18th Sep 2006 I hired a taxi early morning and we left Siem Reap at 5:30am, to gain time and speed before the traffic increases, sun gets hot and the weather really humid. This time the ride to Poipet costs only 30USD as opposed to 50USD to Siem Reap. Strange!! but later I figured out [...]

17th Sep 2006 I woke up at 5am this morning to catch the sunrise once again at Angkor Wat. Saphol (my tuk-tuk driver was already waiting there) since today will be a different route altogether he asked a new price. I bargained finally for 15USD for the whole day. After a long, peaceful and quite [...]

The official currency of Thailand is BAHT and of Cambodia is RIELS Well, I have made a few mentions about Baht’s (pronounced as BATH)but I thought it would be useful if I provide some rough conversion rates.

16th Sep 2006 (Part 2) After grabbing a quick bite, stir fried chicken on fried noodles (for a discount price) and some iced tea I headed towards Bayon. As I walked towards Bayon I felt like as if I was part of an “Indiana Jones” movie. Bayon is a class apart unlike other temples of [...]

16 Sep 2006: Part 1 (Angkor Wat) I couldn’t catch the sunrise but I was there luckily when all the tourist hoard was away.I hired a tuk-tuk for 7 USD (whole day) that would take me to Angkor Wat, Bayon, Baphoun, Prae Khan and Phnom Bakeng (Tourist spot: Sunset view point). The Tuk-tuk dropped me [...]

15th Sep 2006 I overslept for two hours and got out of bed at 5:30am (I planned to be at the bus terminal by 5:30am) and reached Mohr Chit-Mai a.k.a Northern Bus Terminal at 6:15am. Quickly purchased a ticket to Aranyaprathet (border town of Thailand) for 207 bhat. The ride was smooth the roads fabulous. [...]