Over Wat This morning we made it out the hotel at 5am as planned and headed towards one of the most famous temples; Angkor Wat for "sunrise". I had been warned it takes a long time for the sun to come up so I did wonder if it would be worth it. We and several hundred other people wandered close to a lake in front of the temples in the dark. From about 6am the light started to increase quickly revealing the temple structure (hard to get a good picture of) and als...

Wat Climbing We had tried to arrange our 3 days of temple discovery with Huiyen the day before, and planned to start at 5am this morning. However, there was some Anglo-Cambodian confusion. Just before going out to dinner I asked her to confirm what time, she said "I will confirm when you get back", but she was not around when we returned. This actually was meant to mean "yes, you are going at 5, but I will let you know the route you are taking later". So she wa...

Easing into Cambodia We took this day fairly easy after the stresses of getting to Siem Reap the night before. Siem Reap is considered the most touristic area of Cambodia because of its main attraction; Angkor Wat plus the surrounding temple ruins that were built from the 10-12th century. Huiyen had recommended a place for lunch called "The Sun" although its location on "pub street" raised some concerns straight away. As you could imagine this street is full o...

Freeway Scurry, Airport Hurry There were a few hours left to kill in Manila, so we decided to leave the walls of our hotel and then the walls of Intramuros to head out into part of the city. We had to dodge many tricycle drivers who wanted to offer us the same cycle tour we already had, but they didn't seem to understand when we said we had done it. First we went to Rizal park, there are a lot of things named ‘Rizal’ across the places we have I visited. Jo...

Filipino Triangulation Complete Another day of travelling, we lazed around in the morning and headed to the airport at 11. Being 5 minutes away from a little airport is great – it means you really don't have to leave that early. Plane number 5 took us back to were started in Manila, the map of the last few weeks now looks like a triangle. Back in the queue for the airport taxi (looked like it would be another hour wait to get in one, there is no efficiency ...