This weekend, I ventured to Seam Riep for a little R&R. Seam Riep was a very nice place and is where everyone stays that is planning on visiting the sites of Angkor. Seam Riep is very small, but growing rapidly due to the influx of tourism over the past 10 years or so. The city was very clean and most local either rode old school bikes or took motorcycles taxi's (Tuk Tuk's).
On Saturday I enjoyed some site seeing. A purchased a day pass, hired a tour guide and a tuk tul and off we went to many of the sites. A day pass was $20, Tuk Tuk for the day $15 and Tour Guide for the day was $20.
The structures were phoenominal. Defiantly was not aware of all the history surrounding Cambodia. We went to the Over-Grown Temple, Angkor Wat and the old capital city which contained a massive temple current being restored by the Indian Government. Saturday night, we ventured to a local restaurant and enjoyed some local curries, dumplings and Angkor Beer.
We did not do to much on Sunday. In the morning we attempted to go to a famous fortune teller about 30 min outside the city down an extremely bumpy dirt road, but by time we got there it was full with a long wait. Lunch, tic tac toe with local kids and more Angkor beer filled out the rest of Sunday before heading back to Bangkok.
