angkor done and explored. so it was time to leave this historical city. and thus began the tedious journey back to phnom penh. but before heading back, we drove to tonle sap lake. err...i only reached tonle sap river while those who paid USD10 got to tonle sap lake on a boat. yeah, i know it is one of the biggest fresh water lake (or is it the biggest?) but i just din feel like going on a cruise. so i only got pictures of the floating village on the river instead of the fishing village on the lake.
siem reap streets. quite dusty eh? saw quite a big public bank here occupying a corner lot of a new shoplot.
the boats waiting to ferry the tourists to tonle sap lake. so many of them. life was slow here. the locals just chatted in their houses and waited for time to pass.
houses floating on the river. when the river becomes dry in the dry season, they would move into the lake.
one typical house here. no door.you just have that attap cover. lift it up, and it is your door and window. only one room.
the boat was pulling the school building! yup! it is a school and you can see some school children there in their white shirts and blue bottoms.
petrol on sale. the driver said petrol was even more expensive in siem reap. motor drivers usually buy their petrol this way. you can see a lot of these stalls along the way every road you go, even in phnom penh. how much can they earn?
we reached phnom penh at about 5 and could not make it to the royal palace. so we went to check-in our hotel instead.
after that it was dinner and this time i followed a friend's advice and searched for amoc cafe. it was nestled in quite a popular area with tourists as there were quite many cafes around advertising their happy hour prices
amoc cafe's dining area. again surrounded by lush greenery thus a we had some uninvited visitors i.e. mossies.
i had amoc (steamed fish cooked in curry served in young coconut. apparently it is cambodia's national dish,but according to our drived, it comes from thailand.). it was yummy and the young coconut flesh was devoured as well. someone ordered pork amoc. hahaha...couldn't live without pork in cambodia. it was not in the menu but they willingly prepared it. it was a sweeter version as the pork was really good. mine was a bit bland because the fish was quite tasteless. but it was still good.
table decoration using lotus flower. interesting how they folded the petals.
after dinner, the driver sent us to the biggest shopping mall in cambodia. it was big for their standard. sorya shopping centre.. it is something like our sg wang but less crowded and newer.
a popular skating rink on top of the building. many teenagers were waiting in queues to get in.
sales girl err...testing their own products? they were so comfortably seated that they could not be bothered with the throng of shoppers passing the shop. my colleague said, " cham loh if we hire workers like that."
i think there are 7 storeys all together. no photography was allowed actually form the signboards posted. i dunno why. haha....i forgot. but no guard caught me in the act so i was fine. one guard saw my colleague clicking and politely gave the no-no gesture.
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