Pub and Amanda's Haircut- Phnom Penh

Before we left for Siem Reap Amanda had a haircut at the local market down the road from our hotel. It cost $1.00 and it was more for the experience. The girl was very nervous and everyone walking past was watching. These girls have no training and it would have been a real treat to do a westerners hair as not many would have been there.

 

We went to a pub called The Gym Bar to watch the rugby (All Blacks vs Australia) in Phenom Penh. It was run by an Australian and was described as a sports bar. It wasn't a bad bar, beer prices pretty expensive though when looking at Cambodia prices. AB's won, Liam happy and Jordan happy people watching.

 

 

Early Bday in Siam Reap

We decided to celebrate my birthday a week early as we thought it was better to do it while we are on holiday. It was as Liam says 'the best day of his life'. After breakfast we were thinking of things to do and decided to go on a wee tour with a tuk tuk driver. We first went to the "Crocodile Farm", not really much of a farm as more of a concrete jungle. I never knew crocodiles could sleep with their heads raised and mouths open. The condition of the pits was really poor and I would not recommend going to it. However, it was Liam's highlight of the trip.
Liam saw a sign were you could buy a chicken ($10), duck ($7) or 1kg of fish to feed the crocs, he pleaded for us to buy a chicken. Amanda was totally against as I was at first but Liam kept on insisting. So we bought a chicken and waited for them to catch it. Once caught it was given to the tuk tuk driver who wanted to pass it to me, but I didn't really want to hold it so he took it to the pit we selected and threw it in. It took a while for the crocs to register and even then they were not overly interested so the tuk tuk driver used a stick to encourage the chicken nearer the danger area. It really was fun to see it, CHOMP! Click the link to see the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljp1upQ6_os

After we returned we went to a great local tin shack restaurant called the Green Chilli. They have the most delicious spring rolls. Liam came all the way to Cambodia to finally get a real hamburger it looked great and he was happy. Once we finished lunch Liam wanted to get a massage so we were going to go back to the place we had been to for their fish spa previously but found one closer. Amanda had a 30minute massage while I watched the boys have their 20min fish spa. Once the spa had finished the boys went to have a 20minute massage with the girls (starting young). I was having a 60minute massage which was fantastic although she did bend me a few times which was abit rough.

After the boys massage they went for a swim with Amanda while I finished off and went to the market. I met them once again at the Temple Bar where Liam was able to play pool, drink Sprite out of a bottle and eat pizza! No wonder Liam thought this was the best day ever.

Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap

Our first full day in Siem Reap we decided to get a tuk tuk and go see the Temples. It was really fascinating to see the work that had gone into building these temples considering the era that they were built in. Our first stop was Angkor Wat, it is such an enormous site and the detail of the wall drawings were so precise. The boys enjoyed climbing over the steps etc especially Liam. I was very surprised that Amanda thought they were amazing as she isn't really into that. We lasted there about 90minutes and it was just starting to get hot so we decided to go to the next temple area (Angkor Thom). In here there was the Bayon Temple which was very impressive a stunning Temple that was also a fun climb for the boys. But they had had enough and decided to walk back to the tuk tuk driver with Amanda. Amanda left the boys with him and joined me quickly on our last temple. The building itself had no roofs as through the centuries the ruins obviously have been neglected etc. Once finished we met up witht he boys with Liam crying as he missed 'his mummy'.
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