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Day 1 – QuadBike in SiemReap

The trip to SiemReap was very different from any of the other trips I’ve been to because its filled with so much enlightenment and adventrous. The closest travel that was as tedious as this was probably Krabi where MrSmallface and I sign up for a kayaking trip into the OPEN SEA ! Our arms went lame after the trip obviously, after battling the waves -_-

Arrived at SiemReap International Airport at about 8am their time, GMT +7 after staying awake the entire night at LCCT. It’s one of the passenger friendly airport I’ve been too. Not hectic and confusing like LCCT. Out from the plane, short walk to efficient immigration check. Then once you collected the luggage, it’s the pickup point. No one stopped me from doing this

We arranged for Quad Biking on the first day with SR Quad Bike, a new establishment G found online. They pick us up at our hotel on time, just that we were waiting at the lobby area, the guy was waiting at tour desk causing us to lose about 20mins -______-

We were given a straight-to-the-point briefing session before we go for a short run to test our skills out..

All of us passed the test but Teong ! haha ! Experienced bike rider had to ride with an instructor lo…

It was really easy to handle once you get the hang of it. Just accelerate and brake. Everything else are automated. We booked the 2 hours ride (USD25 per pax) which bring us through the local village trail, and vast paddy field, stopping for an amazing sunset. The photos does no justice to how beautiful the actual view was. Fits the definition of breathtaking.

Some of the kids from nearby villages that followed us. So friendly and cute. They are the children that I don’t see much in Malaysia anymore, the ones that Waves and greets without demanding for ipad or iphone to play afterwards.

Fascinated over the photos we took of them.

Throughout the 2 hours and for the following few days, we find ourselves waving to random kids and strangers ALOT! They are like the friendliest group of people ever. WY’s “kim jong ill” moment.

I think they spend their days waiting for tourist to go by their villages so they can wave and shout HIiiiiii !!!! at us. There’s one time, where we were drove past a house quite fast and the kids couldn’t run up to us in time, so they just screams Heellloooooo at us … -______-

Just a few tips for those who would like to try this.

1. Dont wear white as it will turn to orange or beige at the end of the trip. This is how the towel looks like after wiping our face. There’s practically no proper tar road, just dusty red earth all the way. So i think it’s really thoughtful that the bike company provided mask and helmet with eye shield for us

2. try to wear long pants to protect your calf from the heat of the engine.

Truly enjoy the experience of quad biking through siem reap and will definitely do it again if opportunity arises!! A photo with the owner.

http://www.srquadbikeadventure.com/index.html

Tags: cambodia, epl2, siemreap

Thursday
26
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First trip first post

So here I am in lcct still awake at 4 am waiting to board my 6AM flight to Siem Reap..leeching on mcd free wifi cos we are on budget, not cheap with nothing more to do, so noisy can’t sleep so just decided to blog on the iPad I borrowed from my dad hah! He got an iPad, but I don’t :(

Cambodia has always been one of the places I wanted to go for a very long time. Truth be told, I can go anywhere anytime given the opportunity. Traveling is still the best life university in my opinion, and we never stop learning till we die right?

It will be an awesome trip with best travel mate so far, WY and G! And teong who is still sleeping somewhere comfortable nearby

Saturday
07
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Taipei 2011

This will conclude my postings on Taiwan for 2011. after almost 5months.

Coldstone is yummy

Random cafe with wifi in Taiwan, Dong Chu area. with plenty of lomography photos stuck to the wall, random mismatch table and chairs. Even complete with a shy french bulldog roaming and hiding around.

Nice latte stirrer. With wifi around, anti-social mode on, bbm mode on.

Very nice strawberry milk drink introduce to me by my cousin. I think i bought it 3-4 times during my stay. so yummy <3

Din Tai Fung – never leave taiwan without trying it if you are a first timer. In this case, Mrsmallface. We went to the Sogo Mall Branch as we do not want to miss our flight. Famous for the crazy long queue, we are no exception to that.

In Taiwan, I believe it’s quite sexist as you can witness how business will usually “exploits” women. For example, there is no waiter only waitress working. According to my uncle’s theory, at least when people get frustrated of waiting for their table, a nice female voice will calm people down better than a male. =.=

Famous soup noodle and fried rice to share . Uncle says dont bother with the noodle, everyone comes for the soup

Ever famous Xiao Long Bao !!! Its really super awesome

The skills of the sifu must be there as the basic standard to meet for each of the dumplings is to have 18 folds, when you pick the bao up, the skins is transluscent yet able to contain the soup inside the dumplings.