Wednesday's Anchovies

ជំរាបសួរ ( chum reap suor ) ~~ This year is Asean year for us :P After travelling to Bangkok & Pattaya, we went to the Kingdom of Smile, Siem Reap, Cambodia! Followed by River Kwai and Kanchanaburi in Thailand! Amazing year :P We spent 7days 6nights at Siem Reap, a leisure trip for us :) Click HERE for our previous post on 10 useful tips when travelling to Siem Reap, Cambodia. Lovely blue sky, from Siem Reap :) Day 1 Depart from KL to Siem Reap -  Arrived at Siem Reap International Airport - Checked in Mekong Angkor Palace Hotel - Dinner at The Red Piano, Pub Street Day 2 Breakfast - Tonle Sap Lake - Purchase 3-day Pass for Angkor Archaeological Park - Phnom Bakheng - Dinner, street food Day 3 Cycling day - Depart from hotel  - The South Gate - Bayon - Elephants Terrace - Baphuon - Phimeanakas  - Leper King Terrace - Lunch - Victory Gate - Ta Keo - Ta Prohm - Back to hotel - Siv Long Restaurant for dinner D

During the last visit to Siem Reap, we spent a total of 7D6N there and it was an  interesting  yet mind blowing experience in the temple town. Here we are sharing some of the useful tips for those who are paying visit to the historical province soon. 1) Conversion rate USD = 4000 Riels (Though Riels is the Cambodia's official currency, almost all souvenir shops and restaurants at Siem Reap town prefer US Dollars to Riels). Somehow we realized that the hypermarket inside Lucky Mall has a slightly higher exchange rate of 4200 Riels. 2) Torn note However, the USD notes which are torn, dirty or damaged may be rejected here. Please che ck each note you have exchanged at the bank or money changer, especially the 100 USD note. 3) Temple hopping by bike!  Cycling to the Angkor temples from town is no big deal as we initially thought. We tried for two days and covered the Small Circle on the first day and sunrise at Angkor Wat on the third. Pros: you get to visit the prefer

This is the last post for our 8d7n Bangkok & Pattaya trip. For full itinerary, please click HERE . Hello Pattaya! During the last 3 days of our Thailand trip, we decided to get out from Bangkok city and travel to Pattaya! Sunshine, beach, we are coming! We chose the easiest and fastest way to get to Pattaya from Bangkok, a van which can fit 8 of us and all our belongings! The fare is 2500Baht, around 2 hours journey. Generally, Pattaya is divided into 2 beachfront sections which are Pattaya Beach and Jomtien Beach area. Pattaya beach is located along Beach Road with lots of restaurant, bars and shopping malls. Jomtien Beach is famous with high-raise condominium and luxury hotels. During our short stay at Pattaya, we only covered Pattaya Beach area. Hilton Hotel, where the lower floor houses a shopping mall. Hunt for sea view property?!  One good thing about staying at Pattaya is there are a lot of hotels located within walking distance to the beach! W

After few days of shopping and eating around Bangkok city, today, we headed to another side of Bangkok, which is around Chao Phraya River. After a fruitful morning at Chinatown , we went for temple hopping! We would suggest to cover Wat Pho and Wat Arun together, since both temples are closed to each other, separated by one river. Wat Pho, the temple of Reclining Buddha modelled a brick core 46m long and 15m high Reclining Buddha. Wat Pho's Reclining Buddha is imposing reminder of the Buddha's passing into Nirvana (The Buddha's Death). Info from Lonely Planet. There are 108 bronze monk bowls in the temple where you can buy 108 coins to put into the monk bowls for good luck. Besides the giant Reclining Buddha, Wat Pho is famous with Thai massage where there is a Thai massage school here. The entrance ticket. 100Baht for foreigner, including one bottle of mineral water. Previous famous visitors of Wat Pho! Some rules to follow before enter