“Same same but different”…… That’s what won me over to have my breakfast at the Lady Gaga stall while I watched the sunrise over the Angkor Temples at 5.30am. All the stalls are next to each other and you are accosted by vendors offering coffee and breakfast, and yes they are pretty much all the same. The defining feature is the stall names….Harry Potter, James Bond and Lady Gaga etc. I had the best banana pancakes ever and considering that it all happens in the dark before sunrise, and there is no infrastructure except a few tarps and fridges for drinks….it was fantastic! Young children were asleep on the tables while the family members hawker their wares and food to the enormous amount of tourists who brave the pre-dawn tuk tuk ride out to Angora. 

Tuk tuks are the best mode of transport. I was picked up for free from the airport by a tuk tuk driver who has now become my personal driver. I was suckered into that quite nicely. I didn’t realize that I could have done a shared driver for the temples from the hostel, but it has worked out well as I don’t have to be waiting for people to do their sightseeing, and I was given some traditional food too for my second breakfast. He assured me I wouldn’t get sick but I was dubious as to why he wasn’t eating it also. It was a fresh fish from the river cleaned and fried, with steamed rice and pickled cabbage and onions shoots of some description. It was absolutely delicious and I am not feeling sick at all!

I can hear my Mam and Dad saying “what’s a tuk tuk…why hasn’t she told us what that is?” Mind you, Dad has discovered the wonders of Google so he may have googled it….for those of you too lazy…it’s basically a rickshaw but powered by motorbike….it’s the best, and there are no discernable road rules  so these things weave in and out of everywhere. I can also cross the road with confidence…just step out and go….its good training for Vietnam apparently.