Royal Angkor Siem Reap

... of the population is under the age of 20 due to the years of genocide)<br>- There is no problem of overpopulation here like in China or in India (for eg. compared to VN, it is half the size and it has only about 1/6 of the population). As a result, there is less traffic, less dirt, less pollution, etc.<br>- The VNese kicked out the Khmer Rouge in 1979 - yay to my people! - and helped get Cambodia get back on track. The Cambodian people seem to acknowledge ...

... Keiren and I finally reach Siem Reap in a taxi (yes we started off in a bus, don't ask), by this point we are already $30 extra lighter from a Visa scam and an extra $15 lighter from a taxi scam and very, very tired. So.. Meester Taxi driver pulls up at a stop outside Siem Reap (despite us telling him where to take us) where a set of vulture tuk tuk drivers lay in wait for scam number three which involves getting ...

... back in the day but now they are just a good photo op. There are a ton of temples and sights contained in Angkor Thom and I visited the following: Bayon, Baphuon, Terrace of the Elephants, and the Terrace of the Leper King. I was there for much of the morning under a blistering sun.<br><br> First up was Bayon, which was really impressive. It has over 30 towers and each one has some of those same faces in each of the four directions. There are also extensive ...

... to try to get his travel guide licence (which is very expensive) and Helen was able to give him lots of help when she decided that she wasn't up to climbing some of the harder temples.<br>It would be hard for me to put a name to all of the photos I have taken - the temples all start to look the same after a while, but Bayon was a stand-out and I also loved the one with the 5 pools (empty) laid out in a cross ...

... the kids would run out to wave to us as we passed by on the bikes, it was so cute! On the way we stopped off at an orphanage that was sponsered by the Quad company to spend time with the kids. Also, at the beginning of the trip there was a bit of an accident with 2 young french teenagers that we're rinding together, apparently the driver looked behind to see his dad &amp; mom &amp; they ended up flying into a river at the side of the ...

... laws, the people are so different from anything I've experienced. It is the first country I've ever seen that didn't have a McDonalds (even Fiji and Malaysia had a few). <br><br>I arrived at the hostel and arranged for my moto driver to pick me up at 5AM to watch the sunrise at the world famous Angkor Wat temples. I thought I was going to pass out right away but I found it impossible to sleep so early in the day. I did a little socializing with some ...

... for tonight dinner, too much homework to do... <br><br>What about him... every single penny ...

... of the Elephants where the King would review his troops prior to battle. By this time we were beginning to be templed out, so back in the bus to a $3.50 lunch of chicken and lemongrass.<br><br>After lunch our guide squeezed in Preah Khan before letting us go to Angkor Wat around 2. We were all pretty tired, but Angkor Wat is pretty awesome. Long walk down the causeway to the entrance. In a couple of levels before you get to the steep steps to the inner sanctum. So steep they ...