The next day dawned and the water was higher still… but we were able to go out to 2 of the main temple complexes Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom


The temples of Angkor Thom were described as looking like a pile of stones from a distance, but the wonder was in the detail. And that seemed to be the case. Lots of faces carved into stone, tug-of-war bridges…


We may only have managed a small portion of the temples of the area, but what we saw were amazing. Maybe we will get another dry weather weekend in Siem Reap.
We came back to Siem Reap town and swam in a wonderfully deep salt water pool before the All Blacks played France in the RWC. Watching in Cambodia was better than Laos as the commentary was as broadcast from NZ. In Laos when we watch at home the commentary is provided in Thai – unless we head out to one of the bars in town.
Another little quirk was that our hotel gave us a promotional scratchie after dinner as part of an official Rugby World Cup promotion. We won 2 cokes and 2 glasses of wine.
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