Monday 23 September
Picked up at 8am (a most respectable hour compared to yesterday) and out into the countryside. Lots of water to be seen as still getting reasonable rainfall (particularly in the evening) and had an enjoyable 1 hour trip to Banteay Srei to visit an early example of a Hindu temple. We stopped at a second temple on the way back to Siem Reap but the increasing temperature made it a mixed blessing between interest and a desire to be a bit cooler. Overall, coping fine with the heat and humidity but it is slightly more taxing! On our return to the hotel we decided to grab a Tuk Tuk and head over to the Apopo Centre to see if we could book a tour of the Hero Rats (specially trained African rats which are used to detect both the presence of landmine explosives and also TB - although possibly not at the same time). Much to my (G) disappointment the Hero Rats were having a weeks holiday to celebrate the Buddhist festival that finishes on the 28th of this month :(. That had been one of the things I had been looking forward to but guess every hard worker deserves a holiday.
We then returned to the hotel and opted to have a relaxing high tea (which was a great sampler of numerous treats the hotel has on the menu) before walking to the National Museum which is located approximately 10 minutes away. Spent an hour or so there before returning for a cool swim in the pool (going to miss our fabulous pool when we move on tomorrow). Feel a bit sad to farewell the lovely hotel staff (who already know our room numbers by heart) and have to say that everyone we have interacted with at the hotel (and our guide) has been very friendly and helpful. Tomorrow we have to be up at 5.30 am so that we can have an “early bird” breakfast before collection by the driver at 6.30 am to transfer to the airport for our 8 am flight to Phnom Penh. Predicted temperature is 33 degrees there so its going to be another warm one!
Picked up at 8am (a most respectable hour compared to yesterday) and out into the countryside. Lots of water to be seen as still getting reasonable rainfall (particularly in the evening) and had an enjoyable 1 hour trip to Banteay Srei to visit an early example of a Hindu temple. We stopped at a second temple on the way back to Siem Reap but the increasing temperature made it a mixed blessing between interest and a desire to be a bit cooler. Overall, coping fine with the heat and humidity but it is slightly more taxing! On our return to the hotel we decided to grab a Tuk Tuk and head over to the Apopo Centre to see if we could book a tour of the Hero Rats (specially trained African rats which are used to detect both the presence of landmine explosives and also TB - although possibly not at the same time). Much to my (G) disappointment the Hero Rats were having a weeks holiday to celebrate the Buddhist festival that finishes on the 28th of this month :(. That had been one of the things I had been looking forward to but guess every hard worker deserves a holiday.
We then returned to the hotel and opted to have a relaxing high tea (which was a great sampler of numerous treats the hotel has on the menu) before walking to the National Museum which is located approximately 10 minutes away. Spent an hour or so there before returning for a cool swim in the pool (going to miss our fabulous pool when we move on tomorrow). Feel a bit sad to farewell the lovely hotel staff (who already know our room numbers by heart) and have to say that everyone we have interacted with at the hotel (and our guide) has been very friendly and helpful. Tomorrow we have to be up at 5.30 am so that we can have an “early bird” breakfast before collection by the driver at 6.30 am to transfer to the airport for our 8 am flight to Phnom Penh. Predicted temperature is 33 degrees there so its going to be another warm one!
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