We’ve had quite enough of
travel lately so we decided to rest through most of the day. Did I mention my travel buddy and I are
introverts? We needed to recharge so we took advantage of the guesthouse’s free
wifi and cable TV. Perfect. Just what we needed.
We can’t sleep in the whole
day of course, so our guesthouse booked us to a buffet dinner with an Apsara performance
in Amazon Angkor Restaurant (for $10) for the evening.
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| Apsara dancers taking the stage at Amazon Angkor Restaurant |
Our guesthouse, Bou Savy, is quite popular with Filipino
tourists so when the tuktuk driver came to pick us up for the dinner buffet, we
found out there was a lovely, older Filipino couple who booked for the same
dinner. It turned out the older gentleman was a former employee of the National
Power Corporation. One of the industries of my former employer is power so we launched
into a lighthearted discussion about coal, power plants, and sustainability. While
partaking of the food and watching the Apsara performance, we also noted how Asian
dances in general have overlapping similarities in costume and dance styles. Hmm.
This was turning into an intellectual, cultural, and culinary evening.
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| Welcome to the Angkor Night Market! |
When the Apsara
performance ended, we went back to the guesthouse. The couple called it a day
and went in to retire for the night. It was quite early so we took off to
Angkor Night Market.
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| I would love to have this is my garden! |
Angkor Night Market sells
a wide range of items from jewelry, souvenirs, shirts, pants, books, and
decorative items. They even have a bar in the middle of the market! I had fun
looking at the stuff and strolling around. There weren’t a lot of people so we
had plenty of room to move around. After a few purchases, we were good and we
headed back to the guesthouse. We needed to be up early the next day for the
Angkor Wat tour.
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