Sadly, yesterday I had to say goodbye to my German friends that I traveled with from Phnom Penh, all the way to Siem Reap, so I spent the day with my other friend - Sala, my Tuk Tuk driver.
I let him decide what we would do for the day, so we ditched the Tuk Tuk at his home, and I jumped on the back of his motorbike. It was actually a really awesome day!!
We started off with a last look at the rest of Angkor Thom, because I had purchased the week-long ticket and wanted my money's worth. It was also nice just to have some quiet reflection on the incredible week of temples I had seen.
From there, we headed to a local mountain and waterfall that a lot of locals are very fond of. The tuk tuk definitely would not have made it up those hills, or through the soft sand.
The view was great, over the farmland of Cambodia, and on the mountain itself, there was an incredible swimming hole, with 3 waterfalls.
In the swimming hole, there were small fish that nibbled on your toes (like a foot massage place), and you could swim all the way under the waterfall, and have it fall on your head.
I swam with some of the local kids who thought I was super weird, being so pale!! There was even a small ruin of a temple up there, and a Buddha carved under the river.
He bought us some local food for lunch - fish and chicken and rice, which was just lovely, trying to communicate with his fairly average English, and my complete lack of Khmer (apart from "ang" which means barbecue)
We finished the day with a quick stop in at Bantaey Srei which was lovely and quiet, if a little hot and dry.
Tomorrow, a flight to Vietnam xx