Baca Villa Siem Reap

... t really say no. We're good prey....two white english girls. But, we learnt a lot about Vishnu and the other two really important Hindu gods....that we can't remember the names of. Alice says sorry Dad. He taught us about the fertility monument and the only time we really listened was when he said vagina. We did giggle...he didn't.
We watched the sunset from one of the temples on a hill...twas beautiful. Phil don't worry we have some cracking sunset shots just for you. The head torch ...

... I came across a teenage kid drawing what looked like a tree and fallen stones. Looking up, I see what he is drawing, and I am again impressed. It was so realistic, so accurate, that I wondered how many times he has drawn this scene. A little further down, I see a guy drawing a figure high up on the wall. His artistic skills are not quite as good, and since the object of his art is so far away, I believe he leaves some details to his imagination.

... a really small bathroom with really cold water from the lake), so we checked in! There was a big common room (like sitting room, with tv, pool table etc) that lead out to a terrace onto the lake. After checking in we had a drink & this guy came over stoned off his head! Great start! After listening to him for awhile, we headed to get cleaned up & check out the 'alley'! We headed for something to eat, had a little wander before heading back. While reading my book before ...

... from 'immigration' advises you then it must be right. Over here in Asia...it's the opposite!! Everyone is part of the same so called 'company' and I guess you have to give it to them because it is run to perfection...

Eating some food we discuss what we are going to do further and end up changing half our money although we got dollars and riel instead of just riel. Not that it made any difference to me though as we had still be well and truly scammed.

Sitting around ...

... the direction of Phnom Penh.

There are few rest areas and toilet facilities along the way.If there were any, they were mainly restaurants with badly maintained toilets.

The biggest town along the way is Kampong Thom.

The vehicular traffic in rural Cambodia is an amazing mixture of cars that you only see on the roads in very developed countries, from the latest Hummer, Range Rover,Lexuses to bicycles, tuk-tuk and ...

... are amazing, stunningly beautiful, mysterious and exciting would be an understatement. My photos will not do them justice.

Started off at Angkor Thom, as this was the place I wanted to see the most - inside is the Bayon - it's the temple with all the heads staring out into the jungle - definitely my favourite place, I went back there twice.

Got to Angkor Wat itself at sunset the first day, just as it was closing so I couldn't go in ...

I spend the day today with villagers out in the countryside. It's actually a tour called "A day in the life," where you can experience life with a typical Khmer family out in a small, poor rural village. It was an amazing experience. Since originally posting this blog entry I've gotten some emails asking where to sign up for this tour. It was a tour provided by the Villa at Siem Reap, http://www.thevillasiemreap.com/tours.h tm ...

... As the name suggests its a pizza place that puts herbs on your pizza that make you happy!! When ordering the waiter asks how happy you want the pizza so a very happy vege pizza was ordered along with two large beers. Happy out!! We then hit the night markets which were cool and I got not one but two massages. The first one i flew solo as it was a fish massage and Claire didnt fancy it. Basically there is a big pool off wee fish and you put your feed in and they eat ...

... structure.




Dancing apsaras.





Trying to pose like the ...

... climbed up the steepest dirt hills & it was so hot. Now they have a side path that is not steep & goes around the side of the hill - so much easier than the original path. It is now cordoned off but you can see how steep it is.



Visited Angkor Wat for sunrise & back then you could still climb up the tall towers. Leigh looked at ...