Ziplining

Norm:

We have an action-packed day today: we're going zip-lining! Woke up in the morning to head to the jungled area where Angkor Wat and all the other temples and ruins are located. This was Mandy and my first time ziplining, so I was kind of excited to see how it would go. We first climbed some stairs and when we were above the tree-line, the adventure began! Mandy was a little nervous, but some cute German kids went first (the youngest was probably only 5-6 years old) and they went across without a hitch! It was good first-time experience for zip-lining; the longest path we zip-line we went on was about 300m and it was cool to see the jungle from so high up. After about 10 zip-lines taking up the entire morning, we ended the tour at a restaurant close near Angkor Wat. The food wasn't very good there and we had plans to do lunch round 2, so we kept our stomachs slightly empty. By the time we got back to our hotel, it was around 3:00 pm already.

Bandanas not our thing 

Mandy was scared

Weeee!

Wobbly bridge

"Feet up, feet up!"

Repelling down

Flight of the Gibbon

After a short break, we returned to the Old Market (again). On the way, we went to a local pizza franchise called "The Pizza Company". What beckoned us to the restaurant was an ad that showed a "Cheese Lava" pizza, where you can dip the the pizza (with a stuffed crust) into a bowl of what appeared to be nacho cheese. Being a sucker for anything cheesy (jokes included), we had to go. We ordered the seafood pizza, and it was surprisingly not-bad. From then, we headed to the Old Market to finish up our last opportunity to shop in South-East Asia. Mandy bought a BUNCH of snacks (dehydrated fruit, tea, spices). Feeling kind of full, we decided to omit dinner, and just head to the Night Market. We checked out a few of the stands and Mandy and I bought a lot of scarves as souvenirs back. Thanks to Mandy's intense haggling, we got a really good price on them. From then, we had to try the Dr. Fish massages, where tiny fishies would come and eat the dead-skin off your feet. Not sure how effective the massage is at removing dead skin, but the fish seemed extremely attracted to my feet though @_@. Super ticklish, but I got over the feeling eventually. From then, we got another back massage, had some 1$ noodles at a stand and Tuk Tuk'd home. However, on the Tuk-Tuk home, we noticed that there was ANOTHER part of the Night Market we never checked out (the Night Art Market!). As such, after we got back to the hotel, we dropped off all our stuff and then walked back to this new-found market.

Cheese Lava or Lova =P

Are those snakes?

All the goodies I bought in the Old Market

Dinner time!

Hi!

Yummie street food for 1 dollar

Delicious

We were actually really glad to have caught this, there was some unique stores there, including one store which non-profit store whose proceeds were to help families escape the cycle of poverty and child exploitation. They actually had really unique things to sell as well, so we picked up a few items from there, along with other knick knacks we didn't see at the other stands. After thoroughly walking through this market, we finally walked back to our hotel, eager to come back to Canada. Only 1 more sleep and 30 hours of planes and lay-overs ahead of us.... can't wait!

Bye Bye Siem Reap!

Mandy is not a happy camper