This is the central location for the world famous attraction of Angkor Wat. Most people come to see the various temples but it is hard not to fall in love with the city too. There is something for everyone to do here. We visited the temples for two days. Each one is very different. We did not visit them all but we would say the highlights were t...

Siem Reap is the nearest accommodation option to the Temples of the ancient civilisation of Angkor. It's a small town but has certain things in great numbers: lots of piles of old stones, obviously, (just up the road); an array of Western-style restaurants, serving extortionately priced Western food to Western tourists; cheap massage parlours on...

We left Phonm Penh at 9am. 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 station in Siem Reap around 3pm. We are both glad to get off and we th...

The other crazy place I've gone this week is the Angkor ruins in northern cambodia. The angkor empire was a powerful civilization that ruled most of southeast asia about a thousand years ago - the height of their power was around 1200. They built an amazing array of giant stone temples throughout the area, the most outstanding being near the tow...

Artist Heaven. This is the most amazing place and so much amazing photography to be done. This should feed the creative imagination for years.

Siem Reap is awesome. Arriving yesterday afternoon after a bus ride, I boarded yet another bus that took us out to the floating village about half an hour out of Siem Reap. Here is the flood plains and boats line the road, which is normally under water at other times of the year. We visited the Environment Centre (GECKO) before cruising along th...

This is my last night in Siem Reap. Tomorrow I leave on the 4:45 pm Bangkok Airways plane back to Bangkok for the final leg of my journey. I decided to spend the morning, after work, at the Central Market area in search of the silk shop Kristine told me about. After a few inquiries, I found the place with the fabric upstairs and a whole bunch of...

Yet another flight brings us to Siem Reap, our base for exploring the ancient temples of Angkor. Our guide tells us that just 10 years ago this was a small village where everyone knew eachother...... now it is a busy town. All the farmers have moved away from the area, whilst others have moved into town, attracted by the tourism. It reminds me o...

Hi All I am posting this retrospectively as there has been an internet blackout in Siem Reap for the last 2 days (or as we were told in one internet cafe "Internet is closed" !!) Anyway we flew into Siem Reap from Vientiane on Saturday morning very early, no problems with the flights, they were a little delayed but we got there in one piece and ...

Ah, Angkor Wat- the be all and end all of one's trip to South East Asia. Angkor Wat: A wonder of the world style collection of elaborate and very different temples built over the centuries by the Khmer empire curiously all situated in close proximity to each other for the convenience of the typical modern tourist, particularly of the Japanese br...