just came back from siem reap yesterday...transit 1 day in KL before reaching home
booked kasim..USD13(from what he told, 5AM till 10PM)...hotel charge 15+6USD if wanna see sunrise
i paid him USD 15...i used him until around 8PM only because its raining
the temple day went well...no rain up until phnom bakheng, we chose a bad day to go to siem reap and temple day..it was a national public holiday and there are tons of ppl
all the temples went well except phnom bakheng...the queue is so long with some cambodian cutting queue....and half way down the queue...dark skies and thunder
meters away....started raining heavily...no more sunset view upstair anyway....gave up
reach the foot...bumped into 2 malaysian(i think recommended by asrul also)...sitted into the same tuk tuk since heading to the same place(pub street)
BTW kasim didn't drive us since the customer changed his mind from riding bicycle and wanted to ride tuk tuk.....so he asked his friend AND a free breakfast(cambodian chicken rice)...lets just say a different cambodian experience
bought some dried banana crisp, dried ginger, some local pork flavour instant noodle, a silk scarf, 2 cigarillos
lots of cigarillos, cigarettes and cigar there not seen else where...especially cigarettes like camel, hedges, china brand ones....can't tell if its cheap or not though
but USD0.50 beer is everywhere
food outside of city center is cheaper...ranging 1.5-2dollar but we did try the 14" pizza from belmiros...not a single guy who ordered it can finish it
booked boutique cambo hotel...not anywhere near city center but the distance is walkable(if u know the route, its easy)...excellent service with free one way tuk tuk ride to town
didn't go to the phare circus though