Are all new dog owners usually obsessed with their dogs??

Because I think I am!

I have been waking up at 7am (on BOTH weekdays and weekends) to bring the dog for his morning walk so he wouldn’t sound so miserable holding in his pee and shit. And the first thing I want to do after work is to rush home so that I can (see what I mean by obsessed??) walk him because I don’t think my maid likes walking the dog very much.

Please tell me I’m normal…

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SO back to Cambodia!

I don’t know if people ever visit a country and end up hating it because so far I haven’t. Though Cambodia is really hot and there’s nothing much to do or shop, I still enjoyed my trip a lot! Probably because we managed to live like kings and queens without spending a lot and Ang Kor Wat was just amazing.

I think we probably spent less than 1k there? Including air tickets and accommodation!

A pair of airtickets to Phnom Penh was just $172 (we took Tigerair), DAMN CHEAP RIGHT? hehe

The Tigerair timing was good too! We arrived there early in the morning, took a taxi (was quoted 12USD to bring us to the city but we were too tired to bargain) and went to this place called ‘Sister Cafe’ for breakfast!

It was highly recommended for its pancakes on TripAdvisor so I’ve been telling Jeremy that WE MUST GOOOOO. Of course, he rolled his eyes and asked me why are we having pancakes instead of khmer food in Cambodia but… it’s pancakes!

everything in Cambodia is in USD

In case you are curious if the food was super delicious, it’s definitely not (so don’t get your hopes too high) but it’s tasty enough for me to be very satisfied! And oh, the staff were really nice and very very gentle. No wonder they say Singaporean girls are too loud

We explored the streets and market after breakfast

Actually it’s pretty much like Bangkok, just a lot less touristy.

We then made it to the bus terminal to catch our bus to Siem Reap and to anyone who is reading is, please do NOT book GiantIbis for the sake of the wifi. Both our buses (to and fro Siem Reap)’s routers were not working and that’s like the main reason why everyone picks GiantIbis. Paid close to 60USD for our two-way transfer and was almost bored to death

And nope, we didn’t complain because everyone seem okay with it.

Everyone in Cambodia is like so zen and contented with life that it makes you look spoilt if you complain

It was a freaking long journey

I read online that it’s six hours from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap so I was mentally prepared for six. But after five hours, we were told that we have reached our halfway point and I almost died. The driver was driving really slowly (not intentionally I think, because the roads were really bad) but I didn’t know it was that slow. It could be 20km/hr, not kidding.

Cambodian kids versus me. They look so much happier

After 8.5 hours, which was no joke by the way, we finally arrived at the bus terminal and luckily we arranged someone from our guesthouse to pick us up because the terminal is SUPER ULU. I can’t imagine getting a taxi or a tuk-tuk at this time

And the tuk-tuk was travelling really slow too. Nothing like your fast and furious Bangkok tuk tuks

But you know what, everything was worth it when we arrived at the Siem Reap city. Everything’s so quaint that we liked it almost immediately. And our guesthouse (Purple Mangosteen) looked so pretty and welcoming too!

Purple Mangosteen is just a stone throw away from the happening Pub Street, so close that you could still hear the music at night but we didn’t mind at all because it makes the place feel so alive hehe

Oh man, I miss this street already!

We were super hungry but there was no lack of food choices there. We went to this italian cafe opposite our guesthouse and was pleasantly surprised! The pizza was only 5USD but it was hugeeee and very very tasty!

Magarita was just 2USD I think! Can’t remember but it was really cheap

Didn’t have too much because we have to wake up at 4am the next day in order to catch the sunrise at Ang Kor Wat, which I’ll blog about hopefully soon! Till then, byeeeee.