| Siem Reap and the Temples of Angkor World class temples and beggars galore. Currently has 30 entries. | ||
 Dawn over Angkor Wat. Takes a lot to get me out of bed.In a cunning play on words one of the biggest bars in Siem Reap is called 'Angkor What?' - a very .. |  Me, dawn and the mother of all temples.Do you think my scarf makes me look all Khmer? |  I took quite a lot of pics at dawn |
 I wasn't the only oneJust a few of several hundred people enjoying the isolation. At dusk it's thousands so we were .. |  A lion's poohole. Tee hee. |  Lots of carvings.Of great hindu battles. Too many to mention here. Safe to say it involved good and evil, gods and .. |
 Wendy gets somewhat hysterical......at the height and sheer angle of the world's scariest steps. No OH&S in Cambodia. .. |  Still shatting herself even near the top |  But the Elvis cape makes it all betterHow do you spell 'sacreligious'? |
 Buddhist shrine in the cool heart of Angkor Wat |  A tree |  Dancing friezes |
 So that's one temple done thenIt's taken three hours. It's now 8.30am. Time for breakfast and to look at the other, ooh, 49 .. |  Wendy trying to get her point across to the children who sell stuffThey're alright. They buggered off when the food arrived. We bargained and haggled and bought .. |  Big smiles! |
 But which one is the most enigmatic? |  Hindu Where's Wally |  Sage adviceThese are the best toilets in Cambodia. |
 When trees that big grow out of temples you know it's old |  Hindu gods are merciful right?Otherwise Wendy's going to hell. What! It was hot that day. It was knackering. You would have if .. |  Helpful signage |
 The shot of Tha Prom......the most atmospheric of Angkor's temples |  Tree spaghetti at Tha Prohm |  "Alright, what scam are you up to?"says Wendy, clearly tired of cute children with the sales skills of double glazing salesmen. .. |
 The jungle surrounding the templesThere we leave Angkor. Amazing, beautiful, and lots of it. |  Much to Doug's disgust, him being morose,......we made a big fuss of him on his birthday, managed to get him a cake from the town and got all the .. |  Look how tackorama this cake is......we got it specially iced with Doug's favourite phrase. |
 Then we had the local brew and took him to a gay bar......you wouldn't think we were in deepest darkest Cambodia. |  Wendy relaxing at our lodgingsOne pound fifty a night each with terrace and lily pond. |  Teachin EnglishThis Aussie dude had free board by teaching all the resort staff English every day from 4-5pm. .. |
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