SE Asia 2019

Next Stop Siem Reap

It's been eleven years since Janos and I rode our bicycles here. In 2008 we started the Cambodia leg of our trip at the border in Sisophon, before the road to Siem Reap was paved. It was a washboard buried in red dust. After a day of that we got a bus. I'm glad we were that adventurous, I certainly wouldn't do it now. I can no longer imagine it.

This time we flew to Siem Reap from Bangkok. In the past decade Siem Reap has changed - as was to be expected. More tourists, more motorized vehicles, more noise. We are glad not to be here by bike.

We are taking a tuktuk to the temple ruins, which are what we came here for. I have a weakness for these vestiges of the past, I don't get tired of them. Some say if you've seen one, you've seen them all. I could wander all day - if it weren't so hot.

I'm keeping the blog posts short. I don't like processing my pictures or writing on the small laptop that Janos and I are sharing. So here are just a few random shots from our time here so far.

Jungle growth in Siem Reap

Local peddler and pedaler - but we don't see very many bicycles here, almost everything has a motor.

Entrance to the Bayon temple, about six kilometers from Siem Reap.

The occasional bicycle

Young temple visitor posing for her mama - and I took a quick snap too.

Bayon temple, built in the late 12th century

Tourist monks

Our mode of transportation - our driver is friendly and his vehicle is well air conditioned.

One of the smaller outlying temples - very peaceful in comparison to the most popular temples

Peace