Day 6

Woke up. Had breakfast. Sun pouring down as we eat casual in the Cambodian sunshine. Weather looks like it's going to be divine today. Check my e-mails and realise it's Thursday already. Unbelievable. No big plans for today. So we start off with a swim in the pool.
Take a break to go and get some supplies from the local supermarket. Mostly cheese and crackers. Takes us a while to figure out which crackers are not sweetened but eventually Ruby figures it out by the pictures on the boxes. Get our first chocolate on holiday. A snickers bar. Notice the wine we get from our local supermarket is 3 times the price here. Stick with Angkor beer then.
Back at the hotel we lounge around the pool and eat lunch and read books. Basically relax. We're off to see the sunset at Angkor Wat this afternoon but the rain clouds are gathering. And then it pours down. We still go because you can buy a ticket at 5pm, see the sunset then come back the next day on the one day ticket. we head out of town on a couple of Tuc Tucs. The rain still belting down.

We seem to be first at the ticketing office but soon loads of buses turn up unloading Germans, Russians , Spanish and Japanese. A lot of Japanese people here. Somebody tells me it's because of the great golf courses here. I'm sure Liz wouldn't mind a quick round herself.
We get our pass. One day. Photo on pass. Officials continually check your ticket here. Rain keeps coming down and not a good night for sunset so we just walk around Angkor Wat getting wet. The temple is impressive and very dramatic . Even the rain can't dampen our excitement. But it closes at 5:30pm so we only get to spend a hour there. But we'll be back tomorrow. For sunrise.
Back to town and a quick change out of our soaking wet clothes before heading out to the dinner. I've found a real American style Pizza place run by some guy from Chicago. Belismos on street 7. This morning Siem Deap was empty but now the streets are packed with backpackers.

The pizzas are huge and delicious. It's quite crowded so they sit us next to an American guy and his two sons. Travelling around South East Asia for two months. Interesting chatting to him and his boys and when he leaves his place is taken by Sheena from Minnesota. I find the best way to talk to Americans is relate their state to a famous film or TV show. Sheena comes from the home of Fargo. Liz tries her first red wine in a while, we finish up and head for the hotel. Tomorrow we'll be up at 4:00am to go to Angkor Wat for the sunrise. Try to get to bed early but of all the nights this is the one I can't sleep. Hope the kids do!