Those children seems like lack of nutritions.
Man was seen repairing their fishing net.
After the walk along Phluk Village, off we ride our boat to Tonle Sap Lake to view the sunset. This is the view from our boat. Does it actually looks like a lake to you? I actually feel that I’m in the middle of a sea with strong waves.
Our boat driver had to tied a rope from our boat to the mangroove trees to prevent our boat being swept away by the strong waves.
The sunset view from our boat, but too bad the cloud is too thick hide away the sun from us 
Our tour guide brought us to Banteay Srey Restaurant which serves local food. He ordered a few dishes for us.
This dish is similar to our Malay food; Ulam (raw vege to be eaten with sambal). There are some pork and raw vege (aubergine, cucumber, four season bean, ginger, etc) to be served with sauce.
The sauce tasted sweet and salty to me.
Prawn salad which is similar to our kerabu.
Amok Fish – a popular dish in Cambodia which is similar to our seafood otak-otak.
Chicken sour soup – it tasted sour without any sweetness of chicken in it.
We were served with some desserts at the end of the dinner. It’s some coconut juice jelly which tasted tad too sweet. It cost us USD 24 for the dinner of 5 pax.
Overall, I found that the food didn’t really suits my tastebud.
We are exhausted by the end of the day and we decided to rest early as we’ll be going for sunrise viewing at Angkor Wat the next morning. Stay tune for Day 2 itinerary.
on Aug 21st, 2009 at 5:52 pm
wahh!~
interesting trip…faster post more la~
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on Aug 21st, 2009 at 6:21 pm
wow very nice pics! I’ve never been to Siam Reap before. The lake really looks more like sea!!
My grandma still have that grinding stone…but left abandoned already!
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on Aug 21st, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Wonderful! Lovely pics too Allie. Why blur out the peeps?
Anyway, for lok lak, you should try the ones run by the locals, meaning those small stalls where only locals go, thats where I ate my lok lak. It was so different compared to the tourist restaurant or hotel style
Regards,
David
Malaysia Asia
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on Aug 21st, 2009 at 7:54 pm
hi, is it a typo or? “We arrived Siem Reap at 8am on 29/08/09″ August 29??
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on Aug 21st, 2009 at 7:59 pm
amok.. :> nice! i spent my 2007 new year eve in siem reap for 1 week..
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on Aug 22nd, 2009 at 12:33 am
taufulou,
I’m working on the Day 2 post, but too much pictures to be filtered
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on Aug 22nd, 2009 at 12:51 am
Bee,
You can actually plan a trip to Siem Reap, it’s worth seeing especially the village and the lifestyle of the people. The temples definitely worth visiting too!
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on Aug 22nd, 2009 at 12:52 am
David,
Cannot reveal Allie’s face ma
I did tried the local lok lak the other days which tasted much better
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on Aug 22nd, 2009 at 12:53 am
William,
It’s definitely a typo error which should be 29/07/09. Thanks for correcting
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on Aug 22nd, 2009 at 7:32 am
we missed the board trip the last visit but we had fun, did you visit the temple at the centre of the town?
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on Aug 22nd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Hey, I saw a lady lying like a mermaid there on the bed?
Can’t wait for the upcoming episodes, pls post faster !
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on Aug 22nd, 2009 at 10:00 pm
interesting trip, and beautiful sunset photo… can’t wait for the next one.
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on Aug 23rd, 2009 at 12:00 am
BBO,
I sure did visited the temple. I like Angkor Wat most
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on Aug 23rd, 2009 at 12:01 am
Cariso,
Where’s the mermaid that you saw?
I’m working hard on the Day 2 post, be patient ya.
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on Aug 23rd, 2009 at 12:10 am
one of my targetted destination.
but the photos of the villages look so depressive.
very poor sanitation, and QOL.
keeping my fingers crossed now, for your Angkor Wat’s post.
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on Aug 24th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Very nice pictures…. it tells everything. I’d been there few years back and I enjoy the food and sightseeing but not the thick red dust.
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on Aug 25th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Have been a few years since I was in Cambodia. Looks like the tourist infrastructure has improved looking at the quality of the quality and pricing. The Tune Hotel looks quite good for transit.
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on Aug 26th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
pic #5 lah!!! :p
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on Aug 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Was wondering if Tune hotel is located near LCCT, luckily it is!
Thanks for the info Allie.
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on Sep 11th, 2009 at 10:30 am
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