Saturday, 9 March 2013

Siam Reap




A lot of the stone work was roped off to protect it after years of being touched up by tourists! Or monks... This one made us laugh....

Sunrise at Angkor Wat!!!


The stone masons definately liked the finer details....


Evidence of big foot...




All the stones are laid out around the different temples for the restorers to slowly piece them back together




We over heard a tour guide saying at the Ta Prohm temple that the restorers are in two minds whether to remove the trees or rebuild around them as they are damaging the temple. Shame if they do as its so impressive but the damage they have done is clear...







A guy tried charging me $1 for this photo, you can imagine what I said...

This is one of those must see places but you have to get over the 1000's of tourist that visit everyday, but it is well worth it...

Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Kratie, back on the mekong again.....

This is about the 5th or 6th time we have been near or on the Mekong and probably the cleanest we have seen it..


About 20km out of town we got a boat out to see the fresh water Irrawaddy dolphins..









Koh Trong, a small island on the Mekong 5 minutes from Kratie..



A Vietnamese style floating village..


One of the best places on the Mekong to see the sunset we were told...

Sen Monorom day 2

Sunday of the Chinese new year nothing really happened around and many locals taking a day off... We manage to get hold of a bike a decide to take 35km ride to a waterfall, unknown to us about 1km out of the town the road ends and turns into a dirt road. Which would of been ok if it wasn't one of the windest days we've have had so far on our trip!!!! Wouldn't be too bad but we still got 35km to get back...



The waterfall is packed with the locals for the chinese new year, nice to see its not just tourist driven...


Stop on the way back at a coffee plantation for a well deserved iced coffee with sweet milk, sounds weird but its amazing...


A bit unsual in the middle of a banana and coffee plantation but definately looks fun... Josh you should build one at the back of pub!


1km out of town END OF THE ROAD!!!