We arrived into Cambodia on Oct 8 after a long 5 hour train ride. The seats had hardly any padding and not comfy so sleeping was out of the question. Arrived in Cambodia and we took a tuk tuk the driver that dean meet on the train. He took us to a place beside the Cambodian embassy and told us that we do our visa on arrival here and need to pay 1000 baht. Didn't feel right, as the same thing happened to Rachel's bro years ago and from my reading i know that it was done at the border and it was 25US. We denied and told the driver to take us to the border. We were greeted by ?? can't remember his real name but he called himself - Happy guy. A Cambodian 20-something that walked with us and talked us through the process. He actually took us all the way to the bus station where we could have taken bus for 3 hours or Taxi for 2 hours, we decided to wait the 40 minutes for the bus. The bus was a/c again, so glad i had my pants on. As i rode in the backseat of the bus, i had to bend down to look out the window infront of me but when i did i noticed water as far as the eye could see. It wasn't till Dean noticed and commented on the water that we realized it was actually fields underwater. About 5 days earlier Siem Reap had felt the effects of flooding from the cyclone that hit near Siem Reap. It was the last day of the raining season and the Cambodians were celebrating by taking one last swim in the dikes off the highway. Really unreal to see, the people mingled on the highway and the reduced traffic to one lane. Got a pic but not a great one.
The temples were amazing. Oct 9 our Tuk Tuk driver picked us up at 10:00 and we went to some temples. Spent 2 hours at Angkor Wat, 2 hours at Ta Prohm, 1.5 hours at Angkor Thom. We seen the sunset over the Bayon in Angkor Thom, it was pretty.
Oct 10 we decided for a 8:00 start to go to Ban Malea(not correct spelling will fix later) This involved a 2 hour trip in the tuk tuk, the tuk tuk's in Cambodia are different than Thailand. In Cambodia they are motorcyles with a cart attached. So we had a good time at Ban Malea discovering the bombed temple, we paid the guide her money and went off exploring. I tried to stick to main paths but at times was walking over boulders covered in moss. I scared myself a couple times and decided i see the outside of the temple i'm going to walk to the front. As i got there and noticed Dean and Rachel not waiting yet decided to actually walk the path of bridges made of wood, it was neat too as this meant you could actually look more at the temple and not were your next step will be. On our way back we attempted to go to the Lake but when we got close (30 mins to Siem Reap) it started a thunderstorm. All three days in Siem Reap, it rained really hard. This was the most rain i got to experience in my travels so far. We actually didn't get to stuck in the rain at all on the temple exploring. Oct 11 we decided to rent pedal bikes and explore the temples that way. We explored some temples that i can't remember the name of right now. They were so quiet and without people which was nice. We went to Bayon at Angkor Thom again but the tour bus of people got to us and we left after we explored some more in the afternoon sun. We headed down the Angkor Thom as i wanted to check out the Terrace of the Elephants. Got some good shots but had to go to toilet so i missed out on Dean and Rachel's photoshoot. Back we headed into town. by this time i was so tired, my butt was so sore i was hungry and just wanted to be off the bike.
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