{"id":1973,"date":"2011-02-12T11:20:26","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T10:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/petitesbullesdailleurs\/?p=1973"},"modified":"2015-12-15T01:59:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T00:59:05","slug":"tuk-tuk-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/tuk-tuk-lady-20110212\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuk-tuk, lady?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For once, I do not travel <a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/solo-travel-20090427\/\">alone<\/a>but with a friend. With two people, the tuk-tuk is the most practical way to go from one temple to another in Angkor and to circulate around Siem Reap.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>A tuk-tuk and two ladies<\/h2>\n<p>Tuk-tuks, there were none, or few, during my previous stays in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southeastasia.fr\/03_vietnam_laos_cambodge_2001\/03_cambodge2001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2001<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southeastasia.fr\/05_cambodge_thailande_2003\/01_cambodge2003\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2003<\/a> in Siem Reap. They are now found on every street corner, and it is impossible to take three steps without being shouted at by drivers looking for customers: <em>\"Tuk-tuk, ladies?\"<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1974\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1974\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Angkor-010.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1974\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1974\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Angkor-010.jpg\" alt=\"Tuk-tuk in Angkor. Cambodia, February 2011.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Angkor-010.jpg 700w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Angkor-010-390x260.jpg 390w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Angkor-010-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Angkor-010-385x257.jpg 385w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Angkor-010-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Angkor-010-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Angkor-010-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Angkor-010-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Angkor-010-100x66.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tuk-tuk in Angkor. Cambodia, February 2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We love it, call ourselves <em>\"lady\"<\/em>. But we decline each time the proposal, because we have our own tuk-tuk driver. His name is Krey, he is the one who came to pick us up at the airport and who took us for three days among the temples of Angkor.<\/p>\n<p>While we visit, he takes a nap.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-krey001.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1976\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1976\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-krey001.jpg\" alt=\"Our tuk-tuk driver takes a nap while we visit the temples ... Cambodia, February 2011.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-krey001.jpg 700w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-krey001-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-krey001-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-krey001-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-krey001-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-krey001-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Practice the tuk-tuk!<\/h2>\n<p>Advantage of the tuk-tuk ride, hair in the wind: it provides quick drying and natural refreshment to the lady who sweated profusely on the steep stairs of the famous Khmer \"temple-mountains\", overheated by the Cambodian sun.<\/p>\n<p>And then, it allows us to enjoy the landscape at a moderate speed, to see all these small street scenes typical of the life in Asia: street vendors pushing their carts, kids in uniforms coming back from school on their bicycles, stalls and stores coming alive along the road. There are also all these motorcycles overloaded with various goods that we cross, sometimes a team of cows or a cargo of monks in a van, all between two big VIP buses of tourists...<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1977\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1977\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-002.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1977\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1977\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-002.jpg\" alt=\"In tuk-tuk in Siem Reap! Cambodia, February 2011.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-002.jpg 700w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-002-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-002-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-002-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-002-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-002-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In tuk-tuk in Siem Reap! Cambodia, February 2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-004.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1980\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1980\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-004.jpg\" alt=\"Siem Reap. Cambodia, February 2011.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-004.jpg 700w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-004-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-004-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-004-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-004-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-004-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-003.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1978\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1978\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-003.jpg\" alt=\"In tuk-tuk around Siem Reap. Cambodia, February 2011.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-003.jpg 700w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-003-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-003-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-003-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-003-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tuktuk-lady-003-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude00<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For once, I'm not traveling solo, but with a friend. 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