siemreap
What we ate in Siem Reap
Final post of SiemReap. Took me 4 months to complete *so ashame*
As the title dictated, it’s all about the basic food and accommodation in SiemReap!
We stayed at a really nice hotel – Borei Angkor Resort & Spa, thanks to my kind friend Sophal for hooking up a good deal for us 
One of the grandest in SiemReap, infact. If you are travelling with family, or middle age and above, i will strongly recommend this resort. For group of young people (like us ) I will not as it’s not walking distance to the pubstreet, if you know what i mean. hahaha
Big nice cozy room with very a grand clawfoot bath and separate shower. The chambermaid even place my tiny pillow in the middle after tidying up. A cute surprise when we got back.
Variety of the breakfast is good but the same for the 4 days we stayed there. I always have the same stuff every morning.
Tip: Most hotel are willing to pack your breakfast to go if you inform them earlier. Occasions like you need to go somewhere far for tour or out whole day for Angkor Wat visit.
Since the distance of the hotel is not really far, about 15-20mins away, we returned for breakfast after watching sunrise at Angkor Wat. Omelette with cheese. Really good
Most, if not all, the restaurants are researched by G so thanks to her for all the yummy food! So here goes a long list of Fooooood!!
Cycling to Tonle Sap
On the last day we had in SiemReap, it was free and easy. So free, we decided to just walk around, towards town from our hotel.
G with one of the 3 cute resident dogs from the hotel
I really like this shot of us. Because i don’t look like me -__-
Anyway, we took a tuktuk to the Old Market after awhile to walk around and rent out bicycles for USD1 for the whole day. So cheap. Anyway, the initial plan was to cycle around Siem Reap, but I canot remember how or why we decided to cycle to Tonle Sap instead. -__-
The start of our cycling journey!!! 30km to and fro.. which is 15km 1 way!! Crazy much!! I haven’t sat on a bicycle for at least 12 years, what more cycle one. So it was such a challenge for me to cycle so far after so many year. Not surprisingly i started off wobbling all the way, like almost toppling over most of the time and shuffling with my feet instead. Also running across the street instead of cycling over it hahahaha..
We dont have a map or idea on where exactly it is. We just ask for direction cycling maybe 70% of the journey on roads like this!! dafuq
When people learn where we were heading, and when we ask ” Tonle Sap, Far?? Near?? ” their face darkens and answer was ” Not soon.. -_-|| ”
Angkor What ? Angkor Wat
Ok, Angkor Wat Angkor What? is a notorious pub/club on pub streets with neon and glow in the dark graffiti
So we woke up really early in the morning in order to catch the Sunrise. Most of the vacation destination that are filled with tourist, one thing i noticed is the people are very obsessed with catching the sunset and sunrise.
They will take a photo of you as the day pass at the entrance to the Archaeological park (USD20) so if you are vain as me, you will consider to put on some makeup even if that means waking up at 4am..
Our mugshot per say..
The beautiful and mystical Angkor Wat. We took about another 50-100 similar shots haaha..
Being Zorro in SiemReap is Easy
*update:- MrSmallface say Zorro only fight for poor people, not distributed stuff. Okay, so i dont know my tale :( I was just associating the horseriding part. Should probably use robin hood as the title instead :(
Seriously.
Steps to feel like Zorro or 10% like him. You can choose to be Zorro or Robin Hood minus the robbery, only the giving part
1. Book a 2 hour trail ride with Happy Ranch. Recommend 2 hour otherwise, you wont get to experience much.
2. Prepare gift like below to be distribute to the maddox-es. 1 set of stationary just RM1. Need not rob.
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.
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