Monday, 30 Mar 2015 | Views [296]
Happy birthday Janice. Today we started the day with a visit to the Royal Palace. As you would expect everything was rather ornate. T he current king is a 63-year-old bachelor. The piece de resistance was a Buddha with 90kg ... Read more >
Friday, 27 Mar 2015 | Views [376]
Ian on the mend! Got up at 5 to head out to watch the sunrise over Angkor Wat. Was lovely to watch but due to cloud cover was not as spectacular as it could have been. Had a monkey put on a show not 5 foot in front of us stealing food ... Read more >
Thursday, 26 Mar 2015 | Views [389]
Ian not feeling so crash hot today - but he decided to brave it and it was worth the effort. We started with Angkor Thom and then the Banyon temple. From there we went to the Elephant Terrace and Preah Kdei. it is incredible, all these huge ... Read more >
Wednesday, 25 Mar 2015 | Views [394]
Happy birthday to Jade and Tracy ! Today we explored the temples of Siam Reap, visiting Banteay Srei and Banteay Samre in the morning. After a bit of lunch (and excellent meal at the New Hope training restaurant) we went to Angkor Wat. ... Read more >
Tuesday, 24 Mar 2015 | Views [429]
Met up with our tour group in the Singapore airport, before the 2 hour flight to Siam Reap. The weather is not too hot, but quite humid. The hotel is lovely - what i imagine a colonial Indian one to be like. Checked out the pool on the top ... Read more >
Monday, 23 Mar 2015 | Views [302]
Monday was really a write-off so no point adding too much on it - just travel from Albury to Sydney and then to Singapore., Note to self. staying at the transit hotel in Singapore and getting a decent nights /sleep was a piece of genius. ... Read more >
