Angkor Wat

Today was a pretty chilled out day. This was the case from the start with breakfast at 7:30am and coaches leaving at 8am (as opposed tobreakfast at 6:30 and leaving at 7am).

We visited the historical site of Angkor Wat, one of the oldest, if not the oldest, temple complexes in the world. We visited two other temples before climbing the main one. There were stairs up, but you basically had to climb. Not one for those with a fear of heights... However, the top was a breath of fresh air - there was a constant breeze cooling us down from the Cambodian heat.

There was a revolution at lunch today (possibly inspired by the views of Angkor Wat). Many of the kids were fed up with the Cambodian food and went off menu by ordering additional Western food as well as getting sweet and sour food for their rice. Some had burgers and chips whilst others had panninis. Consequently, dinner plans were scrapped and we went back to the amazing resturant we went to yesterday but with a western set menu which was nice. The kids were overjoyed! The chicken still had lemon on it though.

After dinner we walked the markets some more and Mr Tongue bought even more stuff.

Tomorrow we hit the road for the "holiday"section of our visit. We will leave at 7am and go south to Sihanoukville. I believe all the campling and hiking is over, although I did manage to convince one of the pupils that we were camping on the beach (which would not have been too bad). As far as I'm aware, there is no fixed plan of action although there are rumours of a boat trip and jumping into open waters which should be fun for me considering I can't swim!

Not sure waht Internet access will be like for the next few days so may not be able to blog again until our stopover at South Korea. We're staying in a hotel so it should be fine.