Well I surived my 2 days of Temples at Angkor. Mind boggling to think the work it took to build the temples. Apparently it took 37 years to build them and who knows how many tonnes of stones. Will have to read up on it more. And I love Siem Reap ... what a fun town to spend some time. Great restaurants and cafes. It is really set up for the tourists and there are lots of them.
Today I got the boat on the Tonle Sap (runs into the Mekong River) from Siem Reap to Battambang. Wow what a great trip. So interesting to see all the floating villages and how the people live on the water. Amazing. There are LOADS of kids living life on the water.
Battambang is just another big city ... will be pleased to pull out on the bus tomorrow but staying at the Royal Hotel which is very very nice and has a roof top terrace restaurant with great views of the city and the surrounding area. I think the only thing to do here in Battambang is the Bamboo Train. I think my bus leaves at midday tomorrow so will try to fit it in before I go.
I get a bus to PP tomorrow and then a bus to the beaches the next day for 4 nights to see the lobster ladies ... yippppeeee ... really looking forward to some chill out time.
And I had the BEST birthday. After the temple tour, had a really good massage and then went out for dinner. I went to a cafe that sold french food so had goat cheese salad and then duck something and some drinks and then some more drinks :)) ... yeh had a bit of a headache this morning! The whole thing only cost me $30 and I chatted to the staff at the cafe. Lots of sad stories in this country too ... I heard a few last night.
I went back to the hotel after dinner and had a beer with my Tuk Tuk driver, Ball, and he gave me a "birthday cake" ... a hollow bamboo thingy with rice in it and it had been cooked and the sides were slit in many pieces so you pull it down to get to the rice inside ... he pulled the sides down like candles and tried to light them but it didn't really work ... it's the thought that counts. What a sweet young fellow.
Cambodia is so organised for the tourist... such an easy country to get around.
I'm loving it :)) well better go ... the $1 beers are calling my name ....
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