After a long 8 hour river trip up the river and Crossing the biggest lake in Cambodia, the Tonle Sap we made it to Siem Reap! The boat trip seemed a nice change from buses to get to our next destination and it certainly was worth the gamble, we floated through wonderful floating villages, fishing communities and got to see first hand the way of life for people living on this river. As it was the dry season the river level was very low, this caused problems for the boat, getting stuck regularly and having to negotiate round the shallow areas how ever the views from the boat made up for this. Siem Reap located in the north of Cambodia is the gateway to Angkor, it is fully kitted out for backpackers and tourist a like,
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