So I'm coming to the end of a month in Cambodia and it's been one of the best places we've been so far. I haven't blogged in a while as I've been too busy enjoying myself! We've probably spent a bit longer than first thought in Cambodia, but it's a great country with loads to see and do. Case in point; Elaine and myself were only supposed to spend about 3 nights in Siem Reap,the jumping off point for visiting Angkor Wat and the other temples, but we ended up staying for 10 days! The temples in Angkor where absolutely amazing, we had a great tuk tuk driver called Mr. Bunna who brought us around for three days to some amazing sights. It was hot and dry and sweaty but it was so worth it. Saying that though, we didn't hit the main biggy of Angkor Wat until late in our second day of touring and by then we had seen temples that were (for me) less crowded and just as interesting to visit, so I was a little underwhelmed by its swarms of Chinese tourists and blocked off areas.

Some of the highlights were getting blessed by a monk, he tied some cord around mine and Elaine's wrist and we thought maybe he was marrying us, but it was just for good luck; being followed down from a hill-top temple by a gaggle of kids whose only English was "you give me 1 dollar!"; seeing the amazing detail and artistry in Banteay Srei and getting a dose of some much needed rain. I liked Angkor so much I cycled in on my own one day and spent the day snooping at the bas reliefs in Ankgor Wat which we had kind of missed the first time and getting looks from the locals at the mad whitey cycling a bike in 40° heat. We also got to see part of Khmer New Year and on our last day in Siem Reap we did a cooking class. Mmmm Khmer curry...

From there we went to Battambang and I got an invite from my moto driver to go to a Khmer wedding, which was insane! All the old guys kept coming over to me and toasting with the hair-on-your chest 7% beer on the tables and I had to do about 20 "bottoms up!", so I was very merry in a short space of time. From there we went to Sihanoukville, which was a bit of a kip really, but it was handy to get our Vietnam visas.

Cambodia has been great, a real mix of experiences, some happy, some horrifying and some surreal, but all very worth it. Also someone leave some comments, I can't tell if anyone is reading this bloody thing!

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