Cambodia: Siem Reap to Phenom Penh

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April 30th 2008

Published: May 21st 2008

We did the whirlwind tour through Cambodia ~ about 10 days which is par for the course for tourists mainly interested in Angkor Wat. This seems to be the big draw these days (since the movie Tomb Raider came out about 6 yrs ago and was filmed in Angkor Wat) and Siem Reap - the town near Angkor Wat is becoming very built up with many, many! hotels (from big and fancy to nice looking newer guest hou... Read Full Entry

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Climbing

We got our exercise here, and our Sauna! It was very hot and plenty humid too

W Climbing

Steep Stairs

It was a little unnerving and I'm generally not afraid of heights!

Many temples are a steep climb to the top

My skirt was the coolest thing I could wear. It felt like a sauna much of the time! but somehow was not so bad.

The forest beyond

from a high temple veiwpoint

Meditators

Well preserved details

W & C

with the Goddesses

This goddess quite well preserved

Temples like this...

are a younger vintage 11-1200 A.D. and had a much different feel.

Massive stone complexes

Uses and purposes unknown

From a distance

Landmine victim

This girl really startled me as I was on my way to a bathroom in Angkor. She was looking for donations. I was afraid of her at first. When I came out of bathroom I gave her some money and William got this photo. When I saw the photo I was amazed to see the sparkle in her eyes. We did not show her the photo like we normally do with people. It was an amazing moment.

The landmine museum

near Angkor. This was a good museum! Here we learned a lot about the organization for a landmine free world, & what has been done to remove landmines in Cambodia and other countries.

Landmine museum founder

As a child this man was a Khemer Rouge soldier in the 70's and planted many landmines. Later, he joined the Vietnamese to help free the Cambodians from the 'killing fields'. Since that time he has worked diligently to disable and remove landmines from Cambodia in order to help his native people.

Stilt Houses

A typical house in the large central valley farming area around Siem Reap and south. These ranged from very nice to small & run down looking. Looking at the houses there seemed to be a fair size "middle class", but the poor were VERY poor!

Buddhist offering at New Year

I Dont know... Do you think God would want a coke?!

"Shanti-town" near Tonle Sap lake

About one hour drive from Siem Reap

Boats waiting to take you for a

ride on the Tonle Sap

A river/lake vendor

I think they were selling tea or soup

Heading into Tonle Sap Lake

to visit the floating village. This river tributary was very shallow and muddy during this dry time of year. In the rainy season the lake and rivers flood the plain areas so all the houses are on stilts in this central area

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