I wake up at 5:45 AM...I want to see sunrise over Phnom Penh. What a beautiful site ...see the pictures....groups are out doing aerobic dancing...an elephant is being led down "Main Street" in front of the main Wat. After the "Killing Fields", it is great to welcome a new day.
I have a great breakfast the Foreign Correspondence Club... real French toast covered with a coconut, pineapple, bananas ...yuum and real English breakfast tea...I'm in heaven.
Head back to the hotel and we leave for Siem Reap. Although the trip appears long, it passes quickly. 1st stop - we see real spiders and crickets for sale and their fried cousins...Simon tries the crickets...I pass...two tarantulas is enough for me. Thou, our guide, buys us a selection of various fruits to eat including lotus seeds, pineapple, lichee nuts, mango, bananas and other assorted delicious local delicacies. Next we had lunch followed by a stop at a village were Hindu/Buddhist statutes are carved from granite like stone. Purchased a small Hindu statue with a 7 cobra headdress...will go well with my collection. Next we see walk across a 11th century built stone bridge and sample bamboo sticky rice ----take sticky rice and mix with beans, coconut milk and a little sugar and salt.....pack mixture into the hollow of a bamboo segment and plug the open-end with banana leaves....you know a take away lunch that provides you with all of the nutrition you need...used by their military as C-rations or the equivalent.
We arrive in Siem Reap...it is approaching 110 F...hot, hot hot.
Arrive hotel, unpack and head out for dinner. The town of Siem Reap is having an evening parade to raise funds for needy children...bands, floats and costumed marchers.....after dinner, do the Internet and head back to hotel....our visit to Angkor WAT starts tomorrow AM...a full day.
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