Day 1 in P squared started hard. Boom alarm, boom lie in, boom reading on the balcony. We did make it to the gym in the end though, which is better than most hotel gyms, but still not fantastic. When Hannah was warming down, a bolt came out of the treadmill from somewhere, worrying.

From here it was getting changed and up for breakfast, which was pretty late, so not the freshest looking food. However, we were presently surprised. Pretty good breakfast, fresh made omelettes, orange juice that clearly wasn't meant to be watered down. Great! Some bits were less good, but positivity wins the day. We went back to the room, got ready and headed out.

We just planned to explore the area around us, is supposed to be a bit more upmarket, which whilst good did mean extra spends. First was going to get washing done, so we had found a place round the corner, which looked good and importantly cheap. It was located in this little estate filled with some pretty good looking restaurants, cafes and, oddly, a nice hairdressers. Nice little find. 

We then got back on route, which took us first to Wat Langka. It again was different from the other Wats we've seen, maybe one of the more impressive ones and definitely looks a little more practical. 

They also did meditation practice throughout the week, so we thought the evening after the killing Fields might be good to do something a bit more positive and spiritual.

We walked along the road, passing independence monument;

And a statue of the father king of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk.

We then found ourselves outside the Nagaworld complex, which I think is trying to be a Las Vegas casino. It had a hotel, restaurants, casino areas and shows. It looked very impressive, so we thought we'd check it out. Inside was just as nice, people in funny uniforms everywhere and massive Central decorations. Very much reminded of Las Vegas. As we went on through though, it became clear it's not quite there yet. As far as we could tell, it was just black Jack and roulette mostly on offer, with a smattering of other games, not really as extensive as we'd thought. Also, it didn't seem to have the fun atmosphere of Las Vegas, just a serious gambling vibe (although it was Saturday afternoon). We did decide to play a little on roulette and both walked away 5 dollars up. #bigmoney.

Now it came time to hunt down lunch. One thing I learned was to bookmark a bunch of recommended places to eat so we should be able to find one nearby without needing to do any research, so we went to one of those, the backyard cafe. Clearly a favourite with the expat community, it was very good. We both had the power bowls, stuff with all sorts of healthy things; Hannah had an iced latte and I went for a coffee and chocolate smoothie. 

We headed back to the hotel, to get inside for the hottest part of the day, and our route just so happened to take us past a place called The Chocolate Shop, what a coincidence. We bought 2 beautiful little chocolates to share: a lime & basil and a passion chocolate, for the balcony with coffee.

Back at the apartment, we went up to the roof to enjoy the pool facilities. We were in it for about 5 minutes before two guys came along and started doing, pretty much, a photoshoot. Posing, them looking out towards the city, sitting in the water, all that kind of shit. They had their own photographer complete with chunky expensive camera. It was really odd as they clearly weren't models, but were taking it very seriously. Also, the fact they had a photoshoot at a swimming pool, but neither could swim at all. So we, very maturely, made sure we were doing lots of swimming up and down and splashing a lot. You know, cause we're adults.

It was Saturday night, so we thought, for once, maybe going out. Down the road from us there is a lane (Bassac Lane) which has been completely converted into bars (I think all owned by the same people) so we thought it sounded like fun. For dinner, we found a traditional Japanese noodle House on the way which looked pretty good. It did feel very authentic, the staff some Japanese, which is always a good sign. We weren't too confident in the menu, English translation hasn't been that good, so we ordered an omelette and two udon noodles. The guy next to us clearly thought the food was great. He was only in there about @15 minutes and was slurping like no one's business. It sounded like a vacuum trying to suck up soup. We did agree with him though it was very tasty.

Bassac Lane did look like a really cool place, loads of little bars and restaurants packed in, all very hipster-esque. We tried a couple of espresso martinis at The Library, which unfortunately weren't very good. We're not sure if that's because they actually weren't good, or mine are very good, either way a bit disappointing. The second place we tried was Harry's, which had a little rooftop. So we ordered a tropical cocktail and a Pimm's cocktail. They were better, not fantastic, but we only paid £20 for four cocktails, and I have pretty high standards to be fair.