Tuesday, March 24, 2009

重游柬埔寨(一)暹粒

暹粒

3月5日清晨带着熊猫眼和背包,大早七点的机飞柬埔寨暹粒。由于是最后上机的客人(慧和玲姐还被last call叫名字,哈哈哈!),坐定了之后飞机就开始移动,而我保持清醒享受飞机起飞时那速度感之后就进入睡眠状态。梦见绵绵白云间出现石头古城,我梦中的暹粒!

在半睡半醒的状态下,两小时的飞程一下就过去。睁开眼睛看见窗外的一片稻田和晨光下闪着银光的Tonle sap湖。拨慢一小时,才早上八点,早安暹粒!

不会笑的海关人员

坦白说,我并不欣赏柬埔寨的海关人员。我觉得作为迎接外国人的第一前线,海关人员起码要懂得礼貌和笑容。一大早就摆个臭脸真煞风景,依依啊啊说不出一个字,用驱赶的手势像赶苍蝇般把我‘赶’去填入境卡,难道就不会好好的说吗?

我听说柬埔寨政府官员“吃”得很凶,会为难看起来有点钱又好欺负的人,尤其要申请签证才可入境的人。所以不知哪个贪方便的家伙教人在护照里夹一张十美元作护身符,可以不被为难。结果很多来自那国的人‘照版煮碗’,护身符万试万灵,竟成了‘传统’。听说有些没护身符的会接到暗示的眼神…那你可以做的是回避他的眼神,装傻扮懵吧。

我等穷人,没有护身符,大刺刺直望,他看你这副样子,入境卡填的住宿只是guest house,连暗示眼神都省回来。

记得上一次到柬埔寨,我们是被‘有力’人士以免得被海关留难为理由,像VIP般带过关的,大家都很恭敬,贵客和普通人的不同待遇。 护身符的传统不知还存不存在 ,不过在一个贫穷的国家,贪污往往是公开的秘密

Popular Guest House

臭四海关没有影响我的心情。又是最后几个走出机场的人,来到柬埔寨速度也变得悠哉起来。轻轻松松上了预定guest house 来接客人的tuk tuk往市区去。在机场范围还可以大口呼吸,tuk tuk驶出马路,慧立刻包成阿拉伯妹,只露出眼睛。

来之前手多多找资料时顺便寄几封电邮。他们快速回应让我感到意外。比过价钱和地点就定下Popular GH。暹粒靠旅游为生,其实不用预定旅馆,来到才找也可以。不过事先安排的好处是这里的Guest House都会提供免费机场的接待,不用花钱搭车。生意竞争强,GH不像Hotel, GH接受客人的预订靠一个“信”字,不用定金。客人一刻没到他门口,一刻也不能肯定生意到手。互惠互利,我们也讲信用。

Popular GH 于暹粒市,蛮靠近旧市场(old market)和河边。地点很好,脚程五分钟就到old market。临近old market就有bar street, night market,路边的大排档,我们都用走路的。吃东西,买东西都非常方便。

Popular GH是一间三层楼的房子,楼顶有个半开放式的餐厅。它像旅馆多过像民宿, 价格大约USD3到USD14。房间蛮干净,可以选择风扇的,冷气的,有或没有热水的。没有上次清迈Green House GH般的民宿味道,但是工作的人都很有礼貌。

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7 comments:

khengsiong said...

Wah... quietly go to Cambodia. How come never invite me? :P

SinJi said...

Here I invite you to go with me, travel in blog! : D

I plan to go Yunan one day, wanna join huh? :P

小蚊子 said...

上载多些照片来看!嘻嘻!

khengsiong said...

Yunnan? I think need at least 10 days lah... Not sure if I have so much time...

Oh yes... I thought you just change job in January? How come your boss allowed you to take leaves?

Anonymous said...

I will be going to Guilin this August and looking to invite more bloggers to join. Details here - http://lifeislikethat.com/?p=1262.

SinJi said...

Kheng Siong,

Yes, I think so. Need at least 10days travel slowly to experience their life.
Haha....so far I also have no $$ and time to go. That's why it is still my DREAM travel destination.

Jam,
Wah....You travel again? So fast after Phuket!
No $$ la, I used up my travel quota for this year:p Friend invites me to KK also can't make la.

小蚊子,
I got difficulty to up-load photos actually, you mean my network so weak...yes, will try to up-load more, cause Angkor Wat is so beautiful...no matter which angle...

SinJi said...

Kheng siong,
Yes, I just changed job in Jan.I entitled 1 day every month. Then I got 3 days lo...
My boss didn't care so much of this.


Actually my colleagues also surprise me so new also can "on leave"... Just surprise, actually my company encourage employees take leave go holidays.