Bopea Ii Siem Reap

... some rays before heading upstairs to the rooftop restaurant for a delicious spag bol lunch.

Further lying in the sun and a splash in the pool takes us to bed for a nap. Or should I say...a 6 hour snooze?? By the time we awaken it's after 10 and we have no food!! I stroll out to reception to see if they can help us out but am met with the answer I expected...the restaurant is closed. No shops nearby either ...

... Thon.

It's amazing the fact that these cities, temples were built over 1,000 years ago and they're still a living testimony of how humans can create beautiful and lasting things and also how powerful of a grip myths and religion can have over our keen.

The city of Anchor Wat is an impressive site, not only for it's size, but also for its beauty! It was simply amazing to see to see how ...

... there are only 5, but the pond in front of us doubled them!).

After the sun was a few degrees above the horizon, we marched in past the next layer of walls in an attempt to beat the assembled tourist hordes to the goods. Success. We flanked building and found a side entrance and enjoyed several structures before anyone else could wreck our views or our pictures. Angkor Wat truly is amazing, the level of detail on the stonework is incredible ...

... miss her. She, along w/ her mom and younger sister work the tables while dad cooks up some of the best food in town! The large plates of steaming noodles were $1 usd. and so delicious. Same same but this place is truly different.
If you happen to be in town for the Water festival, it is definitely worth checking out. Locals and people from neighbouring villiages travel ...

... for our trip, so the next morning Thera picked us up for an early start. First on the list was Angkor Wat, the largest religious building in the world. This temple with its five towers was built to honor Vishnu and is the symbol of the nation. We crossed the long causeway over the moat, which is thought to represent the oceans, into the temple. Meandering through the corridors, Claire and I secured our future good fortune ...

... up to their hips in dirty flood water. Their food was destroyed, and they have no money to buy more. Their rice crops are in danger of dying, and those that have jobs at the resorts cannot work because many visitors have flown out and gone home. And of those visitors that have stayed, the roads to many hotels are not navigable, so people can't get to work.

I am stuck here. No way to get out beyond the local ...

... despite the total lack of security guards, walls, or any actual boarder! They then instantly wanted 1400B (which is about $41.50) over double what the real cost of the visa was! After politely informing them where exactly would be the best place to store their invoice we tried the Cambodian embassy, but they were trying to get $35 dollars from us so we avoided that one too.

After our (somewhat less smiling ...

... but alas it was overcast, to the disappointment of many a tourist there at that ungodly hour! Beautiful and impressive nonetheless. We were tuk tuk'd around all of the temples and the ruins that remained and at night went to, of course, the Temple Bar. Cocktails. End of. Of to Phnom Penh avec hangovers.

... speaking, the extrovert gang in the same bus. Mr.Long our tour guide gave very detailed explaination on the history of Siem ...

... br>Then finally we hopped on to the MPV and checked in to the hotel.



Noel and I ...