After uploading my last post I found that the toilet didn't have toilet paper. It did have however something that resembled a power shower, it reminded me of the Hozelock garden hose I bought for watering my yard this summer, even has the send hose end. I'm not sure how your meant to use it either and i suppose I can't really get something to show you either. You must get absolutely soaked every time you go for a dump, or you have to get completely undressed, basically like having a shower. In the end I asked the reception and they showed me "the on display" toilet roll at the reception desk. I wonder why they couldn't have just put it in the room in the first place, maybe they get people staying here that don't do toilet paper...

I've had my first few Cambodian meals and so far they have been ok but I thinking I've been eating at half decent places, it is cheap a decent meal from reasonable resteraunt will only cost $3-4...im sure there is still of plenty of time. The meals aren't as spicy or as nice as Thai food and when you order anything with meat you tend to find that you're having to spit out the bones as they don't remove any of them.

Today (Friday) was the first day that I hadn't spend most of the day travelling, today i was visiting the Angkor wat temples. It was an early start, 4am, and it was spitting which after the heat yesterday it was rather refreshing. The first stop was to watch sunrise over the main angkor wat, it was a bit cloudy so sunrise wasn't as good as it could have been but was still a great sight. The remainder of the day was spent visiting the temple ruins of the angkor way complex and i will say they are spectacular. The second temple was Angkor Thom which was full of Buddhas faces carved out into the stone, i thought that was quite impressive. There was a third temple that was similar called Bayon too that i visited. Probably the temple that I enjoyed the most was called Ta prohm which most people are familiar with is as it was used as a setting for the film "Tombraider". I couldn't see Angelina Joline roughing it out here though, I bet she had toilet paper in her room. If you haven't seen pictures of the temple it has trees growing out from the rocks and the roots are growing through the masonry looking spectacular but also causing severe subsidence, most of it looks like it is going to collapse at any moment and is held together by scaffolding..It's prob the only time where i think subsidence caused be trees can be sold as being good. The last temple we visited had only been cleared of ordinance and landmines in 1998, which is isn't that long ago really. it was also the worst for child beggars trying to sell postcards for $1. Everything is all about the dollar here, it is amazing what you buy for a dollar, 1 postcard or 1 beer, there seems to be a lack of proportion to how much something is worth. You do hear the words "one dollar, one dollar" alot over here. An image of one of the beggars will last in my mind for sometime, it was a girl and her face has been extremely burnt/deformed allover and it really wasn't nice, I suppose that is why I've written as its still on mind now. I also saw my first true piece of corruption at this temple. Whilst walking round the last temple in the angkor wat temple a policeman sold a guy on our trip his badge for $10, I thought it may be a fake but apparently the guide said it wasn't and is very common. As soon as he sold it him the officers mate was trying to offload his too as he obviously wanted to get in on the dollar. Overall angkor wat was brilliant and definitely worth seeing if you enjoy travelling. Someone asked me what is better angkor Wat or Macchu picchu, I'm not sure, they are both very different and both great places to visited. I suppose Macchu picchu has a great walk leading upto it and if it is true that the might close the inca trail due to it get a hammering then i would do Macchu picchu first before seeing angkor wat. Don't get me wrong the temples of Angkor wat are amazing and this only what I would suggest to someone wanting to do both.

Visited the landmine museum after the temples and that was a solemn experience to say the least. I had read reviews on trip advisor before I came out here that people said it wasn't for children, why would would you want to take your kids to that kind of museum, is just unbelievable, take them to Alton towers or legoland instead. I think that says something about some parents or people who write reviews on trip advisor. Despite the theme the museum is actually really interesting and it was set up by an ex member of the khmer rouge who now probes for landmines. The place was decorated with deactivated landmines and upon entrance to the museum they had used mortar shells as fence posts which was added to the decor. There was also a water feature whereby they had built a greenhouse and filled it with deactivated ordinance, the water it was situated in had water Lilly's and turtles which added some water garden look to it. I think the main selling point for me was they had recreated a field with ordinance scattered all over it, I'm not entirely sure what the aim was suppose to be as they had signposts saying "Danger Do Not Enter" but then the ticket stated that all ordinance on display had been inspected and was deactivated...maybe they were doubting themselves when they were setting the place up. The museum does do a lot of good work for victims of landmines and they have a home at the back where they look after children that have suffered. I gave a donation to the place as I thought the work they were doing was much needed for the country.

Saturday I woke up feeling a tad delicate I went a bit mad on the $1 draft angkor beer the night before. The morning was free so i chilled out before visiting the floating villages on tonle sap lake. It is dry season at the moment so the lake was rather low. The village wasn't as I expected, but still ok, the people live in shacks anchored on the lake, somewhat different to the floating village on lake titticacca, Peru. We visited the crocodile farm on the lake and upon entry were greeted by young kids with pythons wrapped round there necks asking for one dollar for photo of them. The farm was quite interesting, they rear the crocodiles for the skin and meat, each crocodile can fetch upto $80,000. On the way back we stopped at the hammock bar to watch the sunset. I chilled out in a hammock whilst having a couple of cans of Angkor beer served by a young child.

Tomorrow (sunday) I leave Siem reap to catch a public bus to kampung Cham, I'm quite looking forward to the bus trip I think it should be a good experience.