The eagles have landed!

We arrived safely in Siem Reap, cleared immigration and purchased our ‘Visa’s on arrival’ without any fuss. The first huge surprise for the kids, have to admit it freaks me out a well, is that they drive on the opposite side of the road. Emily announced immediately that she would not be driving anywhere while here. We all decided that that was fine with us as clearly there are many ways to die already in this country.
I had booked us a 4 hour quad bike tour for our first afternoon. I debated about this tour as it sounded so very ‘touristy’, however it’s not all about me, unfortunately, and I knew that the rest of the family would love it. You have to be 17 to drive the quad yourself, so it was a requirement that both the kids had an instructor on the back of their bike the whole time. This I thought was a marvellous idea as it significantly reduced the risk of Tom hurting himself. Ian and I had to take a test before setting out which consisted of riding down the road and back.  LOL
The tour was actually quite cool and we drove through some amazing country side. We saw lots of fields, rice paddies, buffalo and many local villages. I loved driving through the villages as all the local children waved and laughed, although how I didn’t take out a chicken or duck is beyond me as they were everywhere.  
When we stopped the children would all gather around. I would try and speak to them, of course they had no clue what I was saying. Ian and Tom didn’t quite know what to do, however Emily, who is clearly the most sensible member of the Clark family, decided to ‘Hi-Five’ them. This worked a treat and they all lined up to hi-five the strange white girl.
We also purchased a box of 50, 2 minute noddle packets which we then handed out to children at a local school. This was really cool!
Our hotel ‘The Angkoriana’ is crap-o-la. Our rooms weren’t ready when we arrived. They promised me 2 rooms together – there not. I have no proof but it appears they turn both the hot water and wi-fi off at night and they conveniently pretend that they don’t speak English when you ask questions hmmm….. Any Hoo. I must have left the shower tap turned on because suddenly water started pouring out everywhere unexpectedly this morning……. Ha ha ha
Today we start ‘templeing’. Hopefully the guide I hired for the next 3 days will be here to pick us up at 9am…. Just a tad excited this morning……  
 
The glorious 'Angkoriana' hotel...... LOL
 

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