Somadevi Angkor

... got there around 4:50am and the first rays from the sun had just started to break the horizon lighting a tiny glow over the Angkor Towers.  There were already a few tourists there lined up by the pool near the temple setting up their tripods for the ...

... sure if it was intentional on his part (after all it's been over a week with the crew now)!! After a shorter visit to Angkor Thom city we headed to a local restaurant on site for lunch. Now for those who are familiar with traditional Khmer cooking,  ...

... early evening as we still had a big day ahead of us. By 5am Benny, our guide and myself were on the road off to Angkor Watt to get there in time for sunrise.  We were joined by a caravan of similar-minded tourists who swarmed the temple entrance ...

... water into our clothes every hour.  We eventually finished our tour of Angkor Thom and went to check-in to our hotel, the Somadevi Angkor Hotel.  Our room is nice and large, with a balcony deck overlooking the pool.  We had lunch at a ...

... the temples stared in the movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider with Angelina Jolie. With a break for lunch, we returned to march through Angkor Wat, the incredible temple. This place is huge and quite magnificent but it was work to see it all, very hot by ...

... . Sheer willpower urged me on and we all left the hotel at 5 to catch the waiting tuk tuks on the 10 km journey to the Angkor National Park. I was breathing in deeply by the time we arrived. The group was dumped and the gate to walk the rest of the way in ...

... we are beginning to feel very very tired, from the lack of sleep and the constant heat and humidity.  Tomorrow's schedule also doesn't help, since we are planning to wake up at 3:30am to catch the sunrise over Angkor Wat.  Nite-Nite. ...

... out the cake in the pictures! Anyway, we're all very tired but still happy and excited. Tomorrow we have a magic day visiting Angkor Wat and Ta Prohm temples - can't wait.  Oh, did we tell you the hotel is fantastic............maybe we've said ...

Well, here we are guys....the last few hours of our stay in Cambodia and it's pretty safe to say we all have mixed feelings about leaving this place. This morning we spent a heart wrenching couple of hours with 50 or so orphaned kids at the Cambodia ...

Greetings once more from the intrepid travellers! Well, we have to say that we're just about tuckered out. Eleven days into our trip and we've seen and done so much. Now, we're fast running out of steam so it's probably just as well that things are ...

Well, here we are......the day has finally arrived. After our (that's ALL of us) 12 months of gutbusting work we were all looking forward to seeing how our efforts have helped at the school we were fundraising for. Of course, first off for the day was a ...