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Published: February 28th 2010
What a day! Up at 5am to catch the 6.30 bus. An eventful trip was about to unfold. Firstly we nearly boarded the wrong bus. Once we sorted that out we cruised smoothly for about 3 hours. Then a strange smell, a dragging sound and some yelps from the rear seats alerted the driver to some kind of mechanical fault. There was confusion as to exactly what it was - either the exhaust fell off or chunks of tyre. Meanwhile we were all herded off the bus onto a front lawn/ field for the next hour or so. Some of the Brits struggled with the mid-day heat and I again felt grateful to be an Aussie with a built in cooling system. Mary (the lady who is travelling with Abi's Mum) suffered heat stroke (or something like that) and was out of action for the rest of the day. We somehow managed to arrive at 1.30 thanks to some lead footedness from our driver, checked into our hotel and enjoyed some television, air con and rest before some afternoon temple action. We were all hoping to enjoy a swim in our hotel's pool but as it is green we will have to abstain.
We headed to the temple ticket office at 4.45pm as they open for the afternoon crowd then. We were given the good advice to go at this time as you get in for free if you purchase a ticket for the next day. The tickets are expensive. 1 day is $20, a 3 day pass is $60. We purchased a one dayer and also had the afternoon free of charge. Anyway, our goal was to get some good sunset photos which I think we all managed to do. It was hard for me to get a sense of spirituality as the place was so jam packed with tourists. It was amazing though and I'm looking forward to seeing Angkor Wat tomorrow.'
So, it's off to bed for me as our pick up is at 5am so that we can see sunrise. This is somewhat cool for me because I will get to see the sunrise on my last day of being 27. I know- that sounds so daggy. Oh well, just accept it- you have a soppy geek as a friend! I will put my photos up when I get back to PP. Thanks for all the comments, and for putting your names at the end it makes such a difference. xoxo
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Patrick Rooney
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Happy Birthday!!!
Hi Chloe, Sounds like you are having a good time and fitting lots in. The photos are great - keep up the good work. Happy birthday for Tuesday - I'm sure it will be one to remember. Love, Uncle Pat.