Arrival at Siem Reap

We started early again to get onto the bus from Battambang to Siem Reap. The bus ride was supposed to take 4 hours - 1.5 of which were spent at the gas station, toilet stops and lunch :-)

We also had a moment of shock when Anna realized when boarding the bus that her wallet was lost :-/ we called at the hotel but nothing could be found. There was nothing on the pick-up bus either. We will thought, however, that it would eventually still turn up at the hotel. There was only 1 dollar inside 💵 (plus credit card, driver’s license, identity card)... in the afternoon the hotel luckily called and reported that it had been found and would be sent with the bus tomorrow morning - let’s hope that the handover works out :-)

We also rented bicycles for the coming days and went out to discover Siem Reap which seems quite hip. Great coffee including soy milk at Little Red Fox 🦊 and a great vegan Khmer dinner at Chamran:
- fresh summer rolls with a lot of herbs
- peanut-coconut dip with bread
- pomelo-tomato salad
- fried cassava with dip and rice
- tapioca pearls with banana and coconut milk
- crispy caramelized rice with ice cream

Maybe, we need to sign up for another cooking class!?

Tomorrow we will set out to explore the first set of temples of the Angkor complex - really looking forward to that!Read more