Backpack Day 2

其实第一天我们有去Tourism Center of Siem Reap. 在那儿，你可以租车，Tuk tuk 车，巴士去吴哥。你也可以请导游领导你的行程。因为是政府的，价钱不会太贵。 *Tips: 你可以选择请导游或阅读关于Angkor Wat 的书籍。不然你只是会觉得自己看着一堆堆的大石头（就好像我那样。哈哈！）。 我们选择看日出。约好司机 5.30am 接我们。但是我的闹钟出卖了我，坏了，所以6am 才到达吴哥。那时已近看到太阳公公的额头了！……. :( 我们只买一天的入门票，所以想尽量用一天的时间看完吴哥。别傻了，我们用了9至10个小时才游了吴哥的小圈圈。什么是大小圈圈呢？其实，吴哥城好大好大，有些 “wat” 建在离吴哥很远的地方，有些要上山（没下水）的。:p hehe……. *下一次，收集好质料后才慢慢介绍吴哥吧！ 在吴哥城里，有很多小贩和卖东西的小孩。那儿真的好多好多卖汽水啦，卖翻版书啦，卖手工艺品的小孩。当累了，我们想坐下休息时，他们就一窝蜂围着我们，吵我们买东西，好恐怖！我们好可怜，要跑到远远躲开他们。 半途中，下起雨了。那两个男生继续走，我躲在Tuk tuk车休息。我们的司机大概60多岁吧？可以是爷爷级了。他淋着雨载我们，我们就像公主和王子躲在可避雨的Tuk tuk 车里。柬埔寨的人民很穷，老爷爷也要工作和学英文，养活家人。 晚上，我们逛到去一间高级酒店。过了9点晚上，餐厅里的蛋糕全部半价。一块蛋糕0.60美金（RM2.30）. 半夜在SIEM REAP走走不会有危险。旅游业对他们来说很重要，所以不会有很多旅客被伤害的事情发生， 这只限在旅游区。:p

On the first day of our trip, we went to Tourism Center of Siem Reap in the town. From there, you can get all sort of information: transportation, maps, tour guides, etc. This is a government department. Therefore, they will not charge the tourists too expensive.

Any MMU team negotiates with other Tuk Tuk drivers on the street. Sometimes, you will get a cheaper price. You need to go to the center to know the standard price lah. :p

**Tips: Do some research before you go to Angkor Wat. You can read books or pay for a tour guide. If not, you will end up looking to all the big big block of stones and feel BORING!

Time for sun rise in Cambodia is different in Malaysia. Their time is around 5.35am. So, you need to wake up at 4.30am and depart from your guest house around 5.00am. To be honest, we can’t spend 1 day to visit all the “Wats”. We just managed to visit the “wats” in the small circuit. Some “wats” are located far away from Angkor and need to climb up hill.

**I will explain what is small and big circuit next time after I finished compile the information.

There are a lot of stalls selling food, drinks, souvenirs, etc in Angkor Wat area. The price sure expensive, but you can ask your Tuk Tuk driver to take you to other places to eat. There are many children selling things in extremely expensive cost! So, bargain with them if you really want it, you can bargain up to 70% discount on the things. But for the stalls are different, you can only discount up to 50% only.

At night, you can walk around the town safely (compare to Kuala Lumpur). Those safety places only applicable in tourist area only, in the jungle is a different story. We walked in a high class hotel named Sokha and have our snacks over there. After 9pm, all the cakes will have 50% discount, which cost around USD $0.60 - $0.80 per cake. :)