Sue lives up 3 flights of very steep stairs... you could almost class them as ladders! No wonder people use ropes over their front verandahs to bring in furniture... most household items wouldn't fit up the average Phom Pehn stairwell
Sue outside the classroom at the school where she works. The main school building used to be Lon Nol's house...
A street near Sue's house...
One of the many recycling collectors. They carry squeeky toys which they use to let people know they are passing by and there to collect their recycling.
A tomb of skulls at the infamous Killing Fields
Worth a read...
Unbelievable horrors haunt this now very serene place...
Children keeping an eye on the money...
Young girl begging...
Bit of a traffic jam on every side of our tuk tuk
Sue at the Russian market, a couple of streets from her house.
A young boy selling photocopied books for bargain prices...
Sue talking to the tailor who will be making the dress for her upcoming wedding...
Inside the Russian market, as hot as a sauna
Jars of Clay coffee shop where we had lunch
Girls dressed up for a night out, possibly a wedding...
The modern day monk... with mobile
Riverside living...
Life is hard for many, living on the streets
The fabulous moto...
Me and Sue and Sue and me...
Toul Sleng prison
The sign said that the barbed wire was put along the verandahs to stop people jumping off to kill themselves.
Smateria shop was started by 2 Italian women. They taught destitute women to design and sew these bags and wallets made from materials such as mosquito nets, woven strips of plastic bags and tetra packs. I bought a wallet made from woven plastic bag strips like the ones you can see on the shelves on the right hand side.
Outside the national museum
The gorgeous grounds of the national museum, which used to be a national art school. Nice place to study!
Have wheels, will travel...
Feeling a bit hey-wire?
Sue at the market looking for cheap mangoes...
Sue and her friend Lisa
Young girls helping at the markets....
Lots of lovely fruit
Stalks of bananas are used as part of the New Year celebrations
This pig had seen better days...
The little plane that would take me to Siem Reap in 1/2 hour of flying time... at this stage of my adventures it seemed more appealing than doing a 5 hour+ bus ride
My hut
In my little hut at Palm Village, Siem Reap
Looking down on my hut (top right) and the rest of Palm Village from their little look out
The pool and place to eat meals (to the left)
The front of Palm Village and tuk tuk
Little girl at home on the moto...
The famous Angkor Wat, early in the morning... not early enough to beat the crowds though
One of the many buddhas in the Wat
Kids getting a pony ride
Angkor Wat
She's after the lotus and being told off about it by my guide...
The object of desire...
Hot air balloon ride over the Angkor Wat
Some of the many reliefs that decorate the Wat
Wall after wall of detailed reliefs telling all manner of stories... all these walls used to be covered with gold leaf but it was later melted off and collected. The fires used to melt the gold burned the wooden cellings, but this small section has been restored like the original....
Slowly melting in the early morning heat
Lots of people, lots of traffic and a few elephants...
Car loads of people everywhere you look...
At Bayon Temple with statues that have had their heads stolen...
Beautiful reliefs telling tales of war and conquest
A man climbing up to meet the gods... The stairway that the king used on his daily visits to the gods was around the other side... only slightly less steep.
Climbing to the heavens the way the ancient kings did it... (except he didn't have the nice new wooden staircase)...
The 'women's pool' where the king's 300 wives and concubines would bathe every day...
More stone carvings about something!
Ta Prom, where Tomb Raider was filmed...
Giant trees have taken over the temple
Houses along the river in Siem Reap town centre
The pink dirt roads around Palm Village
Love those overhead wires
A family excited to see the big foreigner with camera...
Kids playing on the road not far from Palm Village
Having fun in front of the camera...
