Cambodia Part II

The next morning was a lazy one trying to catch up a little on our sleep. We took our time when we awoke. After breakfast and a shower we picked up our bus tickets from the manager. It was so helpful of him to arrange it all for us. The first leg of the trip from Siem Reap to Phnom Pehn went for about $10 a piece. The second leg was $12 each. A lot better than flying. The flights were so expensive when we first looked. They were about $200 each. That's a heck of a difference.

We decided to take a look at the town in the daylight this time. We first made our way to the Royal Residence and the gardens. They weren't that wonderful. They were quite small and not too exciting. We found that most of Siem Reap would be much of the same. But we did like that though. We walked along the river bank which looked a little dirty with the brown color of the water. I mean we were in Cambodia! We checked out a few more temples and then mailed some post cards. The post offce seemed really unorganized and maybe the post cards will make it. Finally we made it to town and walked around the market for awhile. We stopped at an Indian restaurant to get a bite to eat and a cold drink to cool off. The weather was great. It was nice to be out of the freezing cold of Korea. We were absorbing the city as much as we could. After the snack and drink we went back to the hotel to make our massage apointment.

We have had quite a few massages in Thailand and we thought that a Cambodian one would be much of the same, but it was not. First off it was a lot cheaper. In Thailand they run for about $9 for a full body massage of an hour. In Cambodia it was $5 for the same. However the technique was much different. I left the session in so much pain. These two little masseuses were so agile and put us in positions we thought we could never be in. They also did this Matrix move on us that swung our torse around so quickly and popped our backs with several consecative pops. That part felt great. I think my lower back was brused though. After our massage we went back to town to have dinner. We went back to the same place Khumer Kitchen as the night before. We had the same curry and then had the Amok (a famous Cambodian dish). The Amok was so favorful and the curry was even better than the night before. Were we really pleased by everything in Cambodia at this point. The people were friendly, the food was great, and the scenery is so beautiful. The next day we were going to catch our first long distance bus in Cambodia. Latanya was so nervous.