What can I say ? It was just 4 days of pure magic and I fell totally in love with Cambodia.
We flew from Bangkok with Bangkok Airways and had use of thier lounge at Bangkok airport before boarding the plane.
We arrived at Siem Reap airport at mid afternoon and I must say the airport is very smart and it looks quite new.
It is funny when you queue up to arrange your visa as there is 1 man who stands behind a desk and you hand him your passport and visa application form and he then sends you to a second queue to pay ($20)
at the second queue there is another man who then gets passed a pile of passports and he holds them up one by one showing the photograph page and when you recognise your passport photo you go to the front and pay the 20 dollars. It was quite funny as the man is quite far away from you and people were finding it very difficult to see if it was their photo from a distance!
I don't think this system would work if the airport was very busy!
we were through the airport very quickly and once through arrivals it is a set fee of $5 for a taxi into town and this only takes about 15mins.

We stayed at the Bopha Angkor hotel which I loved - it is a boutique hotel built in Khmer style , the grounds are lush and exotic and the rooms are very cute, there is a lovely pool and I was pleased I had chosen this hotel.

First evening we walked into town which is just across the river and only takes 5 minutes. The town looks a shambles at first but I loved it there are many restaurants and bars on the appropriately named 'Pub Street'. We chose to eat at Molly Malones Irish pub on the first night and I know it's not very Cambodian but i had beautiful fish and chips and a good few Tiger beers, hubby had the same and a good few Angkor Beers and the total including 20 Cigaretes and lighter - $18
There are many beggars in Siem reap many of whom are young children and Landmine victims , this is very sad and everywhere you are asked for 'just 1 dollar Madame'.
On the first evening a tuk tuk driver named Mr Chai asked to take us back to the hotel and of course he then asked us could he take us somewhere the next day?
He was very friendly so we agreed a full day for $9 - excellent value.
The next morning Chai collected us at the hotel at 9am and we went to Tonle Sap Lake which is fascinating and it costs $10 per person for a long tail boat and driver - this is a very interesting trip and we took many photos - there were lots of beggars clinging onto the boat sides which was quite upsetting and we gave a few dollars out but then felt guilty about the people we didn't give to.
We had lunch back in town - they make lovely french bread there which is a throwback from the french occupied times.
Spent a couple of hours by the pool then got picked up at 4.30 and were soon on our way to the mother of all temples Angkor Wat - AWESOME - absolutely amazing , I would not have missed it for the world we watched the sunset there and it was beautiful.
A one day pass is $20 and I think a 3 day pass is $43
2nd night we chose to eat at Khmer Kitchen which serves typicla Cambodian food, we had a typical Cambodian meal and with a few beers which was the grand total of $8 - apparantly Mick Jagger has eaten there.

Day three - picked up at 8 am , we went to Ta Promh which is the Temple which is taken over by giant tree roots and it was brilliant for taking photos there - it was a very hot day so we spen the afternoon by the pool again.
Again Chai picked us up at 4.30 and we visited the Killing Fields memorial which was interesting but so sad - we gave a donation and we were allowed to stand in the doorway of a temple there while all the monks in the saffron robes chanted together - pure magic.
We then climbed Phnomh Bakheng - a difficult climb but worth it for the awesome views over Angkor Wat and Tonle Sap.
Had our evening meal at Soup Dragon a loveley Vietnamese restaurant - another good cheap meal.

Last day we spent the morning at the old market - got some good bargains, an 'antique' very heavy metal buddha for $30, a lovely solid silver choker for $30 and 2 very good silk table runners for about $10each, also bought some copy lonely planet books 2 for $7

spent the afternoon relaxing by the pool and the last evening we went to Red Piano - a beautiful restaurant - great steak and a tomb raider cocktail - apparently Angelina Jolie used to frequent this place when filming Tomb Raider.
Last drink in Molly Malones - got chased back to the hotel by 3 adorable ragamuffins so gave out a few more dollars then off to bed.

Chai insisted on taking us to the airport in his tuk tuk and it was with great sadness we left siem reap - I will never forget the lovely people Mr Chai gave us a farewell gift of 2 angkor T shirts - these people have suffered so much and they are very poor but they are so generous - hope this report did not drag on too much , please ask if you have any questions re Siem Reap, shirleyV