Day 117 – Siem Reap.

I didn’t sleep that well as the aircon was so overpowering I was frozen, which is the complete opposite to the last 3 nights sleep. We arrived in a dumpsite just before 7am, obviously meaning we had to get a tuk tuk into the city to our accommodation. I’ve got to hand it to them, these bus companies know how to make money, it was a dollar each but still! Like in Phnom Penh we’re staying at the Mad Monkey hostel, which nearly every person I’ve met has told me to stay in, it’s got a pool so why wouldn’t we?

We couldn’t check in until midday but that didn’t matter as we just lounged around sunbathing and chilling in the pool until we could. This hostel was slightly weird though, as a private double room was cheaper than a dorm, in a way it was quite nice to have our own space seeing as I haven’t reorganised my bag in a while and I had acuminated quite a bit of washing. Our hostel wanted to charge us $2 per kilo, which is expensive, so we went around the corner where they wanted to charge $1.50 but I knew I had seen it for $1 so we started to walk off to find somewhere else when they called us back and accepted our offer of $1 a kilo. I knew you haggle for a lot of things in Asia but I didn’t realise I could barter for laundry as well!

After our strenuous day we decided to explore the local area. We found pub street, an ice cream parlor to hang in for a bit and a cheap massage. We went for a neck, shoulder and back massage, which was alright, it was funny experience for us 4 girls to partake in. We then wondered back to get changed before going out for dinner and meeting the boys for drinks in pub street.

Day 92 – Sunburn Chill & Night Market

So Steph and Lucy decided to stay an extra night before heading to Thailand and luckily managed to fit in at Happy Hut Guesthouse, which is where I am staying for the night. We checked out of White Lodge at 12 and could check in to Happy Hut straight away, which was awesome so we didn’t have to carry our bags around, we are all in the same room as well which is a bonus!

Tim had a boat to catch at 2 so we had one final breakfast at Red Tomato before we said farewell. When he left we weren’t quite sure what to do. We didn’t really want to be in the sun as Lucy was a bit worse on the burn than me and we all agreed it wouldn’t be a good idea. We sat in the mall for a bit and used the wifi, then got some snacks and went back to our hostel. The internet there was terrible, worse than dial up!

We got ready and then jumped in a taxi to another night market. This one is further away than the other one but was still worth it. The taxi driver, who took us there, even said he’d wait for us to eat and then take us back, which was awesome! There were no samosas, so we were quite disappointed so we all went for some spring rolls, then I got some satay chicken and these little coconut pancake things for afters. DELISH!

We went straight back to our hostel after this as Steph & Lucy have a taxi picking them up for the ferry at 7.30am and I need to leave by 9am for my flight back to Kuala Lumpur.

Day 91 – Cenang Beach Banana Boat.

We had a lie in and then went over to Red Tomato for breakfast. Now this is what we wanted, it was so delicious we’ve already decided we are coming back here tomorrow. We then grabbed some water and made our way down to Cenang beach. We went in the water for a bit, then lazed around and we then decided to make our day more extreme we’d go on a Banana Boat, which I’ve never done before. When I’ve been on holiday before all forms of water sport are normally really expensive but this was £3 each for 15mins, which is a right bargain! It was tamer than we were all expecting but nether the less we enjoyed it. The guy chucked us in the water really far out, so that was quite amusing watching us all trying to get back on this thing. He then did it again to finish the ride. I quite enjoyed being in my life jacket because it was massive so it was keeping me really high above the water and I didn’t really have to do anything to get back to the shore.

We dried off in minutes being in the sun and made our way back to the apartment to freshen up before going out for dinner. This was also when I discovered my first proper burn of my travels. I think I’ve done very well to survive 3 months without being burnt! It’s mostly just the tops of my legs and a little on my arms, I had sun cream on, honest! We went out for dinner and ended up in the same place as the night before because the food was so good.