Today was very much a rest day after a fun night. I woke up around 7am and stayed in bed until 11am - lovely! Rob was a little hungover (ok, A LOT hungover) so I went out to get brunch for us. (Ice cream sundae for me and bread and crackers for Rob!). I then went to my Khmer cookery class to learn to make 3 authentic Cambodian dishes. I learned to make: Fried spring rolls Fish Amok Banana dessert The lesson wasn't quite what I expected, nor what the other...

On Sunday and Monday we explored around the temples, travelling by tuk tuk. Having seen Angkor War by sunset on Saturday we wanted to go and see it in daylight on Monday and it was amazing how the light changed the building. All in all we saw: Sunday Pre Rup Banteay Srei (temple for women) Mebon Temple Ta Som Neak Pean South Gate to Angkor Wat Monday Bayon Temple (heads) Baphon Temple Phimeanakas Temple The Temple of The Leper King Thommanom Templ...

Today was another great day. This morning we caught the bus from Batambang to Siem Reap. The owner of The Royal Hotel kindly gave us two scarves as gifts and we met two lovely people at the hotel who were taking the same bus as us who gave us some really helpful advice about Siem Reap. - They even wrote down places to stay, see and eat (how kind!). The bus ride was very good - air con and curtains! I have learned to take my hoody with me on the coach for when ...

Today was another great day. This morning we caught the bus from Batambang to Siem Reap. The owner of The Royal Hotel kindly gave us two scarves as gifts and we met two lovely people at the hotel who were taking the same bus as us who gave us some really helpful advice about Siem Reap. - They even wrote down places to stay, see and eat (how kind!). The bus ride was very good - air con and curtains! I have learned to take my hoody with me on the coach for when ...

Today we did a tour of Batambang. It has been truly a lovely day. Nith, our tuk tuk driver from yesterday agreed to take us around for $10, though in the end, as his tour was so good and he was such a lovely guy we gave him $15 in appreciation (the hotel would have charged $15). One of the things we have been looking forward to since Rob's friend recommend we try it was the Bamboo train. Basically the train is a platform sat on two independent axles with whee...