| I just got back yesterday from Siem Reap, it was fun
if you complain about two tier pricing in Thailand, do not go to Cambodia, esp Siem reap. They have got it into an art form; restaurants have menus in English with tourist prices (about double), the airport tax is over-double for non-Cambodians, all the tuktuks prices are double, entrance to Ankor Wat is about 20X etc etc. Everyone wants money and tourists have it
My wife can speak Khymer, so she posed as a local and we found out lots of things that could piss you off as a tourist, but the people are also very nice, pleasant and polite. We found good food, at stalls and restaurants, and good bars. In fact, we had a fun week, although a little expensive overall. My wife was not too impressed by the temples, after the first three, but preferred just bicycling around the town and stopping at interesting places. We even had our fortunes told by some old crone who insisted she was married to a French officer. He had left without her, for some reason.
Very funny place too!
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