Having accomplished the primary reason for visiting this area we left Angkor impressed and amazed at the scale of this ancient city, built over 1,000 years ago by 1 million laborers and no machines. They say the foundations of Angkor Wat could support a modern 50 storey building and there is not an ounce of concrete in it, every stone is meticulously shaped to fit and the carvings are perfect, probably because if a mistake was made your hand was chopped off.
Siem Reap is a fun cosmopolitan city, by day thousands of visitors spread around the vast network of temples in the park and at night the triangle of bars and restaurants in town is buzzing and dozens of languages are spoken.
We are feeling fit and have been careful with food (no meat or fish) and water and we have started taking our malaria tablets, it is swampy here and the lizards that run on the walls of the restaurant are fat due to the plentiful supply of mosquitos. The result of our change in diet is that my belt tightens effortlessly to the next notch but Mrs. G looks the same, immaculate as always.
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