Lotus Resort & Spa Siem Reap
National Road No.6 (Airport Road), Phum Kruos-Khom Svaydangkom Siem Reap, 855, Cambodia
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Possibly the worst road in the world?
30th July Had lazy day - went to the MBK centre to look around - bought several DVD's and Michael decided to splash out on something he's always wanted. A North Face gore tex summit series jacket. And it's actually from the North Face shop so totally authentic! He's very chuffed and continued to wear it around our room for most of the night …
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The temples of Angkor
We organised a tuk tuk to drive us around for 3 days then sat back in our Rolls Royce of tuk tuks as we set off to tackle the temples of Angkor. We started at the temple of Preah Khan, which was really nice and as it was the first one we'd seen I was blown away by the ruins covered in trees which had been abandoned for 400 years. Originally dedicated to the buddha, this temple was later vandalised by Hindhu rulers who replaced many buddha images on the walls with ...
Byen og Angkor
Dag 1 i Siem Reap.
Vi startede ud omkring kl 10 med at tage vores med Tuktuk chauffør (fra aftenen før) ud til Angkor – et område ca. 4 km nord for byen.
Angkor er en ruinby, som havde sin storhedstid mellem år 800 og 1300, er fyldt med templer og var verdens største præindustrielle by med ca.1 mio. mennesker.
Byen ser nedslidt ud og de røde Khmerer har heller ikke været for venlige mod området, hvilket ses på de ...
Bittersweet.....
... We have 2 circles to welcome the new volunteers and for me to say farewell. Can you imagine how it is to stand in a big circle with up to
100 children all screaming (because when they read out loud that is what they do!) THANK YOU T'CHA - SEE YOU NEX YEA and then applauding? I stand with my back to the sun fully aware that looking at me is difficult. And I have to go through this twice as well as 3 lots of class farewells! (a.m., p.m. and evening classes) Then the girl ...
I was a Teacher today ;-)
... to look after it, including the teacher. In fact they live just next door. In tree huts!! The man in charge is called Keane and i met
his wife, children and his parents.
His parents were adorable. Again have a look at the pictures! I was told his dad got shot in the eye and blinded in 1975 (the Pol Pot era) and has lived with a bullet in his head ever since. Can you imagine it. They told me quite a bit of history about how ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Lotus Angkor



