First Day in Cambodia:No Time Wasted!

Wayward Travel
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Welcome to Cambodia, a land of ancient temples, vibrant cities and unforgettable adventures
There's no crocodiles in here
Over the next few episodes we're diving deep into the heart of this incredible country
from the mystical ruins of Siem Reap to the bustling energy of Phnom Penh
We'll wander through history of ancient temples, taste local Khmer cuisine and
So buckle up and join us for an unforgettable journey through
Cambodia like you've never seen before
Well we just landed and the adventure already started
There's no time to waste
We weren't planning on doing this
So we're in Kompong Black which is the floating village
and we're just getting a boat ride at the moment very close to the next boat
She's very little and nimble isn't she?
Just like climbing around
Controlling a big boat too
Getting the whole boat to ourselves
Can you see the wood thing that was keeping the power line from staying up?
Like the wood thing keeping the power line up
It was like a teepee of like wooden sticks to keep it from dipping in
That thing see?
Whoa this is the village
It's like a big mess of timber isn't it?
But it's obviously supporting the structure
As an engineer does it look structurally sound to you?
I think this place floods and then they're still standing
A lot of truss cross supports
Those triangles are strong
It's a pretty big village isn't it?
It's like yeah it keeps going on for a while
Yeah it looks pretty big
Yeah we've been on the boat for a while now
Yeah we're still going for a while
Looks like the ocean out there or something
It's a big body of water
Looks like it
That's why that big boat's turning around
Oh we're getting off
Oh turtles
There's heaps just there
Oh a snake
Oh a big restaurant
You want something?
Hot and cold beer?
Do you need a card?
Yep if I can
You have a look first inside
Okay
Oh these are cool
Very full coconut
Nice and cold too
Obviously we got coconut for the water
Some book and pencil for the
We give the books and pencil to the driver
The boat driver
Yep the boat driver
And she'll pass it on to the kids
Yeah
Pretty good
Oh nice
It's only 7 USD
Yeah
What?
I think there's crocodiles in there
Crocodile?
Maybe
Well let's see if there's any crocodiles in there
It looks like there is
People are looking there
There's pictures of them
So we'll see
Oh there's heaps of them
You see them?
Big one just there
Heaps just there look
There's like
1
2
3
4
5
The legs moving
Oh big mouth open
Now as you can see
The crocodile is waiting there
With his mouth open
Waiting for its prey
Yep
Good?
Pretty good
There's a python over here too
Yep big one
Don't put your finger in there
Where?
Alright do we go on one of them?
Yeah let's go on
I'm not gonna get
It's safe right?
Let's hope there's no crocodiles in that river
Hopefully there's all the pillows
And it's all in there
Looks pretty comfy
It does
Little pillows
Oh
Alright
We're on
Turn around give us a smile
Hopefully there's no crocodiles in here
Nice and calm
Yeah
Until you see a crocodile's head poking out
No they wouldn't let us go on here
If we got eaten by crocodiles
Surely
Don't put your hand in the water
Nah
It wouldn't be good for tourism
If people got eaten by crocodiles
What a random spontaneous thing that we're doing
It was on the itinerary
But um
We weren't planning on doing this right now
We just um
Got the airport taxi
And then he said he can take us here
And then here we are
So there's some blue
See?
Some blue marks on the trees
And it's from the boats like scraping along them
It's quite like narrow
And it's kind of scraping at the trees sometimes
That's a big crab
Sure it's a crocodile
Because it goes in that way
It can't come out
What big fish?
Maybe crabs
There's quite a few um
In there isn't there?
I think it's crab traps
Crab traps?
Imagine doing this in the dark
Pardon?
Imagine doing these after dark
Oh that's good
Can they eat?
Yeah
What's up there?
Looks like shops
But we don't have any cash
No
That's what happens when you get off the plane
And straight onto an activity
Yeah we haven't had
Time for ATMs
Haven't had time to get ATMs or do anything
Yeah
From a flood?
Yeah so this whole area
Obviously floods up the top
And then when the water comes back down
All the rubbish
Oh that's that's a big
Flood are you sure?
Yeah that's why there's
All the houses are built pretty high
Oh wow
And we're back
We're back
Yeah
Back to the restaurant
It's pretty decent right?
Like it was a good chunk of time wasn't it?
Like a quick rush thing
It was
Yeah it was nice and calm
Thank you
So I'm cocked out of shoes
Roberts
So we're just here at a floating restaurant
Yeah
What are you gonna try?
We're trying crocodile
And what?
And sometimes
Yeah
Look forward to it?
I think so
Not not the ones from there
They're just pets
I don't know where else they get their crocodiles from
Our food's here
That is crocodile meat
Amok fish
Yeah which is a curry like dish
National Cambodian dish
Yeah
Crocodile
Crocodile teeth
That's good flavour
Yeah
Now
Amok fish
That is good
It is good
It is like I can taste like the curry flavour
Yeah
Very good
So we've just walked up to the top of the restaurant on the roof
Yeah on the roof
Sunset hour
Yeah
There's a big love heart
Everyone's waiting for photos
Yeah
What a spot eh?
The sunset
Yep a floating restaurant with a love heart
What a way to end the day and start our Cambodia adventure
Yep pretty good
Straight off the plane
Straight here
Yep
Floating restaurant
Yep
Sunset hour
You can see the sunlight shining on us
Yeah
Very nice lighting
All the boats heading towards the sunset
How good is this?
Very good
This is our hotel in Siem Reap
Very big room
We could put, open, open
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
We could put 10 suitcases in here
Open it up
Yep
Yeah
Bath
We have
Separate shower
Separate toilet
Double sink
No one's getting in each other's way
You can be here
I can be here
Yep good
Very good eh?
The sunset was really nice
It was really really beautiful
Floating village
Yeah
25 USD per person entry
That covers your boat ride all the way
To the floating village
And then to all the restaurants
Watch the sunset there
So the sunset was so beautiful
Like the little hut there
And it had like the clouds over the sunset
Yep and the boats
As well
Yeah all the boats lining up there watching us
Yeah very good
I'm now going to look at the night market
Yep
See you there
So that's the restaurant
Breakfast is included
Yep restaurants here
There's just heaps of food here
Night market
Can I help you?
I'm just looking
This market's not bad
It's less hectic than Ben Thanh market
We're getting like asked to come and have a look and stuff
But we're not getting like too hassled
As you can see we're walking down here
Yep
Pretty good
Well I know we've only seen like a really small bit
But I quite like Cambodia
It's pretty good
Yeah
Pub street
We're in the pub street
Of course
We're back at the hotel
Did a little bit of shopping
Walked around the night market and the pub street
Yep wasn't as pushy
Like people they were saying
I'll come have a look at my store and stuff
But didn't feel too in your face
Which is nice
It was really good
Got a new skirt
Yep new skirt
And I got some bags
Yep
Got an ice cream
Ice cream roll
There was like an ice cream roll place every second shop
And then tomorrow we're just going to look around the city
And yeah see you tomorrow
Yeah all right good night
Got nothing to say
Oh thought it was a crocodile
Not a bad way
To end the day
And start
Start our Cambodian haul
You can tell we're on a floating restaurant
What a way to end the day
Work hard
Play hard
Play so hard you almost throw into the pool
