Photos from First Two Days!

Here are the photos from the night I arrived and the picnic the next day. The temple was beautiful where we picniced, but just wait for the Angkor Wat photos.

At the airport in Bangkok, reading Siddhartha for the upteenth time, with my Thai snacks which I spent way too much money on, but enjoyed nonetheless.

Our tiny plan to Siem Reap- we took a bus out on the tarmac to it.

My first photo of Siem Reap, along the river close to my lodge.

First sighting of our picnic spot. (Not in the pond, obviously)





You can't really see, but there are huge pink and white lotuses blooming. Mental note to get a new camera. I think Bina took a good photo of them, I'll get it from her later.

Walking to the picnic spot.

Active minefield next to where we were hiking.

First sight of an ancient temple in Cambodia!

No tourist know about this temple, its about 1 1/2 hrs from town.

Bina!

Tree growing over the old stones.

Part of the temple complex, and one of the guys sitting on the pile of stones.

Part of the temple.

View from this ant infested ruin that I climbed and perched on.


Me right before I had the brilliant (or stupid) idea to climb the ruin.

View from the ledge I climbd. Is much further down than it looks here.

View of the pagoda from the ruin.

Inside the pagoda. There were little monk boys too.


Children at the picnic.

Another view from that ruin I climbed.

Some more of the temple complex.

The drive home was miraculous and shining.

Red sand road- this was the ONLY place it was smooth and not full of huge water-filled ruts.

A typical Khmer household.

Driving home.

The kittens that live outside my window.
I took a bazillion photos of them.