I loved Siem Reap, it had a sort of Hoi An vibe to it; very cute, very chilled and very friendly. Our hostel was situated just outside the night market, perfect walking distance across the bridge from the day market and pub street. Not realising the night market was, in fact, the night market on our first day Han and I started there, wondering why there were stalls that were shut?! Anyway it was nice to mooch... However, after about half an hour of looking round we were, naturally, very tired. As if by magic a small Vietnamese girl popped round asking if we'd like a mani-pedi! Well of course we would for $5 each! We sat being pampered for about an hour and felt significantly refreshed enough to venture across the small wooden bridge to find lunch. 'Central Cafe' was our place of choice and it was great. Serving predominantly western food it was nice to indulge in some English feeling grub! We left there and headed to the day market. Unlike markets back home, the place had dried meat hanging from corner to corner of the food section. This, as you can imagine, gave off a delicious scent! We steered clear of this quarter and headed for the nice girly section; the bags, bracelets, purses etc!
After a bit of shopping we headed make to our boiling room, had a couple of cold showers and made our way out for dinner on pub street. Wandering around we found a place that served tex-mex (Hannah's all time favourite) and simply HAD to eat there.. For this meal and the meal the night after also! The night life on pub street was buzzing, Temple Club was our location of choice and with the crazy Cambodian dancers it did not disappoint!
We really enjoyed our time in Siem Reap, despite the temperature of our room, the hostel (HI Siem Reap) was great and we'd thoroughly recommend it to any fellow travellers, though you might want to ask for a room with functioning aircon!
Off to Phnom Penh now..
Much love
Us!
Xxxxxxxx
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