The temples of Angkor were pleasant. The great Angkor Wat, the biggest/best temple of them all, surprised me though. I thought photo-taking at sunset would be amazing. I just couldn't find a good angle for photos! It annoyed me. I had seen some incredible photos of Angkor Wat but maybe due to my amateur creative streak, I missed out :( We did the mini-tour which still incorporated over 15 temple ruins. The whole complex is huge, and the number of tourists around was immense.

It was great fun spending all day on a Tuk-tuk which took us round the temples for the whole day.

We went into town last night and it was so westernised and modern! I didn't expect that, as we live 10mins out of town and that area was as Cambodian as you can get. Still, they've got some swanky bars/restaurants in town so we'll see how it goes.

On our last day Sony (hotel owner) took us around the city like a friendly private tour guide. He has a very polite manner and is always willing to learn more from foreigners. We went to a spot-on pizza restaurant. Sony said he would take us to a local's bar afterwards. A little dubious, but we knew he wasn't taking us somewhere dodgy. Turned out to be a really nice place tucked away behind the main road full of locals only. We tried eel here.. Ketan was a fan, I wasn't (how rare).

Off to Pakse ( southern Laos) tomorrow morning. Bit anxious about the flight because of Lao Aviations previously bad reputation for safety. There have been 5 crashes, three with fatalities, since 1990. Did I mention I hate flying?