Cambodia Trip - Siem Reap We Love

After months of planning, the day is finally here.. Sign up for ground tour package directly with the local travel agency in Cambodia... Great deal.. Muslim tour..

Got up as early as 2 a.m.. Gotta to catch a morning flight to Siem Reap.. Siblings trip.. Everything was smooth.. arrived on time.. اَلْحَمْدُلِلّهِ.. Greeted by our very good looking tour guide.. And he's a malay-speaking Champa Muslim.. Behold.. I present you Yusof.. :)

He's very sound of the subjects.. Very personalized.

We started of with visiting the Angkor Silk Farm.. Lis was assigned to be our guide there. He brought us around the facilities.. Telling us all the processes involved in the silk making.. Starting from the silk worm breeding to silk thread harvesting, spindling.. To the production of the end products..

Next, Yusof brought us to the West Baray.. This is a man made lake.. Dug so that the soil can be used to build Phnom Bakheng.. A temple on a hill overlooking the magnificent Angkor Wat..

Then lunch at Bopha Angkor... Nice ambiance.. Great interior.. Overlooking the riviera.. Great halal Khmer Food... Just awesome..

The cruise at the Tonle Sap lake was a great experience. Tonle Sap was build to hold the flood water during the wet season which just ended recently.. October is the last month of the low peak season.. By next month tourists will swamp Cambodia and the hotel price will be very expensive..

Tonle Sap is the lifeline of Siem Reap.. It's interesting to see the floating village there..

On our back, we stop by at a mosque at the Muslim community area there to give our donations.. Used to be on a raft but now they build a permanent structure already.. It's nice to find out that my school alumni was greatly involved in the upgrading process.. Felt so proud..

Check-in at the Angkor Pearl Hotel.. Quaint small hotel owned by a Singaporean.. Yusof gave us time to rest and freshen up before dinner..

Dinner was at D'Wau Restaurant.. Nice food.. Love the chicken soup.. We went to see the Apsara Dance show after dinner. Loving our first day so far... #Blessed..