Cambodia!

Had a civilized noon flight out of Saigon today, so we got to sleep in. Check in and immigration took a really long time but we were there early so no stress. We found the lounge so we know the layout for when we come back through on our final trip home. We hit the ground running with a pickup with our new guide Jack, who did a nice job of filling the time during transport to the hotel with Cambodian geography and an overview of our itinerary. After a quick late lunch at the hotel, we jumped in our remorque and went for a tour of the downtown. Very much like a tuk tuk, which is an auto rickshaw, a remorque is a trailer that is attached to a motorbike. I like tuk tuk better so I will continue to refer to it as such. We bought lotus flowers for offerings at the temple in the Royal gardens. On the way he pointed out the thousands of bats that live in the trees right above our heads and the park. They are fruit bats and you could see them all hanging in these super high canopies.
Next stop was an area that they close down to motorized traffic in the evening so people can get out and about, have a drink, have a massage, and a bite to eat. There was a shopping area, too but few of us were feeling that. But now we have several options we can go back to as we're here for a few days. Back into the tuk tuk for a trip out to dinner, at the beautiful restaurant Mahob with indoor and outdoor seating. We were the first to arrive and thought we had the whole thing to ourselves, but two glasses of wine in, and we looked around and the entire thing was filled. Even saw a Viking bus parked outside, so this really was a fancy place 🙂Leggi altro