With a more reasonable start to the day at 8am, we stayed at the hotel for brekkie. Steve had an omelette that was quenelle shape. The chef used a small frying pan to gently roll the egg mixture into a corner of the tilted pan until it was cooked through.

Out on the temple trail, our first stop was Preah Khan. The entrance bridge is very big and spans a moat. Borey (our guide) told us a hydrologist had determined that many of the temple walls were more structurally sounds because the moats and waterways had been repaired and refilled to their former state. There is a 2-storey building inside this temple that has rounded columns, not disimmilar to Roman or Greek architecture of the time. There is speculation that this may have either been a library or a granary.

The next was Neak Pean which is a temple surrounded by an artifical lake. The water gates around the lake had been repaired and the whole area was re-flooded. Prior to this, the area was overgrown and you had to trek through the bush to get to it. You can see the remains of trees in the distance. There is a long bridge spanning the lake that we walked across. The temple sits in the middle of a pond on the island. It is a common theme to have ponds inside ponds. Many locals would come here to retrieve bark from trees for making medicines, despite having those same trees near their home. It was thought that being close to the temple meant they had greater healing qualities.

We made a quick detour to a local market that was selling coconut cupcakes. The cakes were made in little woven palm baskets and steamed. They were yellow, filled with cocount cream and topped with shredded coconut. They were not too sweet but absolutely delicious. Chenda said they are a specialty of that location and that she and her boyfriend would often go there just to get them. We also stopped at a cafe for iced cappuccino's

Pre Rup was the last temple stop. This is a royal crematorium and much of the temple is made from brick rather than carved sandstone. Borey informed us that there has not been any kilns found in the area and they think that the wet bricks were layed in place, firewood stacked around the walls and then fired in place. The stairs were very steep but Steve managed to scale them to get some fantastic shots.

Getting back onto the bus Sue had spotted a lady selling little mobiles made from palm leaves. They were so cute we bought all of them as gifts. There were little fish, flowers and birds and the lady was very pleased we were buying more than one thing from her.

Throughout the tour, the heat and humidity was extremely guelling in Siem Reap. Much more opressive than anything we've ever felt in Queensland. The bus airconditioning was a live saver and we found that leaving our water on the bus meant we had cool water when we finished viewing a temple.

Once back at the hotel we visited the pool. Sue went for a dip but Steve's kidney was causing him grief so he went upstairs to lay down.