Woke up this morning feeling awful…. picked up a cold from somewhere…
It was pouring with rain and we walked around 3 temples Ta Prohm, Banteay Srey and Angkor Thom. The fine detail of the stone carving on every piece of stone was pretty amazing, especially when each piece of stone was joined and built up to form a picture or pattern, and each picture told a story! These temples date back to the 12th century and there were about one and a half million people living there at that time.
It was quite incredible the way the roots of trees had grown through these ancient buildings over the centuries.
There were monkeys nearby but we we told not to go near them in case they had rabies.
We were taken to a restaurant for lunch but I had no appetite and just had a pineapple juice.
On the way back we stopped at a roadside stall where they sold pink dragon fruit – I had only eaten white before. It supposed to be good for breast cancer and is deep pink inside with tiny black seeds. I bought two!.
Stopped again to see how sugar is taken from the palm and made into sweets or just sold in jars as a sweetener.
I was glad to get back to the hotel and rest as I was feeling rough.
Later in the evening everyone went out to dinner then to a local market but I still wasn’t hungry and just stayed in bed. Later Rose, our guide, came to my room with some tiger balm to rub into my feet. Apparently that helps a cold. She also brought some rice to eat but I only had a spoonful. We needed leave at 4.45 the next morning for the Angkor Wat sunrise and I was determined not to miss it.