Leaving Bangkok for Siem Reap
Sandy and Carl in the Bangkok Airport
Display in Bangkok Airport
another view inside the Airport
Carl and Russell at Lunch after arriving in Siem Reap
Obtaining an Angkor Temple visitor pass
Preah Ko Temple
Peou (our guide - Left), Sandy Russell and Margaret
Lions guarding Preah Ko Temple
Bull statue
Russell guarding the Lions
Preah Ko
preah Ko
Inscription in door way
Intricate stone work... Preah Ko
Entering Bakong
Seven headed serpent - represents Water
Moat and outer walls on Bakong
Bakong
Cows grazing inside Bakong
Library inside Bakong
Peou approching the temple, being greeted by local kids
Elephant statue on Bakong
Russell on Bakong
Bakong tower
Sandy on Bakong
Sandy, Carl, Margaret and Russell on Bakong
Tower of Lolei Temple
Sunset over pool at our Siem Reap Hotel
Buffet dinner in Seim Reap
Traditional Music
Traditional Dance
More dance
Amazing finger bending action
Coconut Dance
Fishing Dance
Aspara Dance
More Aspara Dance
Still more Aspara Dance
Final Aspara Dance Shot
South Gate of Angkor Thom temple
Angkor Thom
You can take an Elephant
More entrance statues
South Gate
Local monkeys
Terrace of Elephants
Bayon Temple
Bayon
Us in front of Bayon
More views of Bayon
Some of the amazing Bas-Reliefs
Amazing Bas-Reliefs
More
still more...
Very detailed
last one...
Gambling...
Dogs..
more...
Russell at Bayon
Russell and Margaret
Sandy in side at Bayon
and again
more faces of Bayon
Roof of the galleries
An entrance to Bayon
Amazing stone work
Exiting Bayon
Elephants
More local monkeys
Another shot
The Leper King
Elephant Terrace viewed from the Leper King Terrace
The 5 headed horse near the Leper King
More 5 headed horses
Phimeanakas Temple
Ta Prohm Temple
Ta Prohm
Restoration work at Ta Prohm
Stone work at Ta Prohm, looks like a dinosaur!
Day after election day in Cambodia, the ink shows you have voted...
Gallery at Ta Prohm
Hidden carving at Ta Prohm
The trees have seriously invaded Ta Prohm, here a guide single handedly holds up the temple!
More Ta Prohm
The trees invading Ta Prohm
Carl, Peou and Russell at Ta Prohm
Leaving Ta Prohm
Lunch in Siem Reap
Angkor Wat with it's huge moat
The moat
Crossing the causeway to Angkor Wat
Almost there...
The seven headed snake (Symbol for water)
Entering
A hindu statue
Smiling carving
Inside the wall
Walking toward the temple
Library
Reflecting pool
The temple
Us at the reflecting pool
Tourist market inside the temple grounds
Some of the locals
Group shot
Bas-Relief's are awesome!
And huge
Vishnu
Looking outside toward the entrance
More Bas-Relief
More..
Galleries
Outside the Gallery
Us with Peou
The galleries and towers from ourside
Inside the main temple
The very steep steps!
Carvings
Temple views
More temple views
Peou and Sandy
(Empty) Pool used for ceremonial washing
Russell and Carl dressed ready for a massage
Russell and Carl dressed ready for a massage!
Shops and houses on route to Kbal Spean
Small shop and hairdresser
A house
A house under construction
Rice paddies
Another house
A more solid house
Roadside action
more houses closer to Kbal Spean
More houses
still more
House and small shop
Approaching Kbal Spean
Kbal Spean or the River of the Lingas, carvings in the river bed rocks
River carvings
Vishnu lying at the River of the Thousand Lingas
Russell at Kbal Spean
Aa monk taking a rest after the walk up to Kbal Spean
More carvings
Still more
more..
Small Water Fall
On the track back to the van...
Margaret barginning hard, Russell propositioned for a tee shirt
More housed on our return trip
more houses
A local brick factory
more bricks
Local kids
Bantaey Srei Temple (this a small temple)...
Sandy at a very hot Banteay Srei
the Causeway
A gallery
A very inticate Lintel
The temple buildings (they are small)
The entrance
More Lintels
The whole doorway (quite small)
More lintels
New statues, the real ones are in a museum
The small towers
The towers and the Library (Right)
The towers again
The Library
Flasher houses
The bottles on the left are petrol for sale
A cyclist
Rice growing
Paddies planted
Pre Rup
Locals in Siem Reap
Carl and Russell taking a refreshing Break at the night market in Siem Reap
The Foyer of our hotel in Siem Reap
Approaching Moat Peam (On Lake Tonle Sap) where we catch a hydofoil ferry to Phnom Penh
More Houses at Moat Peam
New house under construction
and still more
Local market near the boat jetty
More floating houses
Views from the ferry as we head to the lake...
More...
Loca trading
And again
Another local tourist boat going to the floating villages on the lake
Locals
More locals
Still more floating houses
And again...
Still more...
Hammocks are popular
Approaching the lake
Bye...
On board our ferry
Lake Tonle Sap is huge!
The view toward the back of the boat
Approching the Sap River
Russell in action
The boat
Locals on the River
The river
Inside the boat
Local country side
More local views
River side houses
And still more
House precarious position on the boat...
Local homes
More homes
Flasher homes
Not so flash ones...
Very flash...!
Approaching a town on the Tonle Sap River
Floating Houses
More Floating Houses
and again...
Yet again
Nearer the town
The town we passed...
and last one!
May be a couple more...
Last one...
Back to the river
Bow of our boat
The river again
More local houses
River crossing
Another small floating town...
More river bank houses
Sandy and Russell
More local children
River Cross under construction, just North of Phnom Penh
Local temple
Ferry Crossing
More of the bridge construction
Flasher houses as we approach Phnom Penh
Approach the City
More house on the outskirts
Sandy on the Ferry
Nearing down town
River houses
Approaching the dock in Phnom Penh
A tuktuk ride on Phnom Penh
more traffic
Local Intersections
and streets
again...
Four to a scooter is common...
Local streets
and again, intersection navigation is cool to watch
Local Fruit
Local road construction workers
Our hotel in Phnom Penh
The Royal Place
and Again
the grounds
The residence of the Royal Family
This house stores the Royal musical instruments
The moonlight palace, used for dances and speeches on National Day
The Pavilion of Napoleon III
The roof of the palace
The grounds around the Silver Pagoda
Flowers
A shrine
A stupa with contains the ashes of former Kings and Queens
More grounds
A model of Angkor Wat
Fish surrounding the model
The National Museum
A truck laden with pigs near Phnom Penh
The shrine containing skulls at the Killing Fields
The grave sites at the killing fields
Another view of the shrine