I must have woke up a little too late today because someone else already rented my favorite bike for the day and I was stuck with a single speed bike with a hard seat. I tried to make the best out of the day and bought some water and some bread. Yesterday I bought bread at the same bakery, but today the bread cost over 3 times the price I paid before. I think it was just because a different person was there and I was a foreigner, so they thought they could get away with a higher price (I think about twice what I’d pay in the USA too). Oh well, last time I go there. I put my bread and water in the front basket of the bike and headed for the ruins once again.<\/p>\n
About half way there, I rode over a bumpy section along the road. I don’t have full suspension on this bike today, so everything was jumping around and my water and one of my three pieces of bread flew out onto the road. Great, I overpaid for this bread for this to happen. A little while later, I was riding down another bumpy road, but I held the bread’s bag in my hand. The other two pieces of bread slipped out of the bag onto the ground! I was getting pretty frustrated at this point and decided I’ll eat one of those pieces anyway. After tasting the bread, I discovered it wasn’t very good bread after all. I couldn’t finish it, and not because it was on the ground. My destination, by the way, was called the Gate of the Dead.<\/p>\n
After looking at the 5th and final gate of Angkor Thom, I rode up so some peaceful ruins in the north end of Angkor Thom. Then I looked at Phimeanakas<\/a> and Baphuon<\/a> and a look at Bayon again. Fairly satisifed with Angkor Thom, I went back to Ta Prohm (I visited here two days ago). I had some fun exploring this temple again and I accidentally wandered into some areas off limits to the public. I came upon one dark room full of bats in the ceiling making some strange, scary sounds. I almost got lost wandering around the maze of hallways and rubble filled rooms, but good thing the place isn’t too big.<\/p>\n I was about done for the day and I bought some water from someone near Ta Prohm. I thought I bargained for a good price, but when I opened the bottle I didn’t feel or hear any “snap” from the two white plastic pieces of the bottle top. Something seemed wrong to me, but it was too late to prove it so I had to drink the water anyway. There was a clear plastic seal over the entire top though. But the bottle looked used and refilled to me, which means the water quality is unknown, but I hoped it was good enough for me.<\/p>\n On the way back, I was trying to make a left turn and I was having trouble. I saw a car behind me with the left turn signal on and decided to wait for the car to go and I’ll follow. But then the car went straight instead and I noticed a car filled with a bunch of laughing and pointing local people. That got me angry, but nothing I could do.<\/p>\n For dinner I had some vegetable noodle soup, vegetable curry, and soy milk. Later in the day, I noticed my favorite bike returned back to the guesthouse, but something was wrong: the rear tire was flat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I must have woke up a little too late today because someone else already rented my favorite bike for the day and I was stuck with a single speed bike with a hard seat. I tried to make the best out of the day and bought some water and some bread. Yesterday I bought bread … <\/p>\n