We made it to Siem Reap

We're so happy that we left our bed bug infested hotel! We had a 2pm coach booked to Siem Reap so we had a bit of a lie in before packing up and getting ready to check out at 12. We were being picked up at 1.30 so we had lunch in the hotel cafe and chilled out there for a while as they played every Katy Perry song that ever existed! We boarded the bus and unfortunately it wasn't the small mini bus we'd had before and loved but a bus. I think they may have sold too many tickets and had to change it to a larger vehicle. The bus journey was only 3 hours but it seemed to drag so much more than the 6 hour one we had before. The seats were narrow and uncomfortable and the driver was going quite fast so it was very bumpy and we were being thrown about a lot. We also went through 3 massive downpours and thunderstorms which resulted in our luggage being quite wet when we arrived. The hostel we were staying at had arranged to pick us up but they had written the time down wrong so we got a tuktuk in the end after some waiting. Kindly to make up for it they have offered to take us to the airport on Monday instead which is lovely of them. The hostel is lovely with a small pond, Buddha and water feature at the entrance where we were greeted with ice cool flannels to cool us off. Our room is also very big with high ceilings and even complete with our own pet lizard! We just ate at the restuarant outside tonight but we think we'll venture elsewhere tomorrow. We hung the mosquito net using washing lines and bags (we're becoming quite inventive with it now) and got ready for an early night, after some miranda of course! We have organised a tour of Ankor Wat tomorrow and the next day so we need to conserve our energy for two full days of sight seeing in the 34 degree heat. Here's hoping it's a bed bug and mosquito free night for us!Read more