More temples

Spent the last few days exploring more of the Angkor temples via our trusty lpg tuk tuk, starting with the big one, Angkor Wat. I was pleasantly surprised that whilst being quite busy there were fewer people than anticipated. From here we included Bayon (still remember the statistic of 216 faces from 18 years ago) and Ta Prom. This was exceptionally busy and now has wooden platforms restricting access, so glad we got to see this when we did (minus the crowds). Other temples included 2 previously unvisited for us, a mountain top temple and my favourite of them all, Preah Khan. Another highlight was the APOPO centre which trains Giaght African Pouch rats to detect landmines. A great interpretive and interactive experience for the kids to understand the plight of war in Cambodia. In between temples we spent our afternoons relaxing in the pool and our evenings in Pub Street. Frog and I played pool til 1.30am over 2 consecutive nights with a couple of funny motorcycle tuk tuk trips home. It has been fantastic to be able to show the kids the Angkor temples, no doubt that if they were to revisit in the future the crowds will have increased and a little more of the experience eroded. Very excited to move onto our next adventure in Taiwan, the cooler weather being part of the excitement.Read more