Final thoughts from Cambodia

I was hoping to start off this update with a good story from the beaches in Cambodia or a good new years celebration story but unfortunately after 19 days in Southeast Asia something caught up with me and I spent a good portion of our time in the hotel room. The time i did spent on the beach or walking around was great though, definitely seemed like a fun area to visit. I guess i'll have to make a return trip some day.

Luckily i was all better in time for the 10 hour bus ride up to Siem Reap and it was off to see the temples. Siem Reap seems to have unlimited temples which are all pretty incredible. We decided to wake up early and get out to Ankor Wat for sunrise and to avoid the heat/other tourist. One of the smarter decisions we've made on the trip b/c it turned out to be 114 degrees that day and as we were leaving the temples bus loads of tourist were pouring into them. We hit the big three temples, and for some reason i cant remember the names of them except for Ankor Wat right now. I was surprised to hear that it was made out of sand stone but the detail of the work was amazing. Another temple we visited was one of the ones from Tomb Raider, and they make sure you remember that little fact, many bars have Tomb Raider drinks and Angelina Jolie pictures up everywhere. Its pretty amusing, and the guide we hired made sure to bring us to every spot in the temple that was included in the movie. Siem Reap wasn't quite as difficult to handle as the other parts of Cambodia, i think the amount of tourist/money that the temples bring in helps the city and the people much more than more remote parts of the country.

Unfortunately my battery in my computer is about to die so i need to stop there but we've made it to the last stop on our tour, we're at Sri Panwa in Phuket staying with a friends of Matt's for 5 days, its not a bad spot... www.sripanwa.com , I'll post some pics in the next day or two.

-Alex