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To see the Angkor Temples, you need to get a pass for however long you want to visit the temples for and that’s our first stop. There are, of course, loads of other fellow temple seekers wanting to get their 1, 3 or 7 day passes and we are all intrigued by the ticket office. 

There are about 20 windows where you queue, pay your ticket, get your photo taken and collect your pass. All 20 have a “closed” sign in front of them, so no one really knows what is going on. I wondered if this was part of the (what otherwise could be a rather boring) job: confuse the customers. 

Anyway, as if it was part of a routine, a number of Cambodia ticket seller attendants came to the front of each queue that had now formed in front of the both windows and, in sync, announced that the ticket office was now open.

Well I suppose it gave a sense of ceremony about it. In fact, I think it was more to do with the fact that tickets bought after 5 pm would enable you to use the next day, but also give you access the previous evening: it was not 4.55 pm. The pass seller tells me to look into the camera, but I don't hear what she says and say "What?" just as she takes the photo of me for my pass. Consequently my pass has got possibly the worst picture of me ever on it: great.