In honour of our PM knighting a Prince for largely keeping out of our way for six decades - we pretty much stayed indoors on the 26th. This was necessary as the laughter of the many non-Australian Tourists can be downright cruel. The morning sun on the 27th heralded a 35 degree day and that, coupled with the incredibly loud morning assembly music from the school next door, saw us up and about earlier than the optimum time of 7:30 a.m. Off again with Borith and...

A busy day on the 25th with visits to:- a unique Bamboo Railway, a 'Heritage Listed' house, a Temple pre-dating Angkor Wat and, lastly, a collection of tranquil Temples on a mountain top which share their place with a stark reminder of the horrors of the Pol Pot regime. This Country suffered so much whilst the 'civilised' West pretended not to notice.

Hello again. Since our last post we have hit the road again for a four hour bus trip south west to Battambang. We have had a couple of walks around the local area since we arrived and like what we have seen (and eaten) so far. Tomorrow we are doing a day tour via a special Tuk Tuk which consists of (what I think is) a Toyota Starlet cut-off with a normal-ish Tuk Tuk body grafted on the rear. The Driver seems a bit wild so it should be interesting. The photos ...

The last of the main Temples we visited, Ta Prohm, might just be the best of them. Part of it has probably been seen by more people than the rest of "Angkor Wat", thanks to it being used in the movie 'Tomb Raider'. Enjoy - and imagine life as it might have been here back in 1186, when building works for this commenced.

Hi again. Still at Angkor Thom, this time a structure near to Bayon called 'Terrace Of The Elephants' . The Lonely Planet says this 350 metre long 'viewing stand' was for public ceremonies. They new how to build a Grandstand back in the late 12th Century.