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ANGKOR WHAT?

You want temples? Then come to Angkor Wat!

sunny 40 °C

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Sam getting agro cause repeats are on the telle, hey, they only got 70 channels! Aparently Cambodians love TV as they can“t afford to do anything else. The skyline is crammed with satilite dishes. We just went for a small walk up the street to get a small snack before dinner (can't walk for too long, Sam has Angkor Wat chefs!) Pork roll for just 100 Reil, which is about 25c! Bargin!

Today we went to Angkor Wat and surrounding temples... 1st of all, it was F#@k'n HOT!! It's way hotter this time of year in Cambodia that in Vietnam.

Lots of kids trying to sell us bangles, you get pretty sick of it. In the end, we offer to sell them some of our belongings and hassel them back, "buy my shoes, but my camera" They get it, have a laugh, we ask why their not at school and they tell us they only go in the mornings. The kids learn very good english and have a lot of knowledge about austalia and other countries.

I can't really do the temples any justice by writting about them. They are just amazing. A couple of things, they are very old, built in the 12th century by the help of elephants, they are massive, they are stone and you can climb and walk all over them. I love the hundreds of smiling faces and lotus buds.

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By the end of the day our clothes are covered in sweat and we can't look at any more temples.

Posted by shellieb 12.03.2007 2:54 AM Archived in Backpacking | Cambodia

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