The early morning cab ride at 5:30am was made worse by the late night birthday drinking, plus we were still drunk when the ride started and then subsequently hungover for the rest of the journey. It was on the bumpiest road ever, which apparently can't get better because the airlines are preventing and slowing the development as much as possible so people have to fly between Bangkok and Siem Reap so they can make more money. Poipet border town was a dodgy hole and I'm pretty sure we paid to much for our bus to Bangkok, but whatever, we just wanted to get to BK as soon as possible. We got ot the Princess hotel where Kelly's family was staying, and letting me stay there with them, and HOLY COW IT WAS AMAZING. Rooftop pool, spa, bar, and just suck luxury! We checked in them went bowling to celebrate my 22nd birthday. So much fun! We tried to stay up until Kelly's family came in, but between the late night and horrible journey, I passed out too early.
The next day, Kelly's family came and we were all pretty exhausted so we just saw the Grand Palace.
It was amazing and so impressively beautiful. It's incredible how well-maintained they were after so many centuries. They were so different from everything else in Asia, a nice change of pace after all the Chinese temples we'd seen in China, HK, and even Vietnam.
The walls were so ornate, covered in gold, and never the same as another. Kelly's parents weren't hip to dangers of Asia and trying to get ripped off around every corner. It's a good thing Kelly and I had already gone through the trenches (aka Vietnam) so we were more prepared.
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