So now my blood sugar has stabilised and I’m feeling well and energetic and happy again… Sorry for the rants last week! I tend to turn into a bit of a Wicked Witch of the West when I’m exhausted and my sugar is acting up.

But now I’m back! Aren’t you relieved? (I know Mark is…)

Today we had an amazing day, exploring the ruins of Angkor Wat here in Siem Reap. Absolutely incredible. We left at 8am and our tuk tuk driver took us to Bayon, the ancient temple with over 37 pillars of Buddha heads facing four directions. From there we wandered around exploring Baphuon, the Terrace of the Elephants, the Terrace of the Leper King, and the Pyramid (which was not quite a pyramid, but which was terrifyingly high to climb up without help!)

Then we zoomed off into the forest to find Ta Phrom, the half-overgrown jungly temple that’s been left to crumble (to some extent) where we found a secret spot for a bread-and-cheese-and-watermelon picnic overlooking a lake. Stunning!

And then, finally, once we’d taken at least a thousand photographs, we went to Angkor Wat, the star attraction. It was staggering from a size point of view, and extremely intricate, and lovely. Here’s our Best Moment of the Day, from one of the spots we found high up on the temple:

I must say, I was surprised how many tourists there were out and about today. You’d think, what with it still being off season and the flood and all, that there wouldn’t be that many people but there were tons! By far the most tourists we’ve seen on this trip. Mark and I made a concerted effort to find small hidden nooks and crannies, little spots that didn’t seem to have been discovered by a queue of people that morning, and all in all I think we succeeded.

It was just such a wonderful deluge into Cambodian history and culture, and such a welcome break to be feeling well and energetic enough to fully enjoy it!

Hundreds of photos to follow soon, I promise. I just have to get them off my camera…