Monday, August 27, 2012

Siem Reap 1 - Ton Le Sap Floating Market

It took at least 5 hours from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap, if you take express van of course, which normal bus usually takes up to 6 hours. Not to mention 5 hours of immobilization, the bumpy road is enough to kill. By bumpy I mean a constant oscillation for 5 hours! Siem Reap has one of the oldest city in South East Asia with Angkor, bearing witness to the rise and fall of a great kingdom. So, after 5 solid hours of torturing, we finally reached Siem Reap Bus Station. Bear in mind that different company stop at different stations....yeap, the bus system is that disorganized~ Luckily the hotel was great(the owner was not~pfft~), with great receptions and comfy room~

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Tuk-tuk picking us up




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We rent a van enough for 12 persons with 35 USD per day~ First stop, some Khmer lunch~




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Everything is in USD......can be tricky sometimes~~~




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Khmer style green curry...not spicy but very similar to the Malaysian's style~ 6 USD~




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Khmer style fried rice.......mediocre~ 6USD~




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Ton Le Sap Lake~ I swear I heard it somewhere during history or geographic lessons~




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12 USD per person just to get on this speed boat to visit the floating market(totally not worth it~ Why? We will see~~)




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That whole piece of land belongs to a Vietnamese Cemetery....Interesting enough, they spend few months under water during the rainy season~~~(Scuba diving~)




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Just 19 year-old student.....earn 15 USD per month~ Where did all these money goes?!




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You get alot of such "floating market" around......this is impressive, the little girl just jump onto our boat with 1 whole box of drinks~




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A missionary orphanage and school~




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One of the best kept buildings around~




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A government built school~




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The restaurant, souvenir shop, and crocodile farm all in one~




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All lazily sleeping~




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Spooky~




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Some specimen~




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Could be quite scary as exhibition at home~




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Another boat approaching from far away in the middle of the lake...wait a minute! Whats that on the little girl shoulder?!




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Relatively larger-than-her-phyton~~~ *shiver* hate reptiles!




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Ahh~ Just forget about class, lectures and study for 1 whole week~ Yawn~~~



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