It seemed a little weird this year heading off from home at 5:00pm. Can’t remember any of our trips to Asia that didn’t start at the crack of dawn. Not looking forward to another epic trek. This one is a long 31 hours from our door to our hotel in Siem Reap.
Another long flight, ✈️ exhausted, but very happy to see Kat (our always tuk-tuk driver) and his always smiling face waiting for us at the Airport Bus Terminal to whisk us off to Beyond Yangon Boutique Inn where we were warmly greeted with ice lemon tea and dragon fruit by his sister Sokunthea. We met Sokunthea and husband Maung Maung way back in 2003 when they had the Mandalay Inn Guest House. Fast forward, they have continued their success, bought land and built a boutique hotel with 10 rooms, all decorated in a luxurious Burmese motif (Maung Maung was born in Burma/Myanmar) complete with swimming pool.
Once we recover from jet-lag, the routine for the next 10 days will be breakfast poolside, explore new parts of Siem Reap, nap at 2pm and plan for where to go for dinner. So many very good choices, although we ofter end up just around the corner at SPOONS Café Restaurant (www.spoonscambodia.org).
Tuesday we’ll start touring our favourite temples with Kat.
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