Relaxing day in Siem Reap

Nice day today. Ended up having breakfast (free), lunch and dinner in the hotel restaurant. They actually make pretty tasty food. The Cambodian dishes have lots of flavor. I spent part of the morning re-packing my bags today to try to get more room in them. Then we walked out to the old market. It's where they sell lots of souvenirs, food and clothing. Ended up buying a book, lime leaf tea, jackfruit chips and dried galangal. Galangal is a very spicy ginger that we used in Thailand to cook tom yum soup. I'm going to try making thai food when I get back.

Tomorrow we leave for Phnom Penh. It's a 5 hour minibus ride and we leave our hotel at 8:20am. So at least we have time for a nice breakfast here before heading out. I'm thinking when we get to Phnom Penh I won't want to be dragging all my luggage around so we might hail a tuk tuk and head straight to the airport. My flight to Hong Kong is at 7pm. Can't wait to see yee ma, yee chueng and di bui gar.

I'm going to be spending one day in HK. I plan to meet up with 2 of my old radiation therapy classmates for high tea at Peninsula and some shopping (there's still room in my bag so I can still fit more stuff). Hopefully, dim sum and dinner with yee ma, yee chueng and bui gar too. Then I head back home on Sunday. Excited to come home. Miss you Ang and also miss the kids and everyone else =P

Bugs!!

The bugs here are enormous. So different from what we normally see. So colourful! The first picture's a bit harder to see. It's a black bug with red spots on it. Susan kept calling it a ladybug but it's way bigger than a ladybug (at least twice the size).


Here's another one we saw. It's even bigger and it's turquoise and shiny! It was at least 3cms long!


The last bug we saw was awesome! It's about the same size as the turquoise one but look it killed a huge spider and it's dragging it away. The bug's actually a shimmering gold colour, but the camera makes it look brown. We watched it drag the dead spider from the floor up the stone walls. Pretty crazy! I think it was finding a good spot to relax and eat.