Hello again. We've had a great couple of days exploring the temples of Angkor, which was the ancient capital of Cambodia about 1000 years ago. There were a million people living here back then - to put it into perspective London had a population of 50,000 at that time. There are scores of sandstone temples scattered through the jungle, which we've been endeavouring to explore on bicycle. The weather has been really good for the last few days and we've worked up quite a sweat!
The highlights of Angkor have been Ta Phrom, which has been partially reclaimed by the jungle; Bayon, which contains hundreds of faces carved into the stone; and Angkor Wat itself, which is stunning. The first Tomb Raider film was made here a few years ago - I half hoped Angelina Jolie would turn up and adopt me, but alas there's been no sign of her.
We've uploaded a few photos and a video of us in front of Angkor Wat, which should hopefully appear here soon!
Saturday is our last day in Cambodia before we take a 10 hour bus to Bangkok on Sunday and then fly to Perth on Monday. We've really enjoyed the Asian leg of our holiday - both Vietnam and Cambodia have been beautiful and fascinating countries. If the rest of the trip goes as well as these first five weeks, we may never come home.......
No comments:
Post a Comment