After a nice breakfast including fresh fruit juice (included in the price of my $5 room), I took my rented bicycle out for another day. This time I headed for the southwest area. I saw one of the bigger buildings and this one looked like a step-pyramid. Inside were huge cathedral like hallways. Each one of these pagodas is like walking through a medieval castle in some ways. I was wondering if I could go up another level, but it was gated off. I did find an alternative way, if you walk along a narrow ledge you can get to the second floor. Looked like something out of the Prince of Persia video game, but I didn’t need to visit there that bad.
Today I quit at about 1:00PM. Just a few days ago I was sick with a fever so I don’t want to repeat that.
I had a fruit milk shake with ice. Now I know when the guidebooks say be careful of ice. One cube had what looked like a lot of dirt frozen inside of it. I took that piece out at least.
It was New Year’s Eve. And the guesthouse had some dinner for the occasion, which was very nice of them. I talked to a few other tourists here. Some said they were caught up in a scam where a local person invites them to their home for dinner and then asks to borrow like $50 for rent. They said these people would chase you on motorcycles. I noticed these people and saw they were aggressive and I stayed away already.
I didn’t stay up for midnight, but went to sleep early.