Angkor Wat

One of the many overgrown trees that have grown into the ruins plus 3 of the hundreds of ankle biters (children) that try to sell you everything for "1 dollar!''

Arty Leather. What do you think Joe?

An Angkor carving, don't we love it.
One of the gates somewhere.

Killing fields memorial-full of human skulls-victims from the mass killings.
Human bones and teeth picked up by visitors. The fields around where were all the bodies were buried. When you walk in the paths there are bones and clothes poking out from underneath the soil.
A tuk tuk van full of monks going to the monastery in Phonm Penh.
Monsoon rain. Sat in an Irish bar having a Guinness and a Baileys.
Craig and his millipede friend.

Here is the link to our Cambodia photos-
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=daywaat.lhz6dxx&Uy=4gyvyg&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&UV=680552740331_14814538613&localeid=en_US


Hope the pictures are easy reading Woggy! Chuckle. Happy biking.

Visited Angkor Wat for 3 days on a tuk tuk. It is like a huge National Park with temples and ruins dotted throughout. It was unbelievably big. It was typical that the tuk tuk driver we had booked for the 2nd day arranged a price with us before we set off and then announced once we got there (in the middle of nowhere) that he was going to charge us double! Hard luck to him and a long walk back for us! 5 hours to be exact in the scorching heat (but at least we had Craig's umbrella to keep us cool). The place is fantastic and is where Tomb Raider and Indiana Jones was filmed.

We also visited the Landmine museum which is in the same grounds. The man who created the museum is a former child Khmer Rouge soldier who was trained to plant landmines. He now clears landmines throughout Cambodia. It is incredible that the government hasn't supported him until now, trying to deny the fact that the most dangerous areas in the world for mines are in the west of Cambodia.

The trip to Cambodia has been incredibly educational. The fact that Pol pot was to blame for 3 million deaths in the 70's, the amount of disabled people and eerily the lack of old people is eye opening. Never mind the thousand year complexes of Angkor Wat that have still survived.

Siem Reap has been converted to tourist central. On the plus, there is loads of charities here doing work for the area. We have been to a few 'dining for a cause' restaurants were the street children live in orphanages in the grounds and are trained in the hospitality industry by working in the restaurant. All the profit goes to housing and paying for the orphans and to getting more children off the streets. A perfect place to come if you wanted to spend some time doing charitable work.