twenty second....ankar.......[800]

26.11.07.
7.15AM...WOKE.
7.30AM...WENT TO GET SOME COFFEE...NU IN SHOWER.
8.05AM...SHOWERED.
8.20AM...PACKING.
8.45AM...DEPARTED HOTEL...JUMPED IN TUK TUK...HEADED FOR IVY GUESTHOUSE.
9.05AM...ORDERED BREAKFAST AND WAITED FOR OUR ROOM TO BE PREPARED.
9.35AM...BREAKFAST...2 FRIED EGG...1 WELL DONE...1 RUNNY...3 BACON...BAKE BEANS!...2 LARGE POTATO AND ONION CAKES...BIT SALTY...COFFEE NEEDED A DROP MORE MILK...BUT I'LL PROBABLY GO FOR IT AGAIN.
10.30AM...SHOWN ROOM...OK?
11.15AM...DECIDED TO WALK THE TOWN...BOUGHT SOME POSTCARDS...HAD A COUPLE OF BEERS...READ THE LAST FEW PAGES OF MY BOOK...IT'S TAKEN 2 WEEKS...GUESS I'M A BIT SLOW.
2.00PM...GOING THRU INFO ON ANKAR WAT...NU TRYING TO SORT ITINARY...ALSO WANTS TO GO AND SEE A BIRD RESERVE...STREET CHILDRENS THEATRE...IT'S ALL TO MUCH FOR ME!...ANKAR SUNDOWN IS MEANT TO BE WONDERFUL...THATS SUITS ME...NO RACE TO GET SOMEWHERE EARLY IN THE MORNING.
4.00PM...BACK IN ROOM...NU CHECKING OUT MOSQUITO POPULATION...BURNERS ON...THE SMOKE AND ARE MEANT TO DETER THE MOSQ'S...I'M YET TO BE CONVINCED...TV ON...BBC NEWS 24.
6.00PM.KNOCK ON DOOR...TEXT HUE[WELSH] EARLIER...THEY'D JUST ARRIVED...SO WE ARE GONNA SEE THEM TOMORROW...HAD A BEER.
8.30PM...OFF WE GO FOR A PIZZA...NOT SURE IF I'M HUNGRY?
8.50PM...HAPPY HERB PIZZA...SIEM REAP NOT BEING THAT BIG...IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO FIND.
8.55PM...ORDERED MUSHROOM PIZZA/COKE.
9.10PM...IN FRONT OF ME SITS A RATHER CHEESY PIZZA...THERE WERE MUSHROOMS...BUT NOT MANY...THERE ARE 2 THINGS I ENVY ABOUT CERTAIN PEOPLE...1]THEY KNOW HOW TO SECTION A PIZZA WITHOUT TAKING THE CHEESE FROM THE NEXT PORTION OF PIZZA...ELASTICATED CHEESE EVERYWHERE!...YOU TRY TO PULL IT FURTHER AND IT JUST EXTENDS...THE OTHER THING I ENVY IS PEOPLE WHO CAN DEBONE A FISH WITH LIMITED FUSS AND LIMITED STICKINESS...JUST GETTING A SHRIMP OUT OF ITS SHELL IS A HARDUOUS TASK FOR ME...APPARENTLY THIS THE BEST PIZZA IN TOWN...GOD HELP THE REST!
9.50PM...SITTING IN BAR DRINKING BACARDI/COKE...LISTENING TO SOME ROCK CLASSICS.
10.15PM...WELSHIES JOIN US...LOTS OF BANTER...MORE BACARD'S.
12.40AM...BACK AT GUESTHOUSE...LITTLE TIPSY.


