After a very short flight from Bangkok we arrived at Siem Raep (which means: Victory over Thailand(Siam)) airport for our Angkor expedition. After visa formalities (which took less time then we expected) we were picked up by our hotel. The airport is brand new and is an example of a booming Siem Reap due to Angkor. Angkor is the main source of income for Cambodia. The hotel de la paix is an Oasis in a dusty, simple small city. We had a Khmer tasting diner on a swinging  table with snake. Tomorrow we will see the first part of Angkor.
The people here are different then thai. They are even smaller and darker. And they are much poorer. Everything is done in US dollars, nobody seems to care about the official currency the Riep. (which is worthless).
Because of Angkor things are a little bit more expensive then what we are used at in Thailand, but it is all still relatively cheap.