this is our second day in siem reap really nice bit stinky at times. been to see all the temples absolutely booteefull totally amaaazzing!!!! got up at silly o clock to see the sun rise but worth it. we got blind massages which hurt but really good. swam in the pool in the monsoon rain. good funs. heading to battambang tomorrow see you there lov...

Temples, temples, temples. Today we visited 7 temples in the Angkor complex. These ranged from the 9th century to the 13th century. The Angkor sites were all built by the kings of the Angkor empire and are spread over hundreds of square miles. Some kings were Hindu whilst others were Buddhist, so the temples are a mix of Hindu and Buddhist, The ...

I was told I would be placed at the Sangkheum School this time as they no longer work with my old school, COSA. The GH is almost palatial compared to the last place which was fine. We have a TV and hot water, not that you really need hot water in this heat. There is even AC if you can afford to pay the $4 a day extra. There are about 15 voluntee...

We arrived in Siem Reap late last Friday night from Sihanoukville. The bus was supposed to take 9 hours but ended up being 11. Found a decent hotel (well at the time it was decent but later on we discovered was a mini-zoo. Grasshoppers, cockroaches, ants, beetle type things and a view of a crocodile farm out the back window!) and went for some m...

Hey everyone I'm sorry it's been so long but there has been far too much excitement in the last few weeks. After Phanom Rung we came over the border to the north of Thailand into Cambodia. This border is not widely used by travelers so it was a little unnerving to see no one else who was going through the same thing as us. However, we had our fr...

Hi everyone! Hope you are all okay :-) We left Phnom Penh at 8:00am on a bus headed to Siem Reap. Cambodia is very flat, and there is little scenery out of the bus window apart from the odd town, or small village that you pass through. The only highlight was watching trucks heading towards us carrying passengers on their roofs. We got to the bus...

We'll start with a bit of a funny story we forgot to add whilst in Oz. We're in the laundry room of the hostel we were staying at. The washing machine was full of some girls washed clothes (you could tell they were girls because bra's and knickers were mixed in). Mye was afraid to touch them so Judie dutifully scooped them out and placed them on...

Pre-Trip Itinerary: Angkor Wat The great ruined cities of Angkor on the shores of the Tonle Sap stand in mute testimony to the power of the Khmer Empire. Built between the 9th and 15th centuries AD, this complex of temples, palaces and terraces is an architectural masterpiece. The great ruined cities of Angkor on the shores of the Tonle Sap sta...

Boarding a Laos Airline (yikes!!!) turboprop early in the morning at Vientiane Airport, Anita and John leave the peaceful country of Laos behind... and enter the Kingdom of Cambodia in the city of Sim Reap. A mixture of man's highest and lowest achievements are found in this country... and it is a stop that John has been excited to make for many...

Hardcore cycling cost my health? No it was not that tiring. But I blame on the choice of accommodation. Popular Guest House in Siem Reap has rave reviews in Lonely Planet and Chikyuu no aruki kata (Japanese travel guide book), and is a magnet of backpakers from all around the world. The cheap room $3 is steamy with the fan on and the shared bath...