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April 29, 2009 by Janey

We finished touring Angkor Wat a little past 12. We went back to our hotel, the Dead Fish Guest House, and took a much-needed rest.

Of course, all three of us fell asleep as soon as we hit our room. It was such an early day for us waking up at 5AM to catch the sunrise at Angkor Wat.

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We woke around 4PM and the first in the agenda was lunch. Since we’ve had enough of Khmer cuisine, we opted to go American. We missed fastfood. We eagerly headed to KFC.

Their chicken taste less salty than our Kentucky fried chickens in Manila but we love sinking our teeth in the “oh so familiar food”.

After our late lunch, we went around to look at souvenir shops. Most stores carry wallets, belt and display items made out of crocodile or snake skin.

With all the walk we did that morning, our muscles were in dire need of a Khmer massage (similar to Thai massage but with gentler strokes) after at USD5 per head.

We explored the area and found the restaurant and hotel that Bev recommended, Cafe de La Paix.

Our hotel’s restaurant, Dead Fish restaurant, has quite an intriguing dining interior. It’s multi-leveled without borders. It resembles an unfinished construction project, where it’s all skeletal and lofts. It has a rustic appeal to it.

While checking my mail and plurking at the hotel lobby/restaurant (free Wi-Fi), Lea conveniently bumps into us for our dinner date that evening.

Happy Herb Pizza is said to be pizza flavored to “excite”. Happiness served by the slice liberally garnished by the “organic herb” that makes people laugh –ranging from Double Happiness to Ecstatic. A row of pizzerias catches our attention and we dined at one. There was like a 5-minute effect and that was it. (Don’t ask us what we tried to do afterwards…)

The pizza was split into two flavors, one was Quattro Formaggi (our choice) and the other was Everything on It (Lea’s choice). The pizza was yummy! I especially like the Quattro Formagi because the taste is subtle yet flavorful.

We walked to the famed and now our own favorite Pub Street for some late night drinks. We stopped by 2 travel agencies first to check the airfare cost for a flight back to Ho Chi Minh Vietnam. It was about PHP7,000 without the terminal fee yet of USD 25. Remembering the long uneasy drive to Siem Reap, I consider a bit. But since we already incurred the rebooking fee for our return flight to Manila, I decided against it. I might as well endure the ride back.

Chris bumped into his friend Jay who was with his friends having dinner at the Mexican restaurant we dined in the night before.

Temple was our spot for the night. We picked our poisons –Lea treated me to a Tomb Raider drink (the drink named after Angelina Jolie’s movie that was shot in Cambodia). While drinking, we enjoyed a bit of Apsahara show. Lea called Rattana and he went to meet us. We invited him to join us for drinks. After finishing our drinks, we asked Rattana if there are any dance clubs in Siem Reap. He said there were and brought us there. I said Hip-Hop and he nods his head in recognition.

We got to an exclusive dance club with suspicious scantily clad girls in a huddle outside. No photo policy in the club. The music was undeniably hip-hop but mixed with Khmer local music. For the heck of it, we ordered drinks (this time on me) and stayed for 20 minutes before heading back to the hotel.