Welcome to Cambodia

Yesterday was just a very long travel day. Annoyingly long. Especially because it just took so long, because
- people were discussing with the border officials at the exit in laos, as they wanted 2$/p for the exit stamp (which of course is not official) 😤
- we were discussing with the visa officials at the cambodian border, as they charged 8$/p more than officially requested 🤬
- we made a stop at a random restaurant after 30 mins of drivin in cambodia, which took 1.5h instead of the announced 40mins 😠
- the average speed a minibus would go is approx 50 km/h because of the bumpy roads 🙄

So going to Siem Reap took us 12h instead of the advertised 8h 🙈🤯

However, the first impression of Cambodia wasn't the best, due to the above described issues. 😬
But today I spent the first day in Siem Reap and have to say that I really like it! 😊
People are very friendly and the city is unexpectedly clean 🧹 and green 🌴🪴.
Until early afternoon I was just strolling around without a clean plan, had nice breakfast and went to some markets.
In the afternoon I did a bicycle Tour with Martina, which was organized by the hostel. 🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏼‍♀️
It was a really nice tour, where we met some lovely people, saw a nice sunset (again...) 🌄 and also got highly interesting background info on cambodia. 🤓
In the evening we just went to one of the nightmarkets in town & had dinner and fried ice rolls🍦 with people from the hostel 🥰
All in all I'd say it was a really good start in a new country 😊

Soundtrack of the day:
These days - Foo Fighters
https://open.spotify.com/track/2kN05N1AQQplsgFw…もっと詳しく