Jakey Jake

Saturday 20th March
Talk about hot, 38 degrees, argh! and we spent the whole day walking around. We started off at Angkor Thom we looked at the Bayon, the Baphuon, the terrace of the elephants and the terrace of the leper king. I never expected that this place was so massive, it was truly amazing. After this we went to Ta Phrom, certainly my favourite, it was the same amazing design and construction but this place was left to the jungle, with massive trees sprouting up through the middle of this temple. We followed this to the reknowned angkor wat. gigantic place but unfortunately with the heat and having walked all day i was pretty much over it, i climbed the stairs to the top of it, which were basically vertical you definately wouldnt want to put a foot wrong. what was needed after this tiring day of exercise?? BEER.. and where else to go?? the angkor what? We were kicking on there for sometime, when i started talking to this spanish guy who was talking about communist political systems. Mel, the bar girl, joined in and the next thing we were yaking away, she was talking about perth and how she came to Siem Reap to help underprivelaged kids, she was putting on a show with them the next day and she said she would take me along. We all decided to go to Laundry (laundry was having a special beach party and specially filled the entire floor with sand as well as putting in a little swimming pool at the back). That was pretty kewl, until i realised that i was a bit too over my limit and it was time for beddie byes….