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KROUSAR KHMER RESTAURANT, SIEM REAP

cambodia January 13, 2017

Our tuk tuk driver brought us to this restaurant. It was located near the Srah Srang. We had our lunch here before we continued our journey to Banteay Srei. The price of the food was okay because three of us shared the meals. We ordered three fragrance rice, two dishes and one jug of tea only because we were in tight budget. Lol. Yeah.

I considered the price of the food was affordable for the Angmo la.Lol. It's expensive for people like me who earn Ringgit Malaysia but I have to spend it in USD. Whatever. I was too hungry to care about the exchange rates. Keep calm and eat.

I really wished I could try all the dishes there.

While waiting for our food

Hoorey! We waited for less than 15 minutes and our food was here.

Hmm..

Finally we tried Fish Amok on our third day at Cambodia.

Fish Amok (Stuffed Tonle Sap Fish with Khmer Spices, Nho leaf and Coconut Gravy)

Price: USD 7.50

The Fish Amok tasted so good! I didn't expect it to be so delicious. It didn't taste weird. It's tasted like Malay Rendang but with extraordinary fragrance. The portion was quite small for three people but what I really liked the most was the boneless fish. Heh.

Minced Pork with Eggplants

Price: 6 USD

This dish was tasty too. I ended up eating the eggplants alone because my friends didn't like eggplants. I should ordered LokLak instead of this. Lol. Maybe I missed home cooked food that's why I ordered this.

Tips

1. The toilets at this restaurant were very clean! Do your business here before you continue your temple hopping. Most importantly,the entrance is free. You have to pay at some of the restrooms at Angkor Archaeological Park. Besides that, some 'restrooms' are located inside the local's house.

2. Free wifi. It's time to chill at this air-conditioned restaurant and upload your photos on social media.

Krousar Khmer Restaurant

Address: Unnamed Rd Srah Srang, Cambodia

Phone:+855 92 849 411

Opening Hours: 6:30 a.m. –4:30 p.m.

X10's Rating

Food :✮✮✮✮

Price :✮✮

Atmosphere :✮

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MAXIMS HOTEL, GENTING HIGHLANDS, MALAYSIA

genting January 09, 2017

Hey guys I went to Genting Highlands again. I went there quite often because Genting always offered free room for me to stay there. One of the perks of becoming a Genting Rewards Member. This time around, I could redeem a better hotel which was Maxims Hotel. It's way better than Genting First World Hotel. You can read about Genting First World Hotel here.

So, let us look at the walkway to the hotel room.

A very quiet and exquisite walkway.

Waiting area. Chairs were provided so you can sit there while waiting for the elevator.

Inside the room.

I love the shower room. Just sit there and let the cascading water running over your body. Very relaxing.

Oh my. They even have a separate area for make up. A small chair and a hairdryer were provided. The only downside of it was the hairdryer. You have to press the button to use it which was quite tiring. It's okay. I have nothing to complain. I still love the room. :D

Look at all these toiletries.All were nicely stored inside a box.

Cotton pads, cotton buds, Gillette razor & shaving cream, body lotion, shower cap, toothbrush & toothpaste and sanitary bag.

Now let us look at the wardrobe. There was an iron, iron board, bathrobe and a built-in safety box.However, I was surprised to see that there was only one bathrobe.

I found two pairs of hotel shoes and a shoe polish at another section of the wardrobe. It was very thoughtful of them to provide this for the gents.

Still on holiday mood even though I just came back from Cambodia a few days ago.

You are not born to just go to work, pay bills and die.

Mirror selfie.

The usual television and etc.

The pantry area was very nice! A kettle, a few sachets of Twinnings tea, sugar, creamer, Nespresson capsules and a coffee machine. Needless to say, the highlight of it was certainly the coffee machine!

Wow! There's one coffee machine in this room too. Three Nespresso Capsules were provided for free. We could request for more capsules but we had to pay. We didn't know how to use the machine so we didn't try the coffee. Lol because we are orang kampung ma.

A small fridge or they call it the minibar. I was excited to see it.

However..
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All these were not not free.

Mmmkay.

Thinking about my future.

It was nice to have all these services. Totally live like a king-you get to enjoy these services without leaving the room. However when I looked at the price of these services..*Gulp

(Cookies) (Cheese Ramen)

Some of the stuffs that we redeemed at the Genting Exhibition Hall. Cheese Ramen.

We used our voucher to redeem free food at one of the cafe. I forgot about the name of this cafe but it's situated in front of Coffee Terrance. Mouthwatering food!

The night view. Awesome!

Here's a room tour video. Enjoy!

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NEAK PEAN

cambodia January 07, 2017

Highlights

Unique island temple
Look for sculpture of the horse Balaha
Look for sculpted fountainheads

We spent roughly 20 minutes at Neak Pean. Although Neak Pean is very small, it's really worth the visit. It is completely different from the other temples because of the wooden walkway that connects to Neak Pean.

Ticket check again.

We were stopped by a young guy at the entrance. He was promoting lots of guidebooks for us. 'Lady, do you want to buy a guidebook? It's very cheap. ' I exchanged look with my friend and we decided to buy it. We bought it for USD10 and we shared the book. We didn't hire a tour guide so we decided to buy a guidebook. The title of the book was Ancient Angkor， written by Michael Freeman. The book was very nice but I found it very hard for me to digest all the facts in such a short time. Thus, you can buy some books to read first before you plan to visit Angkor.

The view on the way to Neak Pean was totally the best part of it.

We totally felt like we were walking back in time.

Although Neak Pean is small, it has a collection of five ponds. However, all the ponds had fences. It's good to have fences because you know..some insane tourists may swim at the ponds. Lol. Who knows.

This monument is supposed to be a hospital where the ancient people go to balance the elements in their body and get cured as per the ancient Hindu beliefs. The base of the island is encircled by two naga serpents. Besides that, the four pools in Neak Pean symbolize the Hindu belief of 4 elements which are fire, wind, earth and water, balancing which would heal and cure a person.

Amazing facts. I could totally feel the healing effect of it by just simply looking at the beautiful views around Neak Pean.