We are now in Battambabg, the second largest city and south west of Siem Reap. We arrived by boat the day before yesterday, which was an experience in itself, & hours on a tin roof and we were pretty fried but the sights along the way made it all worthwhile (photos to follow when the internet is a bit faster) We saw many floating villages, consisting of small wooden huts built onto floating platforms and seemingly miles from any where, they appeared from behi...

Some more on the temples around Siem Reap: We took the mini tour of the temples which lasted for a day, it was possible to get two or three day passes and see a lot more but to be honest we saw a great deal on the first and second day and didn't feel the need to see any more. The subject of all the sunrise photos is Angkor Wat, the world renowned temple that was definitely worth the early start, absolutely stunning and many photo oppurtunities as you can t...

Have arrived in our first destination, Siem Reap in Cambodia, I am very in love with the place already, the people are so friendly and the landscape absolutely stunning. Today we visited the temples - the famous Angkor Wat, which we got up at 4.30 to view at sunrise, totally worth it, some of the best views i have ever seen and some amazing photos came out of that visit - will put them on to the site as soon as possible and describe in more detail. The ta prom t...