Siem Reap

Travelling until this afternoon, but we stopped by the road where the guide bought us a grilled rat(!) To try. Ankit said it tasted a bit like rabbit crossed with chicken. Next was a beautiful vegetable market where we tried some lotus (the beans taste a bit like fresh peas). The others also had some insects and chicken livers on a bamboo stick. Next stop was a silk farm. The industry slowed in Cambodia after the French left and the Khmer Rouge stopped it entirely,but they're coming back. The Cambodian silk worms produce a naturally yellow silk (really pretty) which is unusual for silk worms. We got to see the worms and they're pretty cute actually - like white caterpillars. Shame they have to be left to die in the sun to get silk! The process of turning it into silk is crazy - so many steps and skill required. After that we made it to Siem Reap. We didn't get much time but enough for a wander and look at the fruit bats in the park which are pretty big. There were bloody loads of them! Oh and I had some durian ice cream which I really liked despite sewage smell :DRead more