Sometimes the temples here, experienced alone at the end of the day or early morning, can almost feel like they are drawing you back to the age the came from...
More and more temples! May 14th 2007 We are having a rest day today, after completing the three day pass to the temples. Tiring but good! We went to see some Apsara dancing on the evening of the 11th. We went to a restaurant for a buffet meal and the dancing show was for about an hour. Total cost was 12 US dollars for the buffet - the dancing was good but the food was not that brilliant! At least we can say we have seen some trad ... read more
Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more
Instructions for travelling:
1. Purchase two backpacks and 2 round the world tickets. - Check
2. Viciously rehome vast tracks of possessions on ebay or Oxfam and ferret away the rest in a (very generous) friend's garage. - Check
3. Rehome unimpressed cat. - Check
4. Sell the house - No comment.
5. Board Plane. - Check
By the end of this trip, we should have enough anecedotes for a lifetime of boring friends of 'this one time when we were just outside and you'll never believe what we .
Result.
Anyone complains, we'll bring out the... full info