Friday 4th April 2008

We woke up nice and late this morning and when we eventually got dressed, we went out exploring. We didn't fancy much for our breakfast, so instead we bought some yoghurts and sat outside eating them when we were swooped upon by some crazy guy on a motorbike. He was obsessed with showing us around Siem Reap. He told us that he'd recently bought a new car from America and, after 12 years of driving a motorbike, was going to take tourists around in style. We tried not to be rude, saying that we quite like riding around in a tuk-tuk, but he wouldn't have it - and we eventually agreed to go with him, just for some peace. We agreed to meet him in the same spot at 3pm and finally managed to get rid of him.

After some exploring and then eating some $1 noodle soup, we walked back to the mini-mart and met our driver and he took us out in his brand new (to him) Toyota Camry (which he'd had shipped in from America, by the way). Our first stop was at the war museum, which wasn't really a 'museum', but more of a collection of blown-up war vehicles that have been found around the area. They even had a collection of old guns and things that seemed to be just... doing nothing - so I went over and posed with a grenade launcher... complete with grenade!

Next we drove over to one of the main attractions in the whole of Cambodia... Angkor Wat, which is a huge city of temples that was built well over a thousand years ago. They're also one of the Wonders of the World, and the main one, Angkor Wat, is the biggest temple in the world. We weren't going to be spending long looking around today, it was really just a chance to buy our ticket - so that we could go early tomorrow. As it turned out, we could also go in today - but only for an hour or so. That didn't matter to us though, because the sun was starting to set and the crowds were starting to disappear - so what we saw was pretty impressive!

Tonight, we went down to Bar Street for some food and drinks. We found a great little place called The Khmer Kitchen, where we tried a local dish called Amok Curry - it was gorgeous. The place was really nice and apparently it's a favourite of Mick Jagger's!

OK! We'll ride in your new Toyota... but only if you'll leave us alone!