Our first port of call in Cambodia was to visit the unofficial eighth man-made wonder of the world – the jungle temples of Siem Reap. Our first attempt to visit the temples was scuppered by Heath having another bout of food poisoning (turns out street food isn’t just as safe as the restaurants). But on our second attempt we left the guesthouse at 5am to watch the sun rise behind Angkor Wat. You can’t actually go inside the temple before 8am unless you slip a “construction worker” some dollars, so we opted to watch from afar. We then climbed around all the other temples, our favourites being Bayon Wat with all the faces and ….. where they filmed Tomb Raider. Of course, Asia never misses a trick to earn a buck where there are tourists, so the town of Siem Reap was an explosion of bars and restaurants at not such a cheap price (hence the street eat disaster). We skedaddled pretty quick after we had seen the sights to find somewhere a bit less touristy. But not before we had a fish foot massages (suckers… literally!).
