Vichelle arrived just after 9, following a veg omelet, baguette & coffee (or coco pops!) breakfast. Long tuk-tuk ride to Banteay Srei, stopping at …….? temple along the way. BS is the most "developed" site so far, with a large car park, restaurant, loos, information displays and a market. Small site (partially flooded) but exquisite detail in the carvings - just beautiful! Paused at restaurant for cooling drinks, and for kids to buy souvenirs and ...

Arranged for pickup at 11, so leisurely start to the day & breakfast (pancakes for kids, omelets for adults) V's brother (?) eventually arrived at 20 to 12, and we set off for the Roulos group of temples. Hot day for a change (not complaining!) - J&M spent time waiting for driver playing with hostel kids & babies, and getting overheated! First to Preah Ko, then Bakong, finally Lolei. Very hot & sweaty, so straight into shower on our return...

More rain this morning. Alarm went off at 7.30 - got kids up and dressed, as Vichelle due at 8.30. Sat in communal area eating supermarket food & coco pops for breakfast! Received message at 8.45 that V was going to be 30-40 mins late, as his house was flooded ("floating"). Waited with a coffee until he arrived at ~quarter to ten. Drove through (partially) receding floods to buy tickets ($40 / adult) & set off for Angkor Wat. Far fewer tourists ar...

Hamburgers (homemade) for breakfast for D,J & M! L: veg omelet and bread. Relaxed for an hour then walked to ATM, and bought black cotton for L to darn clothes ! Very hot - kids needed ice creams to regain a sense of perspective! Vichelle arrived at 12 to talk plans and money, & we arranged trips for next few days. $60 for tuk-tuk and driver for 3 days. D played guitar, L fixed clothes, kids played in the hostel & the big puddles outside! L...

Got up and packed; baguettes and hot chocolate for breakfast & 4 baguettes for the journey. Waited until 9.30am - bus company pick up failed to happen, so bartered with a tuk-tuk driver to get to bus station ($3), to board the 10.30 bus. Long and boring bus ride for 6+ hours to Siem Reap. On arrival, we got chosen by a tuk-tuk drive called Vichelle (?) who informed us that most of Siem Reap was flooded ("floating"), so we could not get to the hostel t...