Off to Siem Reap today and get a taxi (not a tuk-tuk!) to the airport early, only to find that I have to wait for ages before I can check in – I guess being a small airport means it’s not so critical that you are there hours before. It’s a tiny little plane, with propellers, and despite being only about 45 minutes long we are served food and drink – fantastic!
I arrive and head for a taxi stand and I get my driver, Phearum, to take me to the hotel – along the way he starts all this up selling of his services as a driver, and recommending me restaurants that he knows, and would I like to make a reservation. I am tired and to be honest, I am little weary of this approach, but I listen anyway – he costs $30 a day to hire (not sure if this is bad or not, but seems OK) and some of the proceeds go to the children’s hospital (though somehow I doubt that any of the money I'd give to him would actually make it there). He can see I am mulling this over, and then he mentions going to see the sunset tonight for $10, plus the sunrise tomorrow for a further $5. OK, sold: he’ll meet me at the hotel at 4.30.
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