Booked into the Raffles Grand at Siem Reap. The hotel is charming but fixtures are old. The shower in my room was disappointing. The carpet was tired, & too little room in the closet! BUT thank goodness for the staff. EVERYONE in the Raffles was more than wonderful. The service was so good, in fact it's the best I've seen so far. Oh... internet is available & free!
Eat mostly in the restuarant in the hotel. Small menu but good food. The waiters were very attentive, well trained & oh so charming, it's a pleasure to see them everyday.
Booked a guide & car for the temple for half a day US$60-. The guide rip us off, he showed us only 1 temple , there's 2 hrs left BUT he told us we needed another day (plus his service) for another temple. So anyone reading this please know that for half a day, you can cover 2 temples at least. In fact you can even do away with the guide. Take a tuktuk & arm yourself with a guide book & cover the grounds DIY!!!!
Places to go for shopping is the Old market (open during the day) & Night market (open only at night) -these 2 markets are just next to each other, lots of tuktuk there for toursits. For me, there's nothing much to buy. Things are tourist stuff, almost similar to what you can get in Bangkok & much lesser in quality. Everything is in US$. Have LOTS of small notes. They prefer that. Even tuktuks, you need to pay them in US$.
For Food, do visit the Pub Street which is next to the Old market. Many restuarants there with western & local food. Prices are very reasonable. For a dish of stir fried chicken & vegetables (portion is sizable) & usually comes with rice, you pay only abt US$3.75, local beer only at US$1-
Didnt do much for the whole 3 days we were there. My companion was not into temples, so we rather relax in the hotel. The whole place is not very developed yet, expect for the many hotels. There's 2 shopping malls we went into, one is definitely for ripping off Chinese toursit groups. Saw a blouse which cost only US$5- in the old market, but was US$20- in this mall. The other mall near the night market looks empty & boring.
If you are NOT a temple freak & into cleanilness, this place is NOT for you....lol..... it's kinda dusty & hot
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