After miles of walking on bruised ankles and many more miles cycling on a flat tyre yesterday we took a tuk tuk today and visited some more distant sites.
Our first stop at the delicately carved Banteay Srey was spoiled by the mass of coach parties. The couple who had cycled for 3 hours to this remote spot must have been even more disappointed by the scrum.
Further on we walked for 45 minutes through the jungle to a river bed carved with hundreds of water worn linga (phallic symbols), crocodiles and gods.
As we were at the mercy of our grumpy tuk tuk driver we didn’t stay out till sunset but did climb an afternoon sun-lit wat back in Ankor Thom, high enough to be amongst a flock of green parakeets nesting in the treetops.
Drawn back to Pub Street again for supper where the restaurants promise more than they deliver. Tablecloths and wooden chairs instead of the plastic kiddie stools that we are used to but our veggie Khmer meal was bland.
Siem Reap, Monday 5th April
