I've now been to Angkor Wat and enjoyed very yummy Cambodian food. We also went to an orphanage, swam in an ancient man-made resevoir (although I didn't swim), saw the floating village at Tonle Sap and saw a silk farm. I got given a really nice cane basket at the orphanage but I'm not sure it will get home in one piece. At the floating village we were constantly attacked by small children yelling "one dollar" at us over and over and over.
Yesterday we went on a nice bike ride at Kampong Chan which included riding over a bamboo bridge about 200m long (you would've loved it, mum... motorbikes over taking you on it and all!) and we stopped in at an English school and got put on the spot to teach the class. So we told them about where we live and someone drew a kangaroo for them. While on the ride the children just yelled "hello" at us over and over. It was a nice change from being asked for money constantly.
Right now we're in Phnom Phen and have 2 hours to kill in a shopping mall while we wait for our bus to take us to the homestay. On the bus ride this morning we stopped at a road side rest stop to get food and were attacked by small children selling fruit for "one million dollars!". I think the idea was to make us think it was cute rather than annoying. I didn't buy any fruit because I strangely wasn't hungry even though I'd only had a small bread roll for breakfast. They were also selling fried spiders - I didn't buy those either.
I'm off to find some lunch now. Tata!