27.11.07.
8.15AM...RISE AND SHINE.
8.35AM...SHOWER.
9.10AM...BREAKFAST AT A LITTLE CAFE OVER THE ROAD...FOOD AT OUR GUESTHOUSE NOT THE BEST.
9.30AM...FINNISH CHAPPIE WE MET IN VIETNAM JOINED US.
10.30AM...HEADED BACK TO GUESTHOUSE...NU GOT SOME HAND CLOTHES WASHING TO DO.
11.30AM...WENT TO FIND LAOS AIRLINES OFFICE...LEFT NU WITH A MILKSHAKE AND WRITING CARDS.
12.45PM...FOUND IT...HAVEN'T THE FOGGEST HOW FAR I'VE WALKED...NOT OPEN TILL 1.30PM...OUCH.
12.55PM...IN SOME POSH HOTEL HAVING A BEER...WATCHING A CAMBODIAN WAITER SQUEEZE PINEAPPLES AND ORANGES FOR COCKTAILS.
1.30PM...1ST IN QUEUE AT THE LAOS OFFICE...NOT A BAD PRICE...PROBABLY FLY TO LUANG PRABANG ON SUNDAY?
1.50PM...JUMP IN TUK TUK...DECIDED THW WALK BACK WAS TO MUCH...AND NU MIGHT BE WORRYING WHERE I'VE GOT TOO.
2.05PM...BACK WITH NU...STILL BUSILY WRITING...DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN MISSED.
2.20PM...STEAK BAGUETTE...HORRIBLE...ONLY HAD ONE BITE.
2.40PM...IN TUK TUK...GOING TO THE SINGING TREE...A PLACE WHERE THEY HELP ORPHANED CHILDREN.
2.55PM...AT THE SINGING TREE.
3.10PM...WATCHING FILM ABOUT STREET CHILDREN.
5.00PM...WALKED BACK VIA MARKET...BOUGHT 2 TSHIRTS...75p EACH...OK.
5.40PM...BACK IN ROOM.
6.00PM...RUMING AND PEPSING.
7.10PM...TEMPLE BAR/RESTAURANT...WE ARE HERE FOR THE DANCERS AND HOPEFULLY A NICE MEAL?
7.45PM...KYMER AMOK...FISH/PORK/CHICKEN IN A SPICY SAUCE ON BED OF RICE...BEST CAMBODIAN MEAL SO FAR...BOTTLE OF ROSE.
8.45PM...STILL AT RESTAURANT...MET UP WITH IRISH COUPLE WE LAST SAW IN PHU QUOC...NU ENJOYING DANCERS...CAMERA HAPPY.
9.45PM...BANANA LEAF BAR...BACARDI'S...MEANT TO MEET WELSHIES...BIT LATE.
10.30PM...BED.


28.11.07.
8.30AM...ROSE...THROAT A BNIT DRY.
8.35AM...HALF LITRE BOTTLE OF WATER.
8.45AM...SHOWER.
9.35AM...SUPERMARKET...NEED WATER FOR TRIP TO ANKAR WAT...HAIR DYE FOR NU.
10.05AM...BREAKFAST...APPLE PANCAKE/APPLE SHAKE/CUPPA TEA.
11.10AM...BACK IN ROOM...BOOKED TUK TUK FOR MIDDAY FOR ANKAR TRIP.
11.45AM...BANANA MILKSHAKE.
12.05PM...IN TUK TUK...BUMPER T'BUMP...MUST BE GETTING OLD...CAN FEEL MY BOOBS BOUNCE.
12.35PM...ANKAR WAT...SOME TEMPLE...LOTTA STEPS...ANOTHER TEMPLE CALLED BUPHEON...LOTTA ROCKS...NEXT BAYON...STEPS/STONES/ROCKS...LOTS OF LITTLE ROOMS...REMINDED ME OF LEGO BRICKS...WHEN I WAS ABOUT 7 YEARS OLD I USED TO BUILD HOUSES WITH MANY LITTLE ROOMS ON THIS GREY LEGO BOARD...IN TIME ONE BRICK WOULD FALL...THE WALL WOULD GET KNOCKED AND CAVE IN...THE ROOF WOULD COLLAPSE...MANY BRICKS STREWN...THATS WHAT ANKAR LOOKS LIKE...ALSO SAW TEMPLE OF ELEPHANTS...TEMPLE OF LEPERS...EVER SO EXCITING!...HEAT AT TIMES TOO MUCH.
5.30PM...BACK IN TUK TUK.
6.00PM...BACK IN ROOM.
6.20PM...NU DYING HAIR...I'M WATCHING BBC NEWS 24...ITS A GREAT LIFE [REALLY!]...WELL TIRED...BACK ACHE...KNEE ACHE...MY BRAINS ALRIGHT THOUGH!
7.00PM...WENT TO OUR FAVOURITE RESTAURANT/BAR...HAD A DELICIOUS KYMER MEAL...SPOKE WITH A COUPLE FROM CAMBRIDGE WHO PRODUCE THERE OWN CHEESE...GONNA KEEP IN TOUCH...GONNA SEND US SOME CHEESE!
9.30PM...WESHIES TURN UP...GOT BACK TO GUESTHOUSE ABOUT 1.30AM...COCKTAILED OUT!



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BYE FOR NOWZ.