Siem Reap is a bustling town, with the streets busied by cars, tuk tuks, motos, bicycles, pedestrians ... the footpaths pounded by many a tourist and trailing beggars or juvenile hawkers. In fact they are everywhere ... part of the backdrop at every site, and market place. The hawkers are well practiced ... they start off with... "hello ladÿ ... where you from?" "Australia" "Äustralia - the capital is Canberra. Australia has 21 million people. You buy postcard from me lady. Just one dollar. 10 for one dollar ..."etc You can tell its a real tourist town when ... the menus are mostly in US dollars, and aimed at the western palate. Not interested. Have had to work a bit harder here for good local nosh, and have given in to the limitations of a town
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