Transit to Siem Reap
Slept in 'till 8:00 today before breakfast, site inspection of La Residence (fab spa), breakfast and transfer to the airport for our flight to Siem Reap, Cambodia.
It was a long day of traveling which would be otherwise uninteresting, except that we transited through the new airport in Bangkok. Luckily our baggage made it through, inspite of the newsworthy problems they had been having. Most notably, asside from confusion at every level, there are no ATM's, no banks with credit card swipe machines - though these are promised in the near future. That was a and the fact that past security there are no services made it a little frustrating and unnerving. No big deal. Just beware when in Bangkok that if you have electronic banking needs you should take care of them before you go to the airport. Oh yeah, it is a beautiful building - an engineering feat. Still, we were glad to get through unencumbered.
Arrival at Siem Reap's new airport was at first exciting, but the visa-issuance and customs hall was utterly chaotic. These irritants quickly faded into memory upon our arrival at the stupendous Amansara hotel, where, true to form, the manager and friend, Donald awaited our arrival. This might be one of the most perfect hotels in the world - certainly in my jaded experience. We got in fairly late - 8:00pm or so. So, we showered, enjoyed a few glasses of champagne and snacks before collapsing into bed early in anticipation of our one full day of sight-seeing beginning early in the morning.
It was a long day of traveling which would be otherwise uninteresting, except that we transited through the new airport in Bangkok. Luckily our baggage made it through, inspite of the newsworthy problems they had been having. Most notably, asside from confusion at every level, there are no ATM's, no banks with credit card swipe machines - though these are promised in the near future. That was a and the fact that past security there are no services made it a little frustrating and unnerving. No big deal. Just beware when in Bangkok that if you have electronic banking needs you should take care of them before you go to the airport. Oh yeah, it is a beautiful building - an engineering feat. Still, we were glad to get through unencumbered.
Arrival at Siem Reap's new airport was at first exciting, but the visa-issuance and customs hall was utterly chaotic. These irritants quickly faded into memory upon our arrival at the stupendous Amansara hotel, where, true to form, the manager and friend, Donald awaited our arrival. This might be one of the most perfect hotels in the world - certainly in my jaded experience. We got in fairly late - 8:00pm or so. So, we showered, enjoyed a few glasses of champagne and snacks before collapsing into bed early in anticipation of our one full day of sight-seeing beginning early in the morning.
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