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Cambodia (16 – 26 May 2006): Day 6
To the market The rain stopped! Went to the market by moto and walked around as well as eat at the local market. The food was good, but I doubt I would have even given eating there a thought if not for someone else’s suggestion. It was not a very clean place to be eating,…
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Cambodia (16 – 26 May 2006): Day 5
Eden After breakfast, we shifted to another guest house which was nearer the beach front – Eden. This was also recommended in the lonely planet and the room was only US$10. This was the place with a happening bar, and it opened till 2 am in the morning, so I guess if you are a…
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Cambodia (16 – 26 May 2006): Day 4
Phnom Penh Arrived at the Aspara Square in PP and were bombarded with tuk tuk and moto drivers. There were hordes of them pestering us to take their tuk tuks or moto to the guest houses that they were recommending. Gosh! All I wanted to do was figure out where we were, but to no…
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Cambodia (16 – 26 May 2006): Day 3
Bantrey Srei This morning, we headed out to the furthest temple from Siem Reap. This temple was nice. The architecture was different from the others. The colour was not the dull black and grey, but a tinge of gold and brown. The carvings on the walls were also intact and intricate. It was, however, still…
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Cambodia (16 – 26 May 2006): Day 2
Angkor Wat The world renown temple, Cambodia’s finest and a display of her glorious past is all encapsulated within the Temple of Angkor Wat. It is the largest of all the temples and also the one is most well preserved. There were alot of people at the temple. There were locals and tourists, devotees, people…
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Cambodia (16 – 26 May 2006): Day 1
(or Kampuchea) Departure (To Siem Reap) The flight was really early in the morning departing Singapore at 6 am, therefore had to be at the airport at insane hours (i.e. 4 am). Took a cab from my place full of excitement, though also rather sleepy, cos’ that was also the day that I had an…
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Bangkok Stop Over (9 – 11 Jan 2006)
It was the end of the entire 1 year overseas for me. The return trip from Shanghai to Singapore had a stop over at Bangkok, Thailand, and we decided to stay over for 2 days in Bangkok. Left my home for almost 1 year at å¤§å®¶æº in Shanghai with Fionna and Min Chuan and headed…
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Year End Trip 2005 (Day 16):: Guangzhou 广州
Guangzhou 广州 – Last Day Breakfast, auntie Beng Choo brought us to a place to eat Chee Cheong Fan çŒªè‚ ç²‰. It was very good! The porridge was good too! Then we had dessert of Ginger Milk opposite the road. It was milk curdled at a specific high temperature with ginger taste. We went to West…
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Year End Trip 2005 (Day 15):: Guangzhou 广州
Guangzhou 广州 – Shopping Early morning, we started of the year with a full body massage. Then we dropped off at San Yuan Li 三元里, Gui Hua Lou 桂花楼 to shop around. This was the stretch of road that had all the leather wholesaler. The things here were CHEAP! I brought us to a wallet…
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Year End Trip 2005 (Day 14):: Guangzhou 广州
Guangzhou 广州 – Happy New Year! After 13 hours of train ride, we arrived in Guangzhou. First thing we did was purchase our return train ticket for the 2nd of January 2006. Xiao Du (my uncle’s driver) came to pick us up and we went to have breakfast a China Plaza. 5 Treasure Wonton Noodles…