disappointment for Hel when she found out that the interview with her Rudi was overdubbed into Cambodian, which was a bit of a blow to it’s watchability! So we ventured into town to find some food and thought we’d try The Dead Fish Tower, a place recommended by the mighty Noah, one of the greatest human beings we’ve ever met! Unfortunately however on this occasion his judgment seemed to be a little off, as we were greeted by a quasi karaoke performance of Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best” in a cat being strangled kind of fashion at a rather unpleasant volume!! So we gave it a miss and headed back to a budget café we’d spied earlier on. Having eaten noodles and rice at lunchtime (the staple diet around these parts!), we opted for garlic and chilli pasta and an olive and cashew nut pizza, with a potato salad. The pasta turned out to be spaghetti with olive oil, garlic & chilli. The pizza was more like a cheese pie, with pastry that reminded me of Hel’s Mum’s (which is the best pastry I’ve

ever had - sorry Mum!!), and the potato salad was, well, potato salad!! All in all a delicious change - and all for one pound fifty including drinks!!

After a great night’s sleep we bounced downstairs for breakfast at 7am, and then hopped into our chariot for the first full day of our Angkor adventure! We arrived back at Angkor Wat expecting to be thrust into the most horrific crowds ever, but were pleasantly surprised to find it relatively quiet. Although what did strike us was that although it was only 8 in the morning, the sun was already very hot - it was like midday on a summer’s day - we realised that it was going to be a very roasty three days! Angkor Wat is the biggest religious monument in the world, and was built in the twelfth century. It is laid out as a representation of the Hindu model of the universe, surrounded by an enormous moat, which reflects the temples gloriously, and