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| Central Market
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| The food area in the Central Market (not to be confused with the Old
Market, which I visited two days
earlier) was doing lively business, serving mostly soups and things
that don't look like breakfast to me (stuff over rice). I decided not
to eat there.
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| Breakfast
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| Cambodia, as a former French colony, makes sandwiches with baguette, a la
banh mi in Vietnam. I'd kept my eyes open for baguette as we walked
around. I chose this stand because they were cutting their meat very
precisely, and that meant they cared about their food and likely made
their sandwiches with attention to detail.
| They chop meat for my sandwich.
| A close-up of the meat as they assemble my sandwich.
| My baguette sandwich was good. It tasted mostly of mayo and pork, but
also has (green) tomatoes, cucumber, onion, and more.
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| Towers in Wat Damnak.
| A bigger, more complex tower.
I like the coloring of this image.
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| Wats (Temples)
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| Yet more of Wat Damnak, including another big tower, a line of smaller
ones (in the distance), a flag, and the main prayer hall.
| More towers.
| An overly-vibrant picture of more towers, and peacocks and plants with
colors to match. I think this might be a different wat (temple) that the
previous pictures.
| Paintings of religious or mythical scenes surround this prayer hall. I
think this is in Wat Preah Prom Rath.
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| The tulip-esque railing surrounding the hall's entrance.
| Looking out.
Don't miss the Buddha faces at the top of the arch!
(One can't get away from these.)
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| Lunch at The Blue Pumpkin
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We return to The Blue
Pumpkin for lunch, which we visited the day
before (at which time I took more pictures of it and its decor).
| Amok fish ravioli in coconut curry sauce. The sauce was too strong for
me, though Di Yin liked it.
| Vegetarian sandwich: grilled eggplant, sun-dried tomatoes, lettuce, black
olives, and coriander vinaigrette in ciabatta. I think we both were happy
with this.
| The "moocher", a smoothie made from green pepper, apple, and green lemon.
It tasted mainly of green pepper. Di Yin called it refreshing.
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| Assorted Siem Reap
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| Back at the Central Market.
| Along Siem Reap River.
| Looking across the Royal Gardens/Park toward the Raffles Hotel. (The
Royal Residence is behind me.)
| A park. Oddly excellent for the sense of scale of the height of
the trees.
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The roof of Preah Ang Chek / Preah Ang Cham.
Note again the Buddha faces at top.
| Flowers and other offerings for sale outside the temple. (I imagine the
coconuts aren't offerings, but everything else is.)
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| Flight to Singapore
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| Because I had a bit of an upset stomach, I picked at my business class
meal. I managed to eat the chicken and pleasantly sugar-glazed carrots,
but couldn't stomach the mushroom salad or the over-roasted (yes, that's
not a typo: I mean over-cooked roasted) vegetables. The chocolate mousse
wasn't bad.
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