I left my hotel in Kuala Lumpur at 4:30 in the morning in a drenching rainstorm. It is a 60 minute trip by taxi from downtown to the airport. Not much traffic though at that time of the day. Most normal people wouldn't be up at that time or worse yet, just going to bed! After finding my way around the AirAsia terminal, which is not that easy to ...

Willem and I woke up early on Saturday 10 May to catch our flight from Bangkok to Phnom Penh. Early is an understatement, it was about 4am! The flight was fine, but Willem didn't enjoy it much cause he had a few beers the night before with George Cole. After arriving in Phnom Penh we had some free time before our bus left for Siem Reap, so we sa...

Exploration des temples d'Angkor a velo qu'on a loue pour 3 jours. Et on commence par Angkor Vat ! Imposant, majesteux, comme je l'avais imagine :) Il s'agit du plus grand edifice religieux all over da world ! Tres bien conserve, mais on ne peut plus monter dans la tour centrale. J'ai pas grand chose a dire de oplus a son sujet, les photos parle...

To lure both Adam and Andrew's mom to SE Asia, we had to do two trips to Angkor Wat (ancient capital of Cambodia, located next to Siem Reap). Angkor Round 1: We arrived from Luang Prabang, Laos with Adam on February 14. We booked ourselves into the Raffles Grand Hotel D'Angkor, one of the best hotels anywhere. Being Valentines day, Andrea and An...

We arrived in Cambodia and I was feeling a little apprehensive. I wasn't sure what to expect from a place that used to put heads on sticks! (Trust my husband to want to come here!) On arriving at our hotel Karl had done me proud and we checked into a swanky hotel which was totally fab. (Well, he knew that he would get it in the neck if it was a ...

I was thinking about the best way into Cambodia and in the end I decided to do it the solo route as suggested in one of the guide books and not get the tourist buses that are organise from the Kao San Road or fly. Its a little more work but its cheaper, quicker and more of an adventure, and I'd agree! Checked out of my my place in Bangkok around...

This was the second day of our tour departing from the hostel. After a nice breakfast we headed to Prasat Kravanh, a small temple consisting of five towers built in the 10th century. Then we headed to Srah Srang ¡V a reservoir/ swimming pool/ mediation area for the king. When the king and the queen swam there all the other people were not allowe...

Day 43 - 28th May 2006 - Siem Reap A bus instead of boat takes us from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap as the lake in between the two is too shallow in parts for our boat! Siem Reap is an old capital of Cambodia, and home to Angkor, which used to be home to one of the most powerful empires in south Asia in the 12th Century. We stay in a guesthouse (alas...

We fly Bangkok air to Siem Reap, a short 50 min jump into Cambodia. Wat can I say, it's hard to describe to sheer size of Angkor Wat. None of the pictures or descriptions you come across prepare you for the first time you see the place. Quite what visiting leaders thought in the 12th Century i don't know (they must have had balls if they walked ...

Hello tout le monde ! Depuis la derniere fois qu on s est vus on a passe encore 2 jours sur le site d Angkor, a crapahuter, grimper, escalader et j en passe. Du coup on a reussi a quasi tout voir : Angkor Wat le soir, les temples exterieurs et le fameux temple de Lara Croft....le Ta Prohm (surnomme Tom Wat par Jocelyne qui a un peu trop pris le ...