Temple touring…
More of the same the past 2 days – visiting temples all day and eating good food at night. There really isn’t anything else to do here anyway. So many temples to see – you could easily spend a week here and still not see it all. The motorbike was a good way to get out to some of the far away temples but I can’t say I enjoy riding on the back of a motorbike with no helmet very much. It’s just the way they do it here but it just doesn’t feel all that safe. The temples have been beautiful. It is so worth it to get up for the sunrise and stay until sunset to see the change in lighting on the various temples.
This afternoon Peter and I will head back to Angkor Wat to see the sunset there and then I think I will officially be templed-out. Tomorrow we hope to start cycling south to Phnom Phen. The road is supposed to be really bad for the first stretch so we really have no idea how long it will take – we are guessing between 3 and 5 days to get to Phnom Phen. There probably won’t be much in the way of internet along the way so the next update will most likely be from Phnom Phen..
A monk in the temple at Bakong
Angkor Wat
Detail on the temples at Banteay Srei
Add comment February 24th, 2002