Our trip to Cambodia seemed to be gett ing off to a rocky start when we saw the flight crew walk out of the plane at the time we should have been boarding. The captain announced that there was an engineering problem with the plane and he didn't feel it was safe to fly it. One and a half hours later, Silk Air had moved us to a new departure lounge, given us a $5 phone card, fed and coffee-ed us, and had a new plane ready for take off! Things were straightforward after that. We were met by our tour guide Chom and driver Han and taken to our lovely hotel. Our room is air conditioned and there is an outdoor pool! We had a boat ride that afternoon and climbed a high hill with small temple to photograph Angor Wat at sunset.
Last night we braved the streets in a tuk-tuk, a motor scooter pulling a compartment for two people. It cost $2 for a 10 minute ride down to the Old Town and its inexpensive restaurants and cafes. Delicious meal for 75 cents each, then we found a shop to sell us beer and we were ready to return to the hotel. The beer cost 55 cents for a 320ml can of local beer.
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