What can I say about today apart from the fact we have seen one of the existing seven wonders of the world.
We were picked up at 8.00 and taken in a car , just us the driver and a guide to the ticket office for Angor Wat. This proved to be an experience as we had to stand and have our photo taken for our day pass. Then it was back in the car and off to the east door of Angor Wat , which is really the back door and apparently is much quiter than the western entrance. The sight of this huge temple appearing amongst the trees is aw inspiring. This is a cliche but it is really difficult to describe the scale of this one temple. We looked at the wonderful bas reliefs and then went inside the temple before we climbed up to the third level.
This was a 50 degree climb and was done in the heat of the day. You are not allowed to wear hats and to be honest the 37 steps seemed like a mountain. The view from the top was worth all of the effort. After Angor Wat we went to Angor Thom and then onto Bayon where Buddha faces stare at you from all sides and levels. We saw the terrace of the elephants and the Leper King Terrace before heading off to Preah Khan and then to Ta Prohm. The last had been swallowed by the jungle and it is worth seeing just to see what trees can destroy if they are left to it.
Our guide was  a big  football fan, in fact he supported Manchester United. We did try to put him right but he had opinions on every one in the English game from Steve McClaren to Roy Hodgson. It all seemed rather surreal standing in the jungle whilst he told us last night's football scores and how much he hated Manchester City.
He did give us a choice I that we could return to the hotel and rest before we did the last two temples but we decided to plough on regardless. In the process we drank 4 litres of water between us.
We returned to the hotel for a very welcome beer and then did mundane things like checking our flight for Sunday at a nearby Bangkok airways office and going to a local supermarket to buy beer and water.
I know I haven't written enough about the temples here, but they are very difficult to put into words. All are magnificent pices of architecture, all have wonder bas relief carvings, all bear evidence of a massive civilisation where thousands of people clearly worked together to create something very special.All are in a spectacular setting and each one is individual. Both of us have had a really tremendous day and certainly it is one that we shall never forget. When there are only two of you with  a guide you do feel very special. We have certainly had a very special and unforgettable day.