Downtown Siem Reap

Ryan and I took advantage of the Club Lounge yesterday, and had a few free drinks before heading to downtown Siem Reap, where draught beer is 50 cents. We're looking for a pair of linen trousers, since his mysteriously vanished (the running bet is that we'll find them when we get home, beside our bed), and he'd like a relatively nice pair of trousers for any fancy dinners we might have (which we don't have planned, except maybe New Years). Unfortunately, the night markets did not prove fruitful, although I bought a lovely Cambodian-made t-shirt, and managed to squeeze it into my already too-full pack LOL

I had a Royal Angkor massage today, which consisted of oil and boiled sacks of herbs that are rubbed on your body to release tension. It was very pleasant, however yesterdays' foot reflexology massage was one of the best I've ever had. My next massage will be downtown, because they're only $2 ;)

We leave Palace Residence and Villa Siem Reap in less than an hour, as today marks the official start of our private Signatures of Asia tour. A driver will be coming to collect us here in order to check us into the Angkor Village Resort, and then this evening we are heading back downtown to enjoy dinner at Genevieve's restaurant.

Lobby of our first hotel. Look at all the orchids!!!

Outside lobby

Entering the lobby

Infinity pool

Flower

I don't know what these are called, but I refer to them as "Nancy's flower", and am looking for another flower clip, similar to the one she is wearing below (July 2013 post entitled "What is death?"). They grow in abundance here, so I figure they must be Cambodia's national flower.

Downtown Siem Reap: Pub Street is exactly how is sounds - hostels, pubs, and restaurants. YES I wear my backpack backwards in large crowds.