My trip is now coming to an end. Here I sit at Bangkok Airport awaiting for my flight home. I've been told it is completely booked out and unfortunately my request for an upgrade has not been successful. Oh well, hopefully still get some sleep. Had a wonderful last day exploring yesterday. Sim picked me up at 6am so I could return to Ta Prohm (Tomb Raider temple) at dawn without the hundreds of other tourists. Best decision ever!! When I arrived, there were abou...

4.40am wake up, gave myself an extra 10mins sleep before meeting Sim at 5am who drove me to Angkor Wat along with hundreds of other people for sunrise. Arrived about 5.15am and got a pretty good spot, first row along the pond edge. Knowing sun rise wasn't till about 6.40am, took a seat in the dirt and waited. Crowds slowly built up and you could see flash after flash go off as people tried to take photos (the flash wasn't going to help from that distance). Had a ...

Today was a bit of break from temples. We headed off around 9am towards Tonle Sap Lake. On the way we stopped at a local village (near another temple) who did weaving and leatherwork. Most of the leatherwork was done by orphaned children outside of school and they earn 20% of the sale price. I restrained myself from buying anything which I know is unusual for me. Next stop was a local market. Very similar to what I had seen in Vietnam on numerous occasions but...

Another full day of discovery and wonder here in Siem Reap. A late start, not being collected till 9am and we drove about an hour to Kbal Spean. On the way we stopped at a local village where they weave baskets. We watched this lady cooking something in a big pot, we were told it was for the pigs. On arrival at our destination, we grabbed our gear and hiked 1.5km uphill, over boulders and around trees to the River of 1000 Lingas. Lingas (dancing girls) have bee...

What an amazing day. I'm not sure how the rest of my time here in Siem Reap will compare after today but hopefully there will be more amazing sights to come. My flight was meant to depart at 3.30pm but at check in I was told it had been rescheduled to 4pm and board at 3.20pm. We didn't board till 4pm so didn't land until 6pm. Getting a Cambodian visa was interesting. You filled out a form, handed it over with your $20 and a passport photo and then waited for it...