After the temples at Angkor Wat we had some extra time scheduled in Cambodia. So we decided to take a break from our vacation and lie on the beach for two days. We went to the south of Cambodia to Sihinoukville and got an expensive ($20) bungalow on the beach. We read, slept, ate, and relaxed. It was most needed. Moving your home, travelling, and eating out every meal gets tiring, we're not woosies. :)
Then we headed to Phnom Penh for a few days to take in some culture and history. There was a festival along the river and it was like a state fair. Food everywhere, crappy toys for kids to break, and music stages with fireworks at night. Really fun. The nextday we went to the Killing Fields and Toul Sleng Prison from the Khmer Rouge. It was really not fun. I can speak more to that on a more personal level if any of you desire.
That night was Halloween, and after all the gouhlish-ness of the prison we needed some treats. So we ate, on the street, dessert in a bag: mangos, sweet rice, tapioca pudding, shaved ice, coconut milk, and condensed milk. It was soo sweet, but also so good.
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Angkor temples


We succesfully made it to Cambodia after many hours and many buses. Today we saw most of the temples at Angkor Wat except for the big one actually named Angkor Wat. We are saving that for tomorrow.
We hired a tuk tuk driver to "speed" us around and we ended up seeing most of the temples in a 26km loop. It was really nice and we did not get too tired out after walking around for six hours because we got to rest in the tuk tuk after each one. The first picture above is from the Bayan temple. It is multistoried and has four of those faces on all the towers. Really cool looking. The second picture is from another temple we saw today that is getting eating by the jungle in a really cool way.
Tomorrow we are going to do about 25km on bikes and see more temples. It is really cool here if you can avoid all the tourists. :)
Now we are off to have a massage by a blind person and hopefully lots of sleep.
All is well in Asia.
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