Our 12 hour night bus up to Siem Reap was pretty unremarkable apart from almost being the s***test night of our trip. In the middle of the night, without waking up Brett, Stace nipped out for a wee at what she thought was a scheduled pit-stop. As it turned out, the driver had just nipped off for a wee himself and not realising anyone else had got off, he closed the doors and set off!! Luckily Stacey managed to flag him down before he got more than a 100m. But with no money or passport on her, it could have been an interesting few hours had things gone the other way!! New Pearson traveling rule: tell the other person when you are getting off the bloody bus!

There is really only one reason people go to Siem Reap and that is to see Angkor Wat and the mighty temples and royal palace structures in the surrounding area of the ancient capital, Angkor. Up at 4.30 and on our way at 5am with our Danish buddies, we headed off in our tuk-tuk to Angkor Wat for sunrise. (Us and every other tourist in Northern Cambodia it would seem. Seriously.) We had to sharpen are elbows and get on tip-toes to try and "enjoy" the view and get the highly sought-after sunrise-reflection-in-the-pond shot of Angkor Wat that everybody so desperately wants and wants to make it look like no one else is there. And this was off-peak season apparently. Really funny. Really stupid. I've had more spiritually uplifting experiences at McDonalds after 4 pints of Black Rat.

A little bit of vaugley accurate Brettified history for you: built over the course of 500 years or so from about 1000AD by the ruling dynasty of the time, every king would build a temple (or wat) and the next king would have to out-do their father/relative who had ruled before them, culminating in the construction of Angkor Wat which is the single biggest place of worship ever built (if I have my facts straight). As ever, s*** hit the fan and the kingdom fell apart, the capital was moved south and things were left to rot.

What you are left with are some spectacular ruins some of which nature is in the middle of reclaiming with huge trees growing right through the walls and buildings. Some look like something out of the opening credits of The Outer Limits (where the house grows roots - remember??) One of the sites was the setting for the Tomb Raider film too apparently. It's probably crap, but I might watch it now. Next stop Bangkok.