Chillin' in Siem Reap - November 2007

After a couple days in the 3$ a night guesthouse I decided to move to a more expensive option, this one almost broke the bank @ $6 a night.  For this I get a place only a couple minutes walk from the town center (as opposed to about a half hr) free bananas, bread, toast, jam, tea & coffee.  So anytime I feel like a snack I can just wander down to the common area (which is always well stocked) and just fix myself one.  The coffee is worth the extra $3 just by itself…

Anyways back to the town, they have the largest religious structure ever built by man right next to the town here yet I’ve been unable to summon the motivation to go and see it.  Firstly because I’ve heard there are lots of tourists there and secondly because just simply wandering the town and the little side streets is enough of a delight in and of itself.

Here is a little bit of a virtual tour of my new guesthouse, stay tuned for some shots of the surrounding streets and some of the daily life that goes on here (was going to include it in this post but feeling lazy right now).

My Room:

 

As you walk out of my room if you turn to the left you can see the interior of the building:

 

If you walk striaght ahead out my door however (or turn right) you end up on the balcony:

 

 

Which has a nice view:

 

Comments

[Graeme Barrett]

Hi Ben, Quite fascinated to see the quality of the accomodation. Not something I expected to see given the media's representation of the country.

yeah, and then consider it only costs $6 a night with free snacks & coffee...quite amazing really...