Trip

5/31/02 Siem Reap. Cambodia

5/31/02 Siem Reap. cambodia (Phill)

I'm posting an awful lot in the past few days mainly because I've had to check email so often. I'm still working on booking flights to Hong Kong and beyond and tying to NOT fly Gulf Airlines. The stopover in Abu Dhabi just isn't doing it for me.

Well, after quite an adventure getting here we arrived in one piece. We had to transfer boats numerous times because of the low water but overall it was a good trip. The motorbike from the dock to the town was an eye-opener though. Driving on the back 'roads' we really witnessed poverty. Children with no clothes living in shacks with plastic bags for roofs. Quite distressing.

The town of Siam Reap, once we finally got here, is pretty touristy though. There's an air of poverty but much of it is for the tourists benefit (so we’re told). Alex and myself met up with a few Irish lads and went off to see sunset. It was like one big reunion up there on top of the temple since half the folk we kept bumping into in Vietnam were there! We did escape for a wee while and went off to some other temples while waiting for the sun to set and we took a rather interesting picture on another temple. Can't imagine my mum will approve, but it's quite funny.

Today we woke up at 5am to catch the sunrise. We must've seen 10 or 11 of the Angkor temples before getting exhausted. Each one is a massive structure, and you have to scale the outside. We did see some cute girls though so that helped our enthusiasm! :) The views from the top were stunning, looking off into the thick forest surrounding each one you wouldn't know the others were there. Our motorbike drivers were lots of fun too. Alan and Mike (Irish lads) managed to buy the policemen’s badges for $5 each. The officers were quite keen to sell their hats and uniforms too! I thought that was a bit to Village People for me!

Tonight we're off to meet some more Irish that we knew for the opening game of the world cup. Our next two days are totally planned around it. We've met lots of Brits and so it'll be fun when I'm shouting for Sweden again England! I'm sure I'll be popular!

It looks like I'll be on China Airlines on the 6th of June to Hong Kong and Gulf Air from Bangkok to London on the 21st. That's the plan so far; I'll keep you posted.

Posted by Admin at May 31, 2002 12:09 AM