Last night in Siem Reap
For some reason my body has fallen into a routine of falling asleep around 10pm followed by awakening around 12:30 or 1 am before finally falling back to sleep around 2:30. This does seem to give me a chance to reflect on the days activities and add to my blog, but it tends to send my mind racing to make note of everything before I forget it.
Tomorrow we say goodbye to Mr Lim and the city of Siem Reap. A roughly six hour bus ride will take us to the capitol city of Phnom Penh for 3 nights. At this point, while we have a hotel booked, we have no concrete plans. Options might include the National Palace which is only 2 blocks from our hotel as well as the National Museum. I suppose a stop at the the Genocide Museum should be added to the list as well as the Killing Fields, some 7 km from the city centre.
While I feel a moral obligation to see these significant memorials to the evil that man can do,, I feel reluctant to participate in using such atrocities as a form of entertainment. Having toured many death sites in Central America and Europe I find myself both drawn to and repulsed by such locations. As someone who has trouble killing spiders, I cannot imagine being involved in the callous extermination of so many people.
Tonight we had planned a return visit to Tevy’s Place but Cecil told us they were so busy the staff was falling way behind and would not be able to accommodate any more diners.
Wandering around we discovered a craft market and an adjacent restaurant which wa# offering a 3 course meal for $6. While not spectacular, it filled a need and we were almost ready to faint when the total bill for meals and cocktails came to $15.
With the dreaded job of packing almost done, we settled our bill- $86 for 4 nights and tried to 7nwind in preparation for the trip to Phnom Penh.
Tomorrow we say goodbye to Mr Lim and the city of Siem Reap. A roughly six hour bus ride will take us to the capitol city of Phnom Penh for 3 nights. At this point, while we have a hotel booked, we have no concrete plans. Options might include the National Palace which is only 2 blocks from our hotel as well as the National Museum. I suppose a stop at the the Genocide Museum should be added to the list as well as the Killing Fields, some 7 km from the city centre.
While I feel a moral obligation to see these significant memorials to the evil that man can do,, I feel reluctant to participate in using such atrocities as a form of entertainment. Having toured many death sites in Central America and Europe I find myself both drawn to and repulsed by such locations. As someone who has trouble killing spiders, I cannot imagine being involved in the callous extermination of so many people.
Tonight we had planned a return visit to Tevy’s Place but Cecil told us they were so busy the staff was falling way behind and would not be able to accommodate any more diners.
Wandering around we discovered a craft market and an adjacent restaurant which wa# offering a 3 course meal for $6. While not spectacular, it filled a need and we were almost ready to faint when the total bill for meals and cocktails came to $15.
With the dreaded job of packing almost done, we settled our bill- $86 for 4 nights and tried to 7nwind in preparation for the trip to Phnom Penh.
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