Day 49 Circus Time

22/04/13
Breakfast was at Kinyei Cafe and was a bowl of good old muesli again. I spent the morning wandering the city finding hidden Wats and old french buildings that are dotted around Battambang. I read and had a couple of drinks by the river then a security guard came over and sat down, he spent the next 10 minutes talking useless rubbish so I dashed to the toilet, paid and left. I then went to the museum, which I had been waiting to open at 14.00. I arrived on the hour and after 25 minutes got up to leave but sat down again when I saw a woman carrying some keys. It cost $1 to get in and would have been better spent on a bottle of water. The museum was just one large room and contained mainly stone work, all very similar stuff I had already seen and equally boring, I waited twice as long outside as I actually spent inside the place it was that enthralling, certainly one to miss out. I had an early dinner then went to a circus performance at 19.00. The group, Phare Ponleu Selpak was made up of school age children, with some who have just left. It was a circus in the same way that the Cirque du Soleil (CdS) is one, mainly dance and acrobatics. CdS better watch their backs as these guys were incredible, they seriously could give CdS a run for their money!!

Evidence of the French

Just one of the incredible stunts performed.