Sunrise from the plane
Walking on the runway to the plane
Shining Angkor, the guesthouse
the gate lion/dog/dragon thing!
in the lobby of Shining Angkor
Road to the right... not made out of dirt, just dirty
Road to the left
my bed, complete with mosquito net
View from my window of the guesthouse
behind the guesthouse. this road is made of dirt.
the little house to distract evil spirits from the real house.
our crew - Meng, Me, Erin, Kristen, Merrill
At the pagoda
one of the bazillion pictures of buddha
at the monk blessing ceremony
inside the temple at the monk blessing ceremony
the story of buddha covered the temple walls
the ceiling of the wat (temple)
in the tuk-tuk!
in town
on the way to Khmer Chewy Khmer (Khmer Teaching Khmer English School)
crossing the river to get to Khmer Chewy Khmer
random pagoda
chopsticks in Asia!
traditional aspara dancing at the temple club
more dancing
lining up
kids playing their keyboard flutes
dancing at the parade
more dancing at the parade!
the parade ended at Angkor Wat
we think that these were graves
the stupa
roadside gas station (they had real gas stations, too)
a wat that Kristen and I got lost trying to find!
at the Royal Gardens
on my too small bike
by the river
with kristen in town, riding bikes
kristen & me
kristen with her tiger mug, me & erin with angkor mugs :)
kristen got an angkor mug too!
the stoplight countdown
the director, palli... the most selfless man in the world
the oxen were loose at Khmey Chewy Khmer!
smart ox, hanging out under the umbrella
moving dirt to level out the ground for a new classroom
one of the classrooms... and burning trash :/
scorpion! we saw 4 more...
this crab came out of a hole in the ground when we were digging a drainage ditch
kristen & me in the tuk-tuk
giant coconut!
Silk Farm
more silk farm, worms starting to spin silk
silk spun on the wheels
silk processing
cambodia silk is naturally yellow
getting the pattern ready before dyeing
weaving the scarf
4 asians on a moto... i saw 6 at one point, but rumor is the record is 8
Bubble T!
mmmm sweet potato fries!
singing Cambodia's nation anthem at Khmer Chewy Khmer
kids at khmer chewy khmer before class playing a jumping game
relaxin' on the day beds at blue pumpkin
coloring at the orphanage
Saman Smith!!!
blurrrrrry
working on his letters
the gate to angkor thom
our elephant!!!
bayon temple (from the elephant)
aspara at the bayon temple
a carved scene about going to war
more asparas
meditating
i actually like how this turned out... the bright light is covering the buddhar
our noses are touching!
the whole bayon temple
at the top!
a post on the elephant terrace
pi the tuk-tuk driver! (prounouced pee)
pi and me
no sissy wooden stairs for us!
some khmer
so polite!
big ol' banyon tree at ta prohm
the trees are taking over
over a doorway
a buddha
angkor wat
reflection
another war scene
a looooooong carving
vishnu, a hindu god
hallway
heaven and hell
hell & toture
heaven
vishnu again
half bird/half man
headless buddha from when the king made the temple hindu-based
one of the angkor wat towers
a very decorated buddha
cool ceiling
the amazing $2.50 breakfast
in the bodia spa
on the way to lake tonle sap
chickens!
on the boat
lake tonle sap houses
my favorite house. it's on a boat.
a floating store
a kid driving a boat
floating school
notice the little one hanging off the side...
lake tonle sap
a temple on stilts
batman!
soo glad for the rain!
it was raining so hard at the airport you couldn't see anything outside!
