09 Feb, 2009
The meat and seafood section of the Siem Reap Pasar Chaas was quite interesting, despite our minutes long tour of it. We didn’t realize it at the time, but our guide was a vegetarian, so she was freaking out at taking us through this part of the market! She rushed on ahead…
08 Feb, 2009
Pasar Chaas or the Old Market was located right in the center of Siem Reap, a short walk from our hotel. So early one morning, with The Teen still passed out from “over-templing” the day before, I decided to spend an hour or so exploring the market. This is a very touristy…
07 Feb, 2009
This recent trip to Cambodia was primarily a sightseeing trip; it was definitely not long enough to be a serious food trip. And since it was our first time in the country, we had no clue what to expect from the cuisine. We had heard a lot of advice from friends that…
07 Feb, 2009
Our first glimpse of Angkor Wat was just minutes after we landed at the Siem Reap airport, as our driver decided to take the scenic route to our hotel. We stopped outside the main gate of the temple and I tried to take some photos using the telephoto lens from 500+ meters away…
06 Feb, 2009
A smaller but nonetheless spectacular temple is the monastic complex of Ta Prohm, with several humongous trees left uncleared as they grow on and around the stone temple. There are several wonderful photos to be had in this temple, with carvings peaking out through tree roots, dark corridors lit by sunlight from particular…
05 Feb, 2009
Tonight’s Philippine 6/49 lottery draw is some PHP107+ million or roughly USD2.2 million. Nothing stellar by North American standards where mega-jackpots go as high as USD200+ million, but not bad in the local context. I am sure there are millions of millions of Filipinos who have lined up today to get a…
05 Feb, 2009
There are all sorts of snack and beverage vendors just outside the gates of the main temples/wats in Cambodia. I didn’t know much about Cambodian food overall and was wary of the hygiene issues with respect to street and market food in general, but since reading Robyn’s (Eating Asia) post on “risky food”,…
02 Feb, 2009
The first complex of temples that we visited outside Siem Reap was Angkor Thom, a huge “city” with several incredible temples built around the 12th and 13th century. I have to admit, I didn’t listen too closely to the private guide who at some point, while incredibly well-meaning, was droning on and on…