Back in Pizza Town

For the past 4 days, we have been in the small town of Tam Loc, near Ninh Binh. We have been fortunate to have found three really good Vietnamese restaurants at which we have taken all of our meals. The problem with this is that they are all Vietnamese restaurants, and we are sick of Vietnamese food. As a result, one of our favorite meal-time conversations is about this great pizza restaurant that we found on the last night in Ha Noi and how we were going to eat there on our last night in Vietnam. Tonight is the night. Dinner is in two hours.

We had pretty much exhausted the photographic opportunities in and around Tam Loc, so we are all happy to be moving on. Tomorrow morning we fly to Siem Reap in Cambodia and spend the next three days exploring Angkor Wat. Because of its popularity, Siem Reap has been turned into a world class tourist destination, featuring a dozen five-star hotels, and great restaurants. And, of course, gazillions of tourists. We all know this, and we are prepared to deal with it, but we are not looking forward to the crowds. Art has hired a couple of monks to accompany us so that we can pose them in different parts of the temple complex. He is also trying to see if we can rent a water buffalo. This is how he rolls.

Since tomorrow is mostly a travel day, I won't have much to report until the day after (unless we have some adventures at the airport).