We departed Kratie for another long bus journey through the arid and dusty landscape, broken only by a short rest stop where we got the opportunity to sample fried tarantulas. Yummy. Actually, they weren't all that bad really and seemed to have some kind of a delicious glaze on them.... Anyway, we arrived into Siem Reap just as the sun was setting and got to see the first of many stunning red sun sets across the jungle. With the help of a couple of touts we checked into a gorgeous guest house, with it's own lotus pond and frog chorus and, following one harrowing night in the dorm (see: shack on stilts with no doors or windows and at least 500,000 mosquito's per human guest) moved into the lovely double room that would be home for
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