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Despite the utmost appreciation of having seen around Angkor yesterday, we decided that the Tuk Tuk rides of yesterday were also really quite fun, and that it’d be a great day all around to get on another one and career about town like maniacs. Truth be told though, Siem Reap is one big construction site
Climbing onto our rented Tuk-Tuk for the day, we accelerate a little and then splutter impressively through the morning motorbikes and dusty air of Siem Reap. We’re leaving the dustbowl behind and heading about 4 miles out of town, to the ancient and mysterious ruins of the Khmer built Angkor temple complex.
After a much needed day of rest sampling the delights of Cambodian television, we take a trip out to Tonlé Sap Lake. The area is completely removed from the booming tourist town we’ve been based in, and so it’s more of an authentic glimpse into how locals live – and for many of them that means water villages during wet season.
Tiger Airways kindly kept their end of the bargain and delivered us safely the Kuala Lumpur Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) – a much smaller, more out of the way, less handsome version of the plush, award winning KLIA. For me, it was the second time in Malaysia in eight days, and for Craig – the first time in eight years.
