1st day in cambodia

i fell in love with cambodia even b4 i touched down.... good to do so in morning as you can see how green the place is...


Even the airport has a resort feel to it and is so nice n free of planes that people take their time on the tarmac to take pictures! They are obviously prepared for the H1N1 with state-of-the-art(-looking) thermal scanners & health declarations....

Anyway, the road complements the first impression - clean and very few cars compared to its overly-crowded neighbours Thailand & Vietnam... even the currency is clean! compared to the dirty, tattered and indistinguishable rupiah and Thai Baht my mum criticises me for bringing back....

Siem Reap is a small town... we arestaying in a guesthouse paying USD15 per night with free coffee/tea n free internet (which is much faster than than paid Indonesia version). People here speak English well too, so I've only learnt one word - akun (pronounced á'-gun)'for 'thank you'.

And mum will be expecting a postcard from me... did so while walking along the lovely riverside boulevard with stone seats & animal scultures....chose the stamps myself too (2 postcards for US$1 & same amount for 3 stamps)...

hope it reaches cos I didnt see it franked (as Lonely Planet recommended) and the lady posted it for me....

m resting my legs tonite for Angkor Wat sunset tm...