Sunrise with a thousand spectators

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January 28th 2007

Published: August 9th 2007

Angkor TemplesA short, bumpy bus ride northwards and you hit Cambodia’s main tourist town: Siem Reap - gateway to the Angkor temples. We hired a Tuk Tuk for the entire day, rising at 5am to watch the sunrise over Angkor Wat (in the company of thousands of other tourists) and then spent the rest of the day walking through the incredible 12th century ruins. (Actually, it’s probably more than t... Read Full Entry

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Bronson and Sharon

Ergasiophobia

Originally from South Africa and Australia we have both been living in London for many, many moons. An amazing city, it has kept our attention for longer than most before and it is with a bittersweet feeling that we have finally decided to leave for the sunny shores of Australia. We have always loved to travel and have toured extensively throughout the UK and Europe, but these have always been comfortable holidays staying in nice hotels, so it is with great excitement that we have decided to see the world from a different angle, and for a much longer period of time. The plan is to backpack ... full info

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Trees

You can get an indication of scale if you look at the man wearing purple in the left hand corner

Angkor Wat Reflection

Last photo of the sun rising over Angkor Wat

Passing up some bamboo

They leave the little branches on to use as rungs on this natural ladder

They then lash the bamboo to the metal ladder

This is the sort of thing they'd never be allowed to do in the Western world

This is the side profile of where they are climbing

And all just to pull out the plants which have taken root in the Angkor Wat tower.

Just kidding! This is the last sunrise photo. Really!

The guy climbing the bamboo ladder would be just to the left of where the sun is.

How not to do it

Bronson took a liking to this sign for some strange reason.

Balloon over Angkor Wat

Balloon closer up

View down from Balloon

Aerial View of Angkor Wat

Hazy horizon

Bronson's bushy beard

Beaming from a balloon bloating in the by (think I should have abandoned the alliteration after the word "balloon")

Look, no tourists!

One of those rare photos without any people visible. It's mainly a timing thing (and the fact that this was one of the less popular temples we saw on our second day).

Luckily we took our photos

before this gang arrived! There were tour buses that would pull up and vomit out hordes of tourists that just killed the serenity.

Exploring the ruins

Ready to hold up a bank

These masks were wonderful on the dusty and polluted streets

3rd April 2007

Liv
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Liv's Tips for Angkor Wat
Hi guys, I realise I'm into history a little more that you two, but I would have to disagree and say the 1 day pass isn't enough! The place is so huge, and 1 day wasn't enough to explore all the temples which are so fascinating with all the huge trees growing over them. I felt like Indiana Jones, and never tired of discovering overgrown statues, tombs etc! I got a 2 day pass, and could have had an extra day there...but that's just me! xx

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