Hot butts

No we are not on a beach where Martyn is ogling females ...... Title of today's blog is to remind us to make sure we leave hired bikes in the shade! Had one quite major ouch as we sat back on our bikes - left them in the shade after that!!!!!

Left at 9 ish for a day cycling around the smaller temples as we work up to the big ones. It was destined to be an expensive day - two bikes for the whole day = 2 dollars!

Lovely lovely cycle ride past rice paddies, fishermen and tuk Tuks into temple land. Lots of apsara carvings (nymph like things) with stone lions and elephants and lots of window and doors with lovely views.

We cycled the grand circuit visiting Pre Rup, East Mebon, Preah Khan and Ta Prohm ( which is the one Tomb Raider was filmed at but we liked the others more!) favourite one was Prea Khan I think. After Prea Khan we scooted through the north gate of Angkor Thom and out the Victory Gate trying to cycle with our eyes closed so we would not see any of the big temple complexes we are planning to see later in the week!

Had a packing error this morning and completely forgot first aid kit (thankfully not needed) and food - ooops. Consequently had to buy food - three cans of drink, two bananas, one pineapple (small), two orange lollies, two litres of water and a tube of Pringles. What a balanced diet!

Banana purchase was funny - lovely yoda type man wanted one dollar for his bananas - after a while we worked out it was a dollar a bunch - well what were we going to do with twenty already wonderfully ripe bananas? We gave him a dollar for two and completely made his day judging by the cackling laughter as we were leaving!

Back at hostel by five thirty in time for Martyn to be traumatised - Wallie our Scottish building manager had two computer issues neither of which Martyn could fix. I think he needs therapy. I may not be able to remove him from the wifi until he has found the answer! To be fair one of them is to do with cambodian 3G card and we think is an issue with the phone provider! I think however that the challenge is on now and Martyn has the bit between his teeth as it were!!!!

After dinner tonight we are off to the night Market to see film on Pol Pot, no doubt this will result in more late night ice cream as we attempt to cheer ourselves up. Oh well, we must have cycled in the region of thirty km today in well over thirty degree heat so we deserve it - and we've a house to finish tomorrow!