Day 20...
We were told the bus to Siem Reap would only take 8 hours, but it actually took 9.5 hours. We crossed through the boarder which was an experience. We were stamped out of Thailand immigration to walk a few meters to see the 'Welcome to Cambodia' sign. As we crossed through we purchased our visa and went through Cambodia's imigration. Wierdly Cambodia's immigration took our picture and finger prints (we felt like criminals).
Siem Reap was a bizarre city with extreme wealth and poverty. There were children on the street begging, Tuk Tuks, little shaks for houses but also Porsches and Range Rovers driving around, huge houses and fancy restaurant/bars.
When we arrived we checked into OneStop hostel which had only just been built and was soo nice. We went for some food down pub street (a whole street full of bars and restsurants) and came across some street food selling Scorpians and Snakes on sticks. The Scorpians were pretty crunchy and the snake was really chewy but Scorpians were defiantly nicer.....as if we tried them! Didn't even get a picture as you had to pay!
We headed back to the hostel and got ready for a night out on pub street. Jack had found some male company so we eventually joined them for a few drinking games. After finding out some very strange/interesting facts about the guys I think its safe to we all went out feeling extremely normal! Pub Street was a great night out with most people drinking and dancing in the street with a crazy dance off between internationals and Cambodians.
Day 21...
It was temple time, Angkor Wat Temples. We headed out for this tourist day with Nikki and Kimmy dressed in temple atire (purchased for the occasion and very asian themed). The Temple ruins were pretty fascinating but after 5 or so they all became the same sadly. We did see the famous tomb raider temple though which was pretty amazing. Leaving Jack and Kimmy in the Tuk Tuk Nikki and kerry went to explore. Arriving back we found the Tuk Tuk surrounded by begging children, "1 dolla Miss", "1 dolla Sir", "Please", "Miss please". With Kimmy trying not to look at them or respond and Jack trying to sell them stuff we jumped in and headed to our final temple. Jack was put off by the 20 minute walk so he waited for us in the Tuk Tuk. On return we found ourselves walking up and down looking for Jack and the Tuk Tuk man. Finally we hear "Kezza", the Tuk Tuk pulls in with Jack hanging in a hamock with his head poking out....very funny!
That evening and keeping with the theme we went to Temple Mini Golf. It took us more than one attempt to get there. The first Tuk Tuk man claimed he knew where to go but after half an hour of him driving us around the middle of nowhere we insisted he took us back to the hostel so we could arrange another Tuk Tuk. Thankfully the second Tuk Tuk (golf themed with a grass interior) got us there.
The results were......
1st Place: Jack (should of actully been Nicola as Jacks a cheater)
2nd Place: Nicola (Kerry as Jacks a cheater)
3rd Place: Kerry (Jack as he is a massive CHEATER)
4th Place: Kimmy (her rightful place)
Arriving back we went out for some food with Nikki and kerry trying their first Cambodian dish...yum. That night we caught our first Cambodian night bus with bunk beds ♡. Kimmy was rocking her mini as a hat to hide her Tina Turner hair!
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