5-Day Siem Reap Trip for Two for Only P38K- Part 3

First Day - Temples, temples and more temples...

First on the tour list was to go to Angkor Wat. Hubby and I hired a tour guide, his name is Vuthay. He took us through Angkor Wat, Bayon and the Tomb Raider temple, Ta Prohm.

Having a moment at Bayon temple

Kissing the smiling face at Bayon

The couple shot at the famous Angkor Wat

Ta Prohm Temple, or some people call the Tomb Raider Temple

Vuthay did a good job, and his fee was okay. But on hindsight, it would've been a lot cheaper and you can cover more ground by renting a tuktuk for the entire day and have the driver act as your tour guide too. Some tuktuk drivers know broken English so you can get by with that,especially if you have a guide book on hand. We felt that we didn't cover much ground on the first day of tour but at least we used the experience as our basis for the next day tour.

In every tour, make sure that you wear comfortable clothing and shoes. And bring these essentials:
1. extra shirt
2. water
3. towel (or wet ones if you can)
4. sunglasses
5. sunblock (I failed to bring this one so I was toasted for the entire day. But I'm okay with it, we needed the sun.)
6. camera with battery (fully charged)
7. photocopies of passports and an official ID, like a driver's license - a passport can be handy in getting discounts but I would rather buy at regular price than lose my passport
8. of course, money and ATM/credit card
9. phone
10. mosquito repellant (very important, especially with dengue cases going up)

Numbers 8 and 9 are a no-brainer, anyway.

The thing about Siem Reap is that their restrooms are really clean, they have adequate water, but they have humongous mosquitoes, double the size of the ones in Manila. Pretty scary too, so make sure you do a quick one in the bathroom and get out fast before you get bitten by one gigantic mosquito.

After the trip, we went to The Blue Pumpkin Bar, where it's a pastry and coffee shop on the first floor, and a bed and bar on the second . We had some dessert and rested our trek-weary legs.And then off to an Irish pub... in Cambodia! (go figure). It's called Molly Malone's Bar and we tried their Guiness. It had a strong taste that I didn't really like as much. Give me a San Mig Light any day!

Blue Pumpkin Bar - although we didn't see anything blue here. It's a great place to hang out.

Cost:
So the total spending for tour day 1 consisted of:
Tour guide fee - USD 25 (Php 1,175)
Tuktuk rental - USD 15 (Php 705)
Entrance for 2 to Angkor Wat complex - USD 40 (Php 1,880)
Food - USD 23 (Php 1,081)
Being with my Hubby at Angkor Wat, taking countless pictures... priceless