After several more hours on the road we arrive in Siem Reap at our hotel for the next 2 days. It's one of the nicer ones, with breakfast included, free wifi, air con and a swimming pool. After just a few minutes to freshen up we pile into tuk tuks for what we're told is a 'homestay dinner'. In fact we visit a very poor slum area of Siem Reap and the extent of poverty in Cambodia becomes really clear. Luke in particular found it all very eye-opening.

We visit a local school that has been set up by a charity called New Hope Cambodia. They have also built a medical centre and restaurant through donations, many by Gap Adventures our tour company. We are invited into some lessons in the school and spend a few minutes speaking with the students, who ranged from 16-20 years old. The younger children have been kept away from school as the area is suffering from a Hand Foot and Mouth disease outbreak. 12 children have died in the last week in the area, 2 from this school.

The restaurant run by the charity is where we have dinner and hear lots more about the work of New Hope. I also discuss with the Australian who is running the centre about possibilites of a link with a school in England. Lots of potential there I think.

Dinner was really good, though I didn't try everything. Luke took the lead in eating fried crickets! And to show ultimate manliness after a couple of other people tried one, he had to eat a second to prove a point! Not my cup of tea.

After that we head to 'Pub Street' in the centre of town for a drink.