Next Stop: Siem Reap

At last! After a 5 hour lay-over in Tokyo, 7 hour plane ride to Bangkok, 5 hour bus ride to Poipet, passing through Cambodia immigration (where I may add we almost got hustled into an over-priced Visa, but thanks for previous travel safety reading and Jeremy's intuition we decided to make break for it), and finally a 2 hour shared taxi ride we have safely arrived in Siem Reap. - L

Once in Siem Reap, we entered yet another taxi, but this time to our hotel. Our taxi driver (Lai is his name) also happened to specialize in tours in and around Siem Reap. We hired him for 3 days and I can assure you it was worth every penny and then some. -L

After checking into our hotel room we started to get settled in. And by settled in I mean discovering a hose to the toilet was spraying water everywhere turning the bathroom into a nice indoor pool. After a quick swim we were able to change rooms. This one was generally nicer but clean sheets and a shower curtain would have been a nice touch. But for $15 a night a bed in a air-conditioned room is a pretty good deal. A huge plus we discovered was this room also came with a pool! The a/c leaked like crazy, covering the floor by the next morning. (this was fixed by the time we returned from touring temples.) -J