Showing posts with label Angkor Wat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Angkor Wat. Show all posts

Dec 30, 2010

Last of Cambodia


 Feeling like fat maharajahs... bikes are definitely more our thing.
 Landmine 'museum'.


 We like food.
 Pretending it's Christmas. Oh wait, it was!

And now, lots of temple pictures, just to make you as templed-out as we are.

























Have to give one last shout out to the Cambodians. Left my camera behind twice, got it back both times (most of the town had had it at that point, I had to chase it around with a moto... ' no, sorry, I just gave it to my friend...', 'what, no, I already gave it to my cousin...' but I got it back!) and when my bike broke down after sunset, with a two hour walk back to the town,  a guy who was driving home from work managed to fit both me and the bike on his moto after seeing me walk alone in the dark. ('You crazy girl!')
Siem Reap did not show the best side of Cambodians though, but I don't think it showed the best side of us farangs either...

Dec 25, 2010

Christmas and the temples of Angkor Wat - Day 80

I hope everyone at home has had a fabulous Christmas, with lots of snow! (Which I know you have, haha)
This is how we celebrated Christmas yesterday:
 Ta Promh. This is where they filmed Tomb Raider. We of course felt exactly like Lara Croft, and filmed a dozen treasure hunt videos to prove it. To bad it's not possible to upload them...
 Ta Promh






Can you spot Sophia?


 Pre Rup


 Eastern Mebon





 Ta Som



 Neak Pean


 Preah Khan












 First Christmas dinner of several....
 Trying to get into Christmas mode
 The night market. My wallet and my budget hates this place.
 Getting ready to celebrate Christmas Eve with a couple of French, Swedes, Indians, Ukrainians and Spaniards.
Right now....
Okay, so might have gotten a little carried away with the pictures, but have nothing better to do when Ruut and Sophia are sleeping, and the temples truly were awesome! We got slightly tired of them in the end though, and saved the big hitters, Angkor Wat itself, Bayon and the town of Angkor Thom for tomorrow.
....so be prepared for even more pictures then!