So today is our last day here in Siem Reap. We've been lazy while we were here. We could have gone to see the temples 3 days in a row like Bex and Dar, but we were too tired and cheap to pay to go into the temples. I kinda regret not going yesterday because we didn't get to see where Tomb Raider was filmed! Our driver was like, you guys are weak! There are 70 year old Japanese tourists who climb the temples 3 days in a row!All in all, Cambodia has been better than I expected. A lot of us (and our parents) were kinda apprehensive about us coming here. But it doesn't feel dangerous at all and people are very nice. The two things that bothered me the most here were the bugs and the very dusty roads.
Today was basically a travel day. We got to the Siem Reap airport, checked in, and hung out at the airport for a bit. I checked the score on the nucks game and found out that they had lost =( (I can't wait to watch the Canucks again) . When we got on the tar mat to walk to our plane, we found out that it was one of those ghetto planes again. Here's a photo of us on the tar mat:
Our flight was about 55 minutes back to Bangkok. 2 beers for Lisa and a meal later, we had arrived. We had to go through Thai immigration, and go outside the security check points to get our luggage, and then we had to check back-in for our flight to Singapore which was on JetStar Airlines. JetStar is a discount airline with no frills. When we got to the Bangkok airport and looked up at the departure screen, we found out that our flight had been CANCELLED!
Did JetStar go bankrupt? Was there a replacement flight? Where were the JetStar employees at the check-in counter? We freaked out because we didn’t have had a place to stay, no where to sleep, etc. I think the most disconcerting aspect of the matter was that we would be missing our flight to Singapore, and wasting our already booked and paid for hotel at the Sheraton Towers in Singapore. With that said, Terry immediately called the Bangkok offices of JetStar and they notified us that the flight was only delayed. Geesh! All that worrying for nothing! Anyhow, thank goodness, because we would be headed to our final destination after all.
Because of the 4 hour layer over, well 5 hours now, we decided to lounge around the airport and surf the internet. We hung out at Starbucks for quite sometime before heading back upstairs to the departure gates. The girls went on a shopping rampage throughout the whole terminal trying to acquire every last package of dried cuttlefish (first off because it was really good, secondly because it was only 30 cents Canadian a package). After they cleared out every store in the airport, we went through the security check points and headed to our departure gates. Singapore, here we come!
Darren, Becky and Anthony flew from Bangkok to Singapore via Singapore Airlines... so we would seem them later on that evening.
November 1, 2006 Singapore Day 1
Tammy and Terry were greeted at the Airport by a couple of friends whom they know. They were staying at their house and they would be taking them around for the next couple of days, so we said our goodbyes and parted ways. I guess we would see them back in Vancouver.
Lisa and I were starving because we didn't eat on the budget flight to Singapore. So once we got settled in and checked-in to our hotel, we went to go eat!
Darren, Becky, and Anthony took a taxi over to our hotel, and we walked over to the 24 hour hawker centre, called Newton Centre. It's basically an outdoor food fair with all these chinese restaurants selling seafood. You order, pay and then sit on the bench seating in the middle. There must have been 30-35 stalls selling seafood. The problem? It's expensive, there's alot of competition, and there are old women harassing you trying to get you to eat at their restaurant. "Chili crab sir? Sting ray sir?" blah blah blah. It's so annoying! Anyhow, most of us ended up eating noodles in soup cause they were cheap! And they were good too! Here we are eating at about midnight!
Jimmy T, Christina, Lisa and myself walked back to our hotel rooms. I didn't get to bed till 4am! I'm trying to sleep later because I know I'll be jet lagged when I return home. Might as well try to adjust a couple of days early.
Anyhow, see you tomorrow... so sad, only 1 more full day in Asia.
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