They know wat is wat but they don't know wat is wat, Angkor Wat, wat the @#$%!

Arrived by bus from PP early afternoon to Motherhome Guesthouse. Colin fell in love with the cool minty towels offered on arrival (we were soon to find out that not only did you get these the first time you came but every time you got back - had to stop him from just walking in and out of the front door!)

Headed in to Siem Reap town for a look around and some dinner. Very hot and muggy so didn't wander to much in preparation for the temples.

Made the mad decision next day to bike for our first exploration of Angkor Wat. Started with a 12km bike to the entrance of the park and then another three km bike to the first temple. We were in awe of the sheer grandeur and craftsmanship. We ducked in and out of shade as we explored with numerous water stops to read up on descriptions - only to realise on exiting that we were completely confused as to which temple we were in and unbeknownst to us we had actually just done Angkor Wat - only the most significant of all the temples. (whoops maybe we shouldn't have been so quick to dismiss all those eager guides1)

Right compass/map/guidebook and colin and anna now all reading from the same page and facing the right way went on to continue our cycle tour. Next stop Angkor Thom - the ancient city and home to a number of different temples, palaces and other ruins. Temperatures were soaring and we consumed a vast amount of water much to the delight of the sellers following us around. (think we consumed at least 7litres of water, couple of ice blocks and several cans of coke). Lots of shade stops as we took in the magnitude of it all- so hard to put it in words. Decided to call it it a day and save the rest for when we had a tuk tuk to take us around.

Lazy start the following day as we decided to split our next couple of days at the temples into a sunset and then sunrise trip. Sunset was busy but great to watch the changes in the colourings of the stone and laugh at the stupid tourists clambering for the perfect pose. Took in a show of traditional cambodian dancing that night - by the third dance we realised that it just seemed to be a repeat of the first either speed up/slowed down or with coconuts added. Had a look through the night market and managed to avoid the relentless barrage from fish massage/tuk tuk drivers and tat sellers.

Sunrise at Angkor Wat - finally a temperature we can handle, pity it has to mean a 4.30am get up. Again another horde of tourists jostling for position so we sat back a bit and took it all in. Went to Ta Prohm, main temple from tomb rider, which has been preserved as actual ruins. Was our favourite out of all the temples we and spent a good while wandering through the ruins and trees. Said goodbye to Angkor and pottered around ready for our departure to Malaysia. Hemorrhaged at the cost of sending a postcard abroad, tried to find a hotel with a swimming pool that didn't want us to mortgage our house to swim in it and waved goodbye to Cambodia as we boarded our air asia flight to KL.

Note - bump starting to be a bit more promenient so have put in a side on shot of me and rj at the temples for those requesting - be warned bikini bump shot in next update.