Ping Pongs in Bangkok...Temples in Angkor!

We left Ko Phangan...Finally! No, it was great, but I was ready to move on. We took a 4 hour ferry to the mainland and then a night bus up to Bangkok where we got dropped off in the middle of the street at 4am not knowing where to go. We eventually found a place to stay, but couldn't check in until 7am so that was a nightmare sitting in the lobby watching all the drunk people stroll in! We had a day of naps and shopping and went out for the night. We stayed on Kho San Road where we bumped into a friend, Rik, that we met in Phuket and Phi Phi. Later we went to Pat Pong which is an area famous for it's sex shows. That is where we went to see the "man show"if you remember that! We went into a lady show and discovered that after buying a beer at 100 baht, we were scammed into paying 300 more baht. We stormed out and began to protest that ping pong show. It was quite funny to see 5 girls and a guy sitting outside turning customers away from this place. They finally said we can go in with no charge, but we were stubborn and proceeded to protest. We sent Rik off to find us another show and he did. It was quite impressive what these girls could do, but we didn't think we would be involved with the show. We were handed balloons and were told to hold them over our heads so they could pop them. Use your imagination on how they were popped! Sorry for the details, but it's just normal in Bangkok. We were also shot at with ping pongs and Tynee was actually sitting on one in the end...gross! Anyways, our Bangkok night came to an end and we headed for Cambodia.

We got to Siem Reap and walked around for a bit and found some transport to go visit Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat is an ancient Cambodian city from the 9th and 10th centuries that is set in the jungle. It was rediscovered in the 1920's and has since been known as one of the great wonders of the world. If you have watched Lara Croft's Tomb Raider, some of it was filmed here at Angkor. It is really amazing, but I just wish I was more culturally sound. Us 5 walked around and enjoyed it and took many funny pictures, but we get bored quickly. It was amazing, but no life altering experiences here. I will post pictures when I get a disk. We saw the sights for 2 long days. Of course we come to Angkor at the hottest and busiest time of the year. It is the Khmer New Year tomorrow and that lasts for 3 days. It is also so bloody hot. Right now it is 10:17pm and it is 34 C. That is almost 100 degrees!!!!! It's really hot, especially walking up and down old temples all day!

Tomorrow we head to Phenom Pen to celebrate the new year. It should be fun!