We were up early for breakfast – Laura had a delicious bowl of Pho, a chicken noodle soup, while I was more traditional with my muesli. We decided to spend the brief time we had left in Siem Reap at the Angkor Wat ruins, wanting to enjoy it at our own pace and get a couple of pictures with a bit of blue sky in them.
Although it was a rush, we really enjoyed our time without the guide – again I have to advise anyone going there not to bother with a guide!
After about an hour at the ruins we had to rush back to the hotel to shower and pack for the flight and then checked out and took the tuk tuk to the airport. Sadly we were immediately told that our flight would be delayed three hours – although they did give us a food voucher! In the end a few rounds of Scrabble and a bit of internet access saw us through the hours very quickly.
The flight was fine and on arriving in Singapore we hopped on the SMRT to Bugis and made a short walk to the New 7th Storey Hotel. We dumped our bags and headed to Clarke Quay in search of food – after much indecision we decided we needed a big burger and headed to Billy Bomber’s – perfect after a few days of Asian food.
We then took a walk along Boat Quay and over a huge bridge that looked over some impressive modern architecture and the Singapore Big Wheel. Our route home also took us by Raffles and some other historic buildings – a really pleasant city.
