Day 20 travel from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap - Genocide museum, drive to Siem Reap

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This was mainly a travel day, with the ~300 km drive from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. We started the day with a quick visit to the Genocide museum in Phnom Pen (pretty disturbing), and then left the capital city for the temples of Siem Reap

On the way, we stopped at a pre-Angkor era temple complex Sambor Prei Kuk from the 9th century. While the details were not as well formed/developed as the Angkor temples, it was amazing to see what the Kings had envisoned 1,200 years ago! Other stops along the way included a market where they sold crickets and other creepy crawlies as a snack, and the beautiful Naga bridge.

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Photos

Genocide museum
Sector 21, converted from what used to be a high school

Drive to Siem Reap
Snack anyone..?

Drive to Siem Reap
Beautiful drive, with palm trees and traditional Cambodian homes on stilts

Sambor Prei Kuk
Ruins of the temple complex

Sambor Prei Kuk
One of the temples of the complex

Sambor Prei Kuk
Cheri enjoying the jungles around the ruins

Naga bridge
Pretty cool bridge built in the pre-Angkor era and still syanding with a Naga head on each end and the snake body forming the parapet/railing along the length of the bridge

Naga bridge
Length of bridge