We ended up spending most of this morning mucking around trying to figure out what to do. After finally deciding on hiring motorbikes and exploring some of the waterfalls nearby, we spent over an hour walking around town in search of a place that would actually hire out bikes! With it being New Years, even though people have motorbikes they usually rent out, today they didn't really seem like they could be bothered with us! In the end we got 4 terrible bikes that clunked the 10km to the waterfall we made it to.
Despite the crappy bikes the ride was quite enjoyable - after riding a few kilometres on the main road we turned onto a quiet red clay road where we were accompanied by a chorus of "hellos" as we zoomed past. Often our appearance resulted in local kids bursting from their homes and waving us through.
The waterfall was full of locals enjoying their holidays at the shallow pools at the top of the falls and below under the crashing waters. 
At the top parents dangled their babies (and in one case, their monkey) into the waters, much to the delight of the little ones! The only downside was that in Khmer culture adults (and especially women) swim fully clothed so Nicole and Liv weren't too keen to dive into the water despite the heat. 
Adam and Sam jumped right in and mingled with the kids, much to the jealousy of the teenage boys who were too cool to play in the water (but they obviously wanted to). Adam and Sam perched behind the falls and watched the activity from behind the watery curtain before following some kids rock climbing halfway up and then jumping into the pool below. This was only done once, after they hit the bottom!!
We biked back to town for another lunch at the same restaurant as yesterday before spending the evening packing and playing cards (and Adam got his first taste of the famous Angkor Beer). Unfortunately we have a resident mouse in our room, who enjoyed nibbling through numerous bags and their contents, which made the packing process much more difficult than usual.
Adlibing a busy waterfall.
Despite the crappy bikes the ride was quite enjoyable - after riding a few kilometres on the main road we turned onto a quiet red clay road where we were accompanied by a chorus of "hellos" as we zoomed past. Often our appearance resulted in local kids bursting from their homes and waving us through.
The waterfall was full of locals enjoying their holidays at the shallow pools at the top of the falls and below under the crashing waters. At the top parents dangled their babies (and in one case, their monkey) into the waters, much to the delight of the little ones! The only downside was that in Khmer culture adults (and especially women) swim fully clothed so Nicole and Liv weren't too keen to dive into the water despite the heat. Adam and Sam jumped right in and mingled with the kids, much to the jealousy of the teenage boys who were too cool to play in the water (but they obviously wanted to). Adam and Sam perched behind the falls and watched the activity from behind the watery curtain before following some kids rock climbing halfway up and then jumping into the pool below. This was only done once, after they hit the bottom!!We biked back to town for another lunch at the same restaurant as yesterday before spending the evening packing and playing cards (and Adam got his first taste of the famous Angkor Beer). Unfortunately we have a resident mouse in our room, who enjoyed nibbling through numerous bags and their contents, which made the packing process much more difficult than usual.Adlibing a busy waterfall.
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