Do A Day Tour Into The Cambodia

A little further down "The Lane" is Asana, a gorgeous relaxed two storey cocktail bar. You'll know it as soon as you see it as it also known as the "Old Wooden House". Run by Pari Ung she holds Cambodian cocktail making classes or you can simply visit for a cocktail. The house is a charming touch in the middle of Pub Street for an evening cocktail.

10. Spa away

Siem Reap is replete with massage and spa places from the humble spa where a 1 hour foot massage will set you back $3USD up to spas that are luxurious. We fly to cambodia from thailand  had a good experience at Lemongrass spa (and there are several locations) and we had a not great experience at Bodia spa which is said to be one of the best in town. Perhaps it was the therapists we were assigned but it was a strange and awkward experience for us where we were left underwhelmed (and they forgot to pick us up from the hotel).

11. Do A Day Tour Into The Countryside

There are a few operators but we went with Beyond Unique Escapes located in Kandal Village because they were strongly recommended to us and we were not disappointed at all. Beyond's tours are very well thought out and the tours are all led by native Cambodians and they follow the edict of responsible tourism. They have well priced tours and are also able to do custom tours easily to fit your interests. Our interest is food as well as special projects. We did two tours with them.

A worthwhile half day trip is Beyond Unique Escape's Tonle Sap tour. Ask for guide Lim if he is available as he is an excellent guide who speaks excellent English and he's a foodie too - a private tour is best for this. Early is ideal for tours and many Cambodians start early and have a rest in the afternoon when the sun is the strongest.

Bamboo sticky rice

We start our tour at 7am and the first stop is at a street stall that makes bamboo sticky rice. The sticky rice is mixed with coconut milk, coconut flesh, salt, sugar and black beans and sealed with hay and banana leaves. It is then cooked for 1.5 hours. The seller that he stops at makes around 200 pieces a day and they will get $10-$15USD for that - that's considered a good day of business.

Lim shows us Prahok

Our next stop is Th'nal Chek market, a very local market where he shows us the national condiment Prahok made from dried, fermented fish. He flight to cambodia from Ho Chi Minh  tells us that the best prahok is made using snakehead fish. This is sold in jars by itself or mixed with Kreung, a fragrant spice paste made with lemongrass, galangal, ginger, shallot, kaffir lime leaf and zest, chilli and lemon ants. These are small red ants that taste like lime or lemon and each jar contains a couple of thousand ants. Each of these jars can last for 1-2 years and for the poorest people in Cambodia (whose household income is around $80USD a month) a meal often consists of this and rice.

We watch as people order noodle soup and vendors break off water lily stems and slice up the bitter sugar palm fruit. One sells a tangle of "floating heart" plant that resembles a herb. This is a plant that grows wild in the water. We stop by and try chopstick cake, a chewy delicious rice flour stick flavoured with spring onion as well as a Num Krouch, a round dumpling named after its orange shape. It has day tours from Siem Reap  a rice flour outer and a sweet bean filling and is topped with sesame seeds. This too is hot but delicious.

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