Friday, January 31, 2003

Well here goes, this is written by Jennifer so will probably be more factual than funny - diary writing is not my forte.
There are a few details to update you all with. Yesterday started off with a lie in, and then it was to the mine museum - this guy originally laid the line mines down for the army and now is a one man band disarming them whist battling with government to do so. It was amazing the different shapes and sizes of these things.
The last of the temples were completed - at the moment I don't want to see another temple. We saw the Bayon properly, the Phimeanakeas (the kings private temple) and the Baphoun which was undergoing a 7 year restoration project. We watched the sunset set over Angkor Wat.
The the news came that the borders between Cambodia and Thailand have been shut due to the riots between the two countries. At the monemt there is conflicting information, but it appears the border is still open for tourists, the British embassy says there should be no problem with us getting to Thailand tomorrow, we will update you if anything changes. There is no animosity towards us here although all the Thais have left Siem Reap to return home.
This morning has been quite sedate we have been to see a local butterfly farm, where there were some fantastic butterflies, it is run by a British guy.
We are trying to confirm that we will be able to cross the border at Poipet tomorrow morning because we don't want to stay there because it has been described in the lonely planet as " the worst place on earth".
We have also found a lot of stuff in our back packs that we are not using, and some souvenirs are beginning to become quite bulky so we are shipping some stuff back through DHL and Neil (Thank you)

Update - the border is closed we are going to have to fly .

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