A day of contrasts today. Visited the gold opulence of the palace in the morning and then toured a village school in the afternoon.It was free time to start the day and as long as we were back by 11 Phnom Penh was ours. We scaled the stairs for a short walk to the local market to get some stationery for the school visit for LO_RI and a couple of SIM cards which for the princely sum of $5 will untether us from the boat's on again off again data services.Traff...

No-one else heard it - but I did. At 4.17 am I was woken by monks chanting. I put on my robe and scurried out to the sundeck to see what was going on. It was pitch black and not another person was n sight. And despite everyone I have met today if they heard it - not one other soul has confessed to hearing the chanting.And continuing the theme of being on deck in PJs, got a call from Richard saying that the view from the front of the ship was worth the trip down t...