Hi all,
We are in Siem Reap, Cambodia. We are saying at a beautiful spot outside of town. It has a lovely pool and we are all enjoying the peace and quiet. We have once again met up with our good friends from Peterborough. The food here is lovely. The khmer food takes two hours to prepare so we have to put in our orders good and early if we want to eat before the kids pass out.
We got up with the sun yesterday so that we could tour the ruins of Angkor Wat before the crowds and heat got the better of us. We headed off to Banteay Srei right away. The temple was built in the 10th century out of pink sandstone. It is also known as the Temple of Women. The relief carvings were amazing. The stone is very soft so the carvings are quite deep in the walls.
Informative signage - do not puddle in the urinal.
We headed off to Ta Phrom which is where Angelina Jo... whatever filmed "Tomb Raider". The temples here are all covered in fig trees overgowing the complex. The site is right out of our imagination. Amazing to think what the French first say it in the 20s - hidden in the jungles.
Monkeys are the sites - warning they bite and carry rabies. Apparently like beer too.
All the photos here are Krista's - our batteries died.... murphy's law.
We headed to an orphanage today and other sites in the area. ttfn sharon
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