Keep those sports for the freighter suggestions coming guys! Any advance on quoits?

After a relatively late start to the day, we headed (via a tuk-tuk) into the town centre. The main riverside in PP is quite impressive (as long as you don't look over the top of the embankment to the detritus of the river itself). The flags of (most) of the world were fluttering in a breeze which helped to kepp the excesses of the day's heat at bay. Post lunch we headed to the Rpyal Palace, home of King Sihanouk. This was our introduction to the Angkor style of architecture which features promimenetly in any visit to Cambodia. The Silver Pagoda in the grounds has over 5,000 pure silver floor tiles, each weighing 1kg each. The fact that there was some gaffa tape over the seams of some of these tiles detracted somewhat from our sense of awe and wonder. Come on repair and upkeep team of the Royal Palace! Ancient wonders of the world are not best cared for with sticky tape! Also in the Silver Pagoda is a 90kg gold buddha, decorated with either 9,584 diamonds or 2,000 (depending on whether you believe the lonely planet or the display card next to buddha). Out in the grounds, we had to wait to exit as a motorcade headed past the palace (the king, we assumed). The Chinese tourists milling around seemed very tickled by this. Afterwards, A-M took the opportunity for a $3 haircut (deemed to be succesful) and after a shower we popped out for a local curry. This was very nice and a little more upmarket than the other eateries around 'backpacker alley', offering burgers, pie and mash and cheap beer (it must be said that missing out on 2 pints for $1 still causes some wisfulness). With our curry we had a can of Anchor and a can of Angkor (ho-ho). Dave stuck with the cleaner taste of chor, whilst A-M favoured the more pilsneresque gkor. We went back to the hotel and did some packing for the next day, by which time the Cambodian card school outside had piped down enough to allow slumber.