Angkor revisited. And they still won't let me add any more cheesy titles...

I have found a marginally better internet connection so am trying to upload a few more photos from Angkor. Its running at about one upload every half hour so it won't be very many. Sorry.

Today was awesome. I hired a bicycle for a whopping $1 a day and headed out as early as my severe oversleeping allowed. There were a few temples I wanted to see and didn't get to yesterday, but also some that needed revisiting at a more sedate pace. My favourite today was definitely Ta Prohm, a temple that has been left in the state it would have been in when Angkor was rediscovered in the 19th century. Huge trees have grown all over the moss covered stones making it very atmospheric. Its also the site where Tomb Raider was filmed. Besides that, today was really cool in that it gave me a better chance to appreciate the scale of the place. And to see a little more of rural Cambodian life.

Tomb raiding in Ta Prohm.

The funky Bayon temple in Angkor Thom with some of its 216 huge faces of Avalokiteshvara (whoever that is!)

Young monks take painting lessons at the Bayon.

A shot from the east side of Angkor Wat.

After a day of riding around in the sun I was pretty exhausted so headed back to Siem Reap in the late afternoon. I then found the coolest massage place ever! Seeing Hands is a project that trains blind Cambodians in the arts of Thai and Japanese massage. This gives them employment and a way to support themselves, a gives me a very nice way to recover. Oh, and a whole hour costs $4 (R28)...

Tomorrow morning sees the start of my mission to the north. And chatting to some people it seems I won't be too far out of touch. Sorry, but you might be hearing from me again sooner than you hoped...