From Phnom Penh, we caught a 7 hour bus to Siem Reap, which is one of Camobodia's bigger towns in the north-west of the country. Primarily, it is used as a base to explore the ancient temples of Angkor, and this is exactly what we did ourselves. The bus journey was smooth, and we managed to get a real taste for rural Cambodia, stopping several times at makeshift 'service stations'! These had a variety of culinary delights on offer - including fried tarantulas!! We declined this opportuniy to broaden our tastes and quickly got back on the bus after seeing several women carrying live ones right next to us. The poverty of the country was really obvious in these more rural areas, with lots of street children wandering around and surrounding Westerners in a way which
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