Angkor wat at sunrise, june 2011
We arrived in Kratie after an interesting boarder crossing - the bus got stuck in the mud, and the crossing was still being built, so we had to walk into Cambodia.
The first night we went to see the rare Irrawaddy river dolphins, it was a bit wet but still good fun. Day two was an eventful day. A man approached us and asked if he could take us and a friend around koh trong island on his horse and cart (for $6). This included fishing and lunch cooked by his wife, a great start to Cambodia. That night we were woken at 1am and told to evacuate our hostel as the market directly opposite was on fire. We spent the night outside, the fire turned out to be really bad but noone was hurt physically.
Cambodian people are super friendly but a little pushy at times. We witnessed this first hand in Siam Riep where everyone greets you at a run with shouts of "hey laydeeeee, gentlemaaan you buy you buy". The temples of Angkor were amazing, we arrived at 4.30 for sunrise and by mid day were exhausted.
Our next stop was Battembang where we did a day of touring the countryside in a tuk tuk. This was very bumpy but we saw some really interesting khmer rouge strongholds and caves.
It is SOOOO hot here.......
photos from cambodia
The temples of Angkor
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