It was an early start to the day less than 36 hours since we had landed in Singapore. A taxi cab arrived on time at 4am and took us through empty streets from our hotel in Little India to the airport in about 20 minutes.. Still jetlagged and not having slept much, we did not really bounce around the airport much. The shops were slowly opening for business and I managed to grab a surprisingly inexpensive breakfast (S$4) at McDonald's, possibly my first ever, as they were the first to open. A short hop of some 200 miles to Kuala Lumpur at dawn provided an aerial view of the local geography - Singapore and Malacca Straits. On an approach to landing, it was easy to see bustling infrastructure development near the airport.

We explored the modern airport in Kuala Lumpur, noticing cultural differences in this Muslim country. It did not take long and we boarded our flight to Siem Reap. Writing these lines more than a year later, I cannot help but realize that our flight took virtually the same course out of Kuala Lumpur as the mysteriously disappeared flight 370 to Beijing.

Upon arrival, we payed $21 for a visa to enter Cambodia and passed smoothly through immigration. Our tuk-tuk (known in Cambodia as a remorque) driver was waiting for us, courtesy of Cashet Nut Guesthouse where we would spend the next two nights. It was hard to believe that all our luggage could fit, but somehow he managed to stack it all up and we hit the road toward Siem Reap. Friendly staff of Cashew Nut Guesthouse welcomed us and shortly after check-in, we were ready to go see Angkor.

Looking back to Singapore	Wing over Malaysia	Water fountains	Model airliners	Malaysian ladies	Mango pudding
Irina and ais kacang	Ice kachang	Terminal in Kuala Lumpur	Control tower	Train	On the tarmac in Siem Reap
Terminal in Siem Reap	Our remorque driver	Holy Trinity?	Street of Siem Reap	Tuk-tuk traffic

Statue at an Angkor Thom gate	Angkor Thom gate	Irina	Baby and his mother	Baby	Photographing photographers
	Posing for money	Irina