February 19, 2011 To Siem Reap

Got a bus to Siem Reap. We had made reservations for a hotel that was promised to have a swimming pool and wi-fi. When we got there we learned that we were at their second location and that if we wanted to use the pool they'd give us a free tuk-tuk ride over. We had prepaid $15 and were speding $20/night for this, which was quite expensive for our budget compared to what we could be paying, but we had decided to treat ourselves so this switch wasn't acceptable. I did the assertive tourist (bitchy tourist) thing and insisted we weren't going to accept that. The people at that place were very nice and found us another hotel that had a pool, the Mekong Angkor Palace Hotel. It's a really nice place and included breakfast so it wasn't a bad price considering.

I don't have any photos of the place from the 19th.  This is the only picture I got that day that wasn't of Christian putting on his socks.

Enjoying the bus ride to Siem Reap