{"id":543,"date":"2025-02-21T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/?p=543"},"modified":"2025-02-23T13:08:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T12:08:35","slug":"day-33-gran-canaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/day-33-gran-canaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 33: Gran Canaria!?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having left Chiang Mai behind, it\u2019s Siem Reap for a few days. My flight from Bangkok was delayed and I was a bit worried about getting through visa processes and immigration in time for my booked transfer from the airport (the new airport is quite some distance from the city), but all worked out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Siem Reap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 is not quite what I expected. Yes it has a night market and a \u201cPub Street\u201d but also a smattering of rainbow bars, one of which (Bar Code, familiar to some from Europe) had an entertaining drag show going on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t have the time or patience right now to add pictures (since it\u2019s already a day ago when I\u2019m writing this), but will do later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Edit: here you go)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3642-577x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3642-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3642-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3642-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3642-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3642.jpg 1126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3644-577x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3644-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3644-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3644-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3644-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3644.jpg 1126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3653-577x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3653-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3653-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3653-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3653-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3653.jpg 1126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3675-577x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3675-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3675-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3675-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3675-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3675.jpg 1126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomorrow (today, actually), is first day of two in the ancient city of Angkor and its surroundings. 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