October 14: Today we caught our flight to Cambodia. We arrived in Siem Reap and went to the Red Piano Guesthouse, which was the same place we had stayed three years before. The building that used to have the guesthouse now houses only the (expanded) restaurant, and the guesthouse itself is down a side street next to the Sok San Palace. The Sok San Palace is an extremely sketchy Asian businessman retreat of blacklight bar/restaurant, karaoke, disco and massage parlour. Also next door is the Zanzybar, a little bar of note only because our friend Norm hit his head there on our last trip. Over the last three years, tourism has apparently exploded and there are at least five times as many restaurants, bars and luxury hotels full of Western, Japanese and Korean tourists than before.
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