Cambodia Challenge

On the bus again, i just can't wait to get on the bus again. We were on the bus from 7am and arrived in Siem Reap at 1.30pm. The bus ride consisted of some chat, but mostly sleep. We stopped along the way at a tourist spot and toilet stop. I didn't realise what this place was until i saw a girl with a massive tarantula crawling up her shirt. Ewwww !!! And they eat these things. Being vegetarian, i was not going to "try" tarantula. I didn't see anyone else try it. But when i got back to the bus, i was given word that Mavis had eaten tarantula and said it was yummy. again, Ewwww !! Finally got to the hotel at Siem Reap. Siem Reap was very different to Phnom Penh. It was full of massive hotel complex's. It reminded me of Beijing in a way. I have been constantly comparing Cambodia to China. They are worlds apart but in many ways so similar. We are staying at the Casa Angkor Hotel. It is another beautiful hotel with a swimming pool. We didn't have much time to settle in. Lunch was hot chips which were shared between 3 of us. Then we were on our bikes again. It was a great feeling to be on that bike again after being sick. We cycled to Angor Wat, although we wouldn't see that today. Instead we went to Bayon, one of the many temples in the area. I remember it for its many smiling buddha faces carved into the stone. Its quite amazing to see something from the 12th or 13th century. we also went to the terrace of elephants. this was part of a wall to the palace. This is where the king viewed his returning army. There was lots of women there selling pineapple to all the tourists. In fact, at all these sites, there were lots of tourists. There was alot of traffic that we were cycling in along the way to each. the ladies selling pineapple yell at you "Lady, Pineapple. Lady, you want pineapple" as they shove it in your face. We went to one other temple but i can't remember which one it was. By the end of the day we were over temples and just wanted to cycle back to the hotel and jump in the pool as again, it was so hot. Tomorrow we'd being doing more temples anyway. We all went our different ways for dinner because today, dinner was not included. Mavis, Vicky, Sabine and I went to pub street and found a beautiful indian restaurant for dinner. Again we laughed and ate and talked and ate and drank. Lots of fun and good company.