Travels with Hayley

Kerry and I got another early start in the local ‘Cafe Amazon’ as the hotel WiFi was apparently being run by a hamster on a wheel – and he was asleep 🙄 Once I’d taken advantage of their technology and a delicious strawberry frappe I headed back to prepare for this morning’s countryside tour. This…

Today, for the very first time on this trip, I awarded myself a lay in and didn’t set the alarm until 7.30am – the decadence! Quick shoot out to pick up my laundry – I could get so used to this having stuff done for you malarky – and packed up my case as we…

We ventured out into the pitch blackness today at 5am to watch the sun rise over Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world. We sat on the wall bordering the moat surrounding it, trying to pick out the shapes of the temples in the distance out of the gloom. Gradually the sky began…

Out pre 7am to pick up the laundry (clean pants, the absolute joy!) This is obviously more of a night time vibes kind of town as very little was open at this time of the morning , the supermarket was still shuttered at 7.15am and bar a couple of tiny shops and food stands, there…

So I miraculously made it through the night unbitten although it was not the most restful nights sleep ever, what with the roosters, screaming cats and the communal snoring of 12 people in one space! Up at about 6.30 I leapt straight into the shower – it may have been cold and somewhat basic –…

Out a bit later at 7.15 today as we had to prepare a ‘day pack’ for tonight as we’re at a homestay and can’t take our big suitcases in with us (they are in the mini bus parked directly out the front for the inevitable point we realise we’ve forgotten something vital…) Went for a…