This day actually marked the beginning of my solo travels. Up until now, I had the luxury of Charming Charlie as my Vietnam tour guide and Well-Traveled Will as my traveling consultant aka he just hung out with me.

I flew out to Siem Reap, Cambodia sometime in the morning, landing early evening. Took my first tuk-tuk ride to a hotel and left my phone in the tuk-tuk. Luckily for me, the hotel owner knew the cab driver and called him right away. He dropped off the phone a few hours later, I tipped him, and we were both happy customers.

Before I got my phone, I went out to explore the hotel neighborhood. I got lost. How pathetic. I got lost because I couldn’t whip out Google Maps and follow a blue line back to my hotel. I eventually found my way back but it took over an hour. What’s funny is that after retracing my steps with my phone, I was less than 5 blocks away from the hotel. Apparently I am horrible with directions.

In the evening, I checked out Pub Street, which is exactly what it sounds like, a street with bars, and the Night Market, which is exactly what it sounds like, a market at night. I swear, I enjoyed it! I had a couple beers at some random bars, ate, walked around mesmerized by all the lights, ate more, and called it an early night. I had an extremely early morning the next day.