croft's Tomb Raider and Indiana Jones' Temple of Doom. I got a tuk-tuk driver to take me to Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom Chausay Thevoda, and Ta Prohm Temple, and Ta Keo Temple.   I'm not sure which pictures are from which site :)  but I got some good ones.

I like my driver so I asked him to come back tomorrow for my adventures.