Touring the Temples of Angkor - Closing the Loop on a 15 Year Quest

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December 29th 2012

Published: January 26th 2013

29 Dec: Touring Angkor, Day One (note: There are a number of photos (111) associated with this entry. Believe me when I say this is just a fraction of the photos taken that day – e.g. you’re getting off easy, and getting only the highlights. Most have commentary immediately below the image, which will give a bit of an explanation of what you are looking at). I'll make a seperate post with ... Read Full Entry

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Donavin Wick

Call 2 Adventure

I wish I had discovered this blog years ago. I did the mass email update for my previous adventures (United States and Europe) and now have no online documentation to share with fellow travelers. To the chagrin of some friends and family wanderlust has struck again. I managed to stay focused for nearly a year and a half in a job related to my college education, however the desire to travel has grown strong again and can no longer be suppressed. I have secured a 12 month Visa for New Zealand and hope to document this adventure for posterity, or at least the life of the TravelBlog. Enj... full info

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Banteay Srei: Pan Right Image #3

Banteay Srei: Central Complex from outer wall and causeway

Banteay Srei: Looking for Tomb Raider

Landmine Museum

Just to the south of Banteay Srei, there is a grassroot organisation that is working to remove the 5million landmines still in cambodia along with the other unexploded munitions from assorted wars over the last 50 years.

Landmine Museum: Countries with active landmines

Landmine Museum: Entrance

Those are 500lb shells from Vietnam war

Landmine Museum: Made in the USA

Landmine Museum: Playing with bombs

Landmine Museum: Damaged bomb

Landmine Museum: prosthetic leg

The prosthetic leg was used by a person maimed by a landmine. Nothing about this prosthetic looked comfortable. That's shapped steel and a timber foot - the steel would have grated againts the person's flesh.