This morning I actually went to the gym! It was nice being able to do normal things like have a hot shower, watch tv, call home etc in the hotel. We also had a buffet breakfast (which of course we planned to make all our money back on), however, I basically ended up eating 6 bowls of coco pops as I couldn't face anything else they were serving - miso soup, mash, chicken porridge, sausage pancakes, onion rings, fried nice or noodles! I had another run in with a ...

If I have to look at one more temple I'm going to scream! Today we got up at 4.15am (yes, apparently that is an actual time that you can wake up) and got a tuk tuk to Angkor Wat to watch the sun rise. Sitting in a tuk tuk weaving through traffic on a road full of potholes with dust blowing in my face is not the way I would choose to wake up. We arrived just after 5am and had to negotiate walkways over lakes and uneven ground in the pitch black. But it was wort...

Our first day in Siem Reap has been good, the locals here are so nice and can't do enough for you. We've moved to the hotel we were supposed to be in last night but think we'll move again tomorrow to a more expensive one with a pool as I've decided I need a swim every day (I'm missing the beach!). Today we went to look around the town which is really nice, it had a lot of French colonial style buildings (French ruled here for 100 yrs) and lots of bars on the apt...