Angkor Village Hotel Siem Reap

... restaurants that I guess are more for tour groups.<br><br>The next day was temple day. We began early and headed out to Angkor Wat, trying to beat the crowds. Angkor Wat was discovered about 150 years ago by a French Naturalist who just happened to spot it while he was hiking in a mountainous area looking for butterflies. &#8220;Angkor&#8221; means city and &#8220;wat&#8221; means temple. This &#8220;city&#8221; complex was built for the king in the 12th ...

... totally pimped out, with a bar and large seating area downstairs, plus an indoor pool!<br><br>Shortly after midday I went up to my room, a large dorm with three bunk beds, plus an immaculate bathroom and large separate shower room. Bloody lovely. In my room was a bloke from London called Richard, and he had just arrived too. We got chatting, so after I'd sorted my stuff and we'd both had showers, we decided to head into town. The walk took about ten minutes ...

<br> A long ride to the river (car is not as enjoyable as tuk tuk) then we stand and wait for our boat. The canal by the road is dense with bamboo and colorful long-boats pulled up along the bank. While I'm waiting I watch a Cambodian wedding party taking place in the village. Loud, colorful, with many people. According to the driver, the bride will change her outfit as many as 10 times during the ceremony. Also the day of the week that you ...

... growing above the ground creating endless amounts of vines to swing off of for those who ever so desired. After this hike we headed over to a few other temples, many in which we of course got bombarded by street kids selling.. well.. pretty much useless ****. Knowing that the worst thing we could do was give them any money, we dealt with our guilt by just talking to them. These kids are amazingly bright and quite cheeky business people. For example, anytime they asked you ...

... for waking us up all the time!<br><br>We depart, by tuk-tuk, towards Angkor Wat to watch the sunrise. We spend the morning going to several temples including Ta Keo (sandstone) which Rob climbed up the very steep shallow steps to the top whilst I stayed safe at the bottom. Ta Prohm, which is overshadowed by nature taking back the space in the forest where this temple lies. With trees growing on, in, under and ...

... Taking one glance at the floor beneath our bare, flip-flopped feet, we decide to keep our carry-ons in our laps - we embrace our arms around our bags, making ourselves feel smaller and remain in this position for the remainder of the trip. We cuddle close together and try not to touch the surrounding metal and plastic surfaces.<br><br> We make our way out of the busy city and are tortured with cheesy music videos with ...

... them in. Their parents were too poor even to buy a few books to sell.<br>I helped them and was really happy to see them back at the orphanage on the monday. They were getting a meal every lunch time there and one before they left every night.<br>I asked Nick from the Cambodia Orphanage Fund if they would be allowed to stay at the orphanage and he said it depended on their behaviour and also the behaviour of their parents,and how the ...