Day 10: Siem Reap to Battambang
Tonlé Sap Lake, Cambodia |
Cutting a path through the water plants |
Local kids swimming in the river |
A riverside village, Cambodia |
By now I was pretty exhausted, but I had booked myself in a nicer hostel (the Royal Hotel no less) and found myself with cable TV for the first time, so I watched the BBC news channel for a while. Dinner-wise I went for another traditional Cambodian dish at a local restaurant where they run cookery schools. My chicken lok-lak (chicken in a sauce with a fried egg on top) was superb and the young waiter was probably the politest I have ever had. He never turned his back on me, was always smiling and gave the traditional bow every time he finished speaking. Two cans of coke and a filling meal cost me about 2 pounds which is just amazing - I might even come back tomorrow night. I had met an Australian guy earlier in the day and I bumped into him again (it is a small town and there aren’t many westerners) and we went for a drink back at my hostel. He was a fascinating man who is out here on a motorbike tour looking for hidden symbols in the temples. I pretty much let him speak non stop for hours. Tomorrow may be a very small blog as I am under the impression there isn’t loads to do in Battambang and I have a wonderfully comfortable bed. I might have a good ol’ lie in.
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