Luang Prabang to Angkor – Day 9: Preah Vihear & Koh Ker
We woke up early this morning, as we had booked a tour to go to Preah Vihear and Koh Ker. These temples lie quite far from Siem Reap: the journey to Preah Vihear takes around three and a half hours – or three with a fiendish driver like ours. When we arrived by the ticket office at the foot of the mountain, our guide asked whether we would like to rent motorcycles or a van to ride up. We had already noted our rapidly diminishing supply of riel as we were buying the tickets, so when we learned that the motorcycles cost five dollars each and the van twenty-five, we opted for the former.