before my title misleads you to something grand, the story goes this way. in this blog, i have quite a lot of posts where i had dragged my brother to my getting-out-there whims like in vigan, legazpi and his first out of the country trip in singapore and malaysia. he is my go-to ally when it comes to hopping on a budget plane because i have booked for him a number of times without him knowing about it. he almost always gives me an affirmative answer anyway! well, after some endless coaxing and besides, i'm his elder sister who likes to get her way no matter what. kidding.
since i exiled myself here in singapore for almost 6 months now (really? half a year?!), it's quite hard already to bring my brother with me to wherever i fancy at the moment err where the seat sale is bound for.
but there's an old adage, if there's a will, there's a way. so, he hopped on the currently infamous cebu pacific flight from manila to siem reap while me and eva, my college friend/roomie hopped on jetstar asia from singapore to phnom penh. see below how the three of us would meet up! ;)
My Brother's Itinerary
Day 1: 26-Apr, Thursday
09:30 Head to Mactan International Airport by Taxi
10:30 Check-in Cebu Pacific 5J580 for MNL
12:05 ETD CEB to MNL
13:20 ETA MNL - NAIA Terminal 3
~ Bumming at the Airport
17:00 Check-in Cebu Pacific 5J257 for REP
19:45 ETD MNL to REP
21:30 ETA REP - Siem Reap International Airport
22:00 Head to Bousavy Guesthouse by Tuktuk
23:00 Check-in at Bousavy Guesthouse
~ Arrange Bus Ticket from REP to PNH
Day 2: 27-Apr, Friday
07:00 Wake up and Prepare for the Angkor Wat Tour
07:30 Free Breakfast at the Guesthouse
08:30 Start the Angkor Wat Tour
South Gate of the Angkor Thom, Bayon, Baphoun, Elephant Terrace, Terrace of Leper king, Takoa, Ta Prom
12:30 Lunch
Banteay Kdey, Srah Srang and Angkor Wat
18:30 Visit the Night Market
Free Dinner at the Guesthouse
22:00 Head back to the Guesthouse
Day 3: 28-Apr, Saturday
05:00 Wake up and Prepare for Bus travel to PNH
07:00 Bousavy Guesthouse Check-out, Tuktuk Ride to Bus Station
07:30 Head to PNH from REP
14:00 ETA PNH
Tuktuk Ride from PNH Bus Station to Europe Guesthouse
14:30 Meet up with Ate Eun and Eva at Europe Guesthouse (yay!)
15:30 Start with Phnom Penh City Tour
- Toul Sleng Genocide Museum
- Royal Palace
- Silver Pagoda
- Independence Monument
19:30 Dinner
23:00 Sleep
Day 4: 29-Apr, Sunday
07:00 Wake up, Prepare for Breakfast
08:00 Breakfast
~ Quick Tour around Phnom Penh on Day 2
- Wat Phnom
- National Musuem
- Central Market
- Phnom Penh Post Office
11:00 Check-out from Europe Guesthouse
~ Head to Bus station bound for REP
12:00 ETD for REP from PNH
18:00 ETA REP
20:00 Head to Siem Reap International Airport
Check-in for Cebu Pacific 5J258 for MNL
22:30 ETD for MNL from REP
Day 5: 30-Apr, Monday
02:10 ETA MNL - NAIA Terminal 3
~ Bumming at the Airport
03:00 Check-in for Cebu Pacific 5J559 for CEB
04:25 ETD for CEB from MNL
05:40 ETA CEB!!
06:30 Taxi to Home
My Itinerary
Day 1: 28-Apr, Saturday
08:00 Head to Changi Airport Terminal 1 by Train
09:30 Check-in Jetstar Asia 3K593 for PNH
10:55 ETD SIN to PNH
12:05 ETA PNH
13:30 Head to Europe Guesthouse by Tuktuk
14:00 Check-in at Europe Guesthouse
14:30 Meet up with Wrengyll at the Guesthouse
~ Same Itinerary with Wrengyll (Don't ask me where my brother's name came from!)
Day 2: 29-Apr, Sunday
~ Same Itinerary with Wrengyll (Refer to my brother's itinerary above.)
18:00 ETA REP
Tuktuk Ride from Bus station to Bousavy Guesthouse
19:00 Check-in at Bousavy Guesthouse
20:00 Tata Brother!
~ Night Market, Night Scenes
Day 3: 30-Apr, Monday
07:00 Wake up and Prepare for the Angkor Wat Tour
07:30 Free Breakfast at the Guesthouse
08:30 Start the Angkor Wat Tour
South Gate of the Angkor Thom, Bayon, Baphoun, Elephant Terrace, Terrace of Leper king, Takoa, Ta Prom
12:30 Lunch
Banteay Kdey, Srah Srang and Angkor Wat
18:30 Dinner/Visit the Night Market
22:00 Head back to the Guesthouse
~ Arrange Tuktuk for an early pickup to Siem Reap International Airport
Day 4: 01-May, Tuesday
04:30 Wake up and Prepare
05:30 Guesthouse Check-out
06:00 Head to Siem Reap International Airport by Tuktuk
07:00 Check-in AirAsia AK1481 for KUL
~ Breakfast at the Airport
08:35 ETD REP to KUL
11:35 ETA KUL
~ Bumming at KLCC (me) and KLIA (Eva)
13:00 Check-in for AirAsia AK709 for SIN
14:40 ETD KUL for SIN
15:40 ETA SIN
16:30 Head Home by Train
thanks to roaming service by telcos, it eased my needless worry about my brother. after all, i'm the elder evil sister who convinced him to go.
i know an expense rundown may not be applicable years from now but here it is anyway.
My brother's:
All Airfares (CEB to MNL vv and MNL to REP vv) - 225USD (Rounded off)
Cambodia Expenses for 4 days - 250USD (My rough estimate, still have to ask him!)
Mine:
All Airfares (SIN to PNH, REP to KUL, KUL to SIN) - 320USD (Rounded off)
Cambodia Expenses for 4 days - 200USD (Rounded off)
Note: We flew budget airlines, stayed in guesthouses and ate at midrange places.
o-O
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