Day 16: Angkor Wat and a Cruise Down "Shit River"

Shortly before sunrise, we met up with our personal tour guide for the day (I can't remember his name exactly, so I'll call him "Exquisite," the term he used to describe all of the temples and artwork, which is about right). Despite the cloud cover, the view was a magnificent sight to see, especially the reflection of the Angkor Wat entrance in the moat.



Exquisite suggested we also check out a floating village on Tonle Sap Lake, the largest freshwater area in all of Southeast Asia. Once on our tour boat, we learned that the citizens of the lake use it for everything: cooking, cleaning, fishing, travel...pee-pee and poo-poo. At that point, even us open-minded world travelers flinched. If there was any chance of catching malaria or some other rare disease in those shitty brown waters, this was it. Which basically took most of the fun and beauty out of the tour. Anyway, we also saw an unusual aquarium floating near the village.

After the tour we insisted on returning to the hotel to bathe and then promptly booked appointments at the nearby spa. Wisam received a massage and facial, while Arianne opted for some reflexology and a body scrub. Ahhhh...every day should be Cambodia spa day.

That night we met up with some HBS friends for a dinner at Hotel Le Paik and a Cambodian tasting menu. In the morning we would depart for our last port of call: BALI!!!