Damnak Angkor Village Siem Reap

... It is going to be really hard to leave this place.

We went to Butterflies Garden for lunch and watched the butterflies flying around. Ophelia was in higher spirits at this point so we were hoping that we’d seen the worst of it from her. Unfortunately that was not the case. She vomited again during her afternoon nap and her temp was way up. We gave her more panadol.

We went out to ...

... not to travel on a long bus journey after many buckets. So we're going to get an early bus on Tuesday. The funny thing is, we have no idea what day or date it is over here. Is it really nearly Christmas?!?! Not in our worlds it's not.

That's it for now folks. We've probably missed out on some vital events but its easy to forget. Keep us posted with your worlds. All we know is it's wet and windy over there. Apart from you Kara.

Love you all. Pictures to follow soon xxxxxxxxxxxx

... brilliant!)! the tuc tuc left us back at the shack, where we decided to go for a midday nap, but it ended up being more of a long sleep (3hrs)! When we got up we hung around the sitting room for awhile, chatting, playing pool etc! meself & Stefan were chatting away when we spotted a big rat! The guys running the bar spotted it aswell & ran straight for a catapult & a torch! It was priceless, they were round after it all evening! After all the commotion we headed ...

... br>We finally got to Bayon, checked out the surrounding Wats (with very well preserved bas-relief) and hailed a tuk tuk back to the hotel, where we collapsed exhausted into the pool. In the evening, we went to the night market to peruse local crafts, had drinks named "night market" at a tiki hut (which, for the first time, knew what a vodka redbull was) and enjoyed a well earned foot massage. We followed this up with a trip to the Siem Reap cr ...

... him up on his offer eating half his pancake. The pancake too was pretty bad though which is kind of amazing. It was also fried in a weird oil and the sweet banana and dryness of it was hard to force down. I finally pulled peanut butter out of my bag and slathered it all over the pancake in order to force it down. I almost gagged on the last two bites. I know, I’m a huge food baby, but I had never considered myself a snob ...

... routes to cycle round and we hit the biggun. Water aplenty thankfully. It was darn hot.

The entire complex is far more structured now, with tarmaced roads throughout nearly all the areas and wooden walkways keeping people off the temples. Rope barriers stop you climbing all over the things (thankfully). Two of the big sites here are currently closed due a Mexican tourist falling to his death and a tree also doing the ...

... head to foot several times. I'm clean now, and the cuts are dressed with antibiotic ointment, so I'll be fine. I can't help but notice some residual scent of pig dung. Later the next day, after 3 showers, the smell remains. Will I ever get rid of it?

The one thing I can say after this experience is that I will never take my rice for granted, ever again. I will not leave one precious kernel on my plate uneaten. To see ...

... they had to sit on little plastic stools in the middle of the aisle. We arrived in Siem Reap shortly after 6 and are currently staying at a nice hotel called the Siem Reap Riverside Hotel. We're paying $15 a night ($7.50 US each) this includes A/C, Private bathroom, and free internet from 7am-10pm. We decided to sample the night life last night and had a pretty good night out! So far I've got to say that I'm liking Siem Reap way better then Phnom Penh. Until Next Time!!!

... walking in a maze.. Everywhere is full of the smiling faces. Faces on all 4 sides of each cardinal ...

... alleyways and find yourself immersed in all things bad for you. Granted, one thing I did find very random while stumbling around these small little alley ways and side streets was the number of Mexican restaurants. Mexican restaurants!! WTF, I thought to myself? Not that Mexicans do not travel or they have not emmigrated to other parts of the world... but we are in Siem Reap, Cambodia and I have never seen this many Mexican restaurants so close together ...