Siem Reap

Love Siem Reap....despite the throngs of tourists its a cool laid back town. Journey here was horrible though, started off well - bus had big comfy seats just like armchairs but the airconditioning wasnt working that well, passed a lot of poor towns along the way, little wooden houses on stilts with tin roofs. The bus stopped at various towns and picked up locals along the way,most of them only travelled to the next stop, there was a spare seat beside me so they sat beside me.... all friendly and smiling faces....no doubt food is more important than deodorant and the little wooden houses hardly have showers.....but the heat and the smell and the windy bumpy roads  - horrible journey!

Anyway good news when I finally arrived - the hotel is great! You can check it out by clicking on this link http://www.steungsiemreaphotel.com/.  Its also in the middle of town and just around the corner from this street...!

There's a really nice atmosphere walking around at night, lots of good restaurants and a good feel about the place. After accidentently eating Kermit I am eating a lot of vegetarian food and went to a really nice vegetarian restaurant tonight..here is dinner, Tofu with curry and peanut sauce in the middle - delicious!

                                                                 Street in Siem Reap

Siem Reap is a great place for massages - I had a foot massage earlier, $6 for 1 hour! It was bliss - I floated out of there after it. Siem Reap is also full of fish tanks with loads of little fish - for $3 you can sit there with your feet in the fish tank for 20mins and all the fish rush over and nibble at your feet! Apparantly its a great massage and looks a great laugh - but I am not convinced!

Didnt do much today as wrecked but went for a tuk tuk ride out to one at the temples at Angkor Wat to see the sunset..
                                                          Tuk tuk outside hotel

Angkor Wat

While out there a little kid about Christopher's age wanted me to buy postcards, I started talking to him and suddenly I was surrounded by about 20 kids all selling stuff and pleading 'buy from me, buy from me'. They all seemed desperate - I bought the postcards from the first fella and made a quick getaway in the tuk tuk with them all running after me!