We got to Siem Reap safe and sound last Sunday evening after a brief stop over in Guangzhou (one of those enormous Chinese cities I mentioned, which I had previously never heard of). Siem Reap is the the city which funnels tourists into nearby Angkor Wat (and other temples which are about 1,000 years old). Angkor Wat is the world's biggest religious building - initially a Hindu religious building, but later converted into a Buddhist religious building. The scale is unbelievable - it's like a small town and even has its own moat to boot. Add to that the fact that it was built a goodly number of hundreds of years ago and you've got yourself an impressive set up. We trotted along for sunrise on Tuesday morning, which was great because the place was really quiet when we had a look around (but sadly it was cloudy so the sunrise itself was not so spectacular). We felt sorry for our tuk tuk driver who had to get up as early as we did (and then ferry us around for the rest of the day). Turns out that Angkor Wat was built around the same time as Notre Dame - the desire to find God appears to have arisen in different unconnected places.
After a busy day of temple hopping it was back to the hotel was a dip in the pool and cocktails. A routine which we found so appealing we've now repeated three days running.
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