I like this pic – for soppy reasons. These kids were trying to persuade me to buy their wares for “one dollar”, and the little girl on the left demonstrated much entrepreneurial potential when she changed her tune from “three for one dollar” to “four from one dollar” after about three minutes of trailing [...]

Day 2: Angkor Thom, Bahkeng Mountain

More pretty lasses with hearts of stone. I wonder where they got all these stones to build all these temples from. And how they transported them.

Beautiful, isn’t it? This, Bayon Temple, is just one of a whole bunch of [...]

Day 2: Ta Prohm Temple

This was by far my favourite of the places we visited. It was just so amazing to see these massive trees growing out of roofs and into ancient temples. Now that I think about it, I never realised trees could be that destructive.

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Day 2: Angkor Wat

It was only 9.30am when we arrived at Angkor Wat, but it was already pretty warm. Luckily for me, I love the sun. We were competing to see who would be the first to whinge about the heat or about all the walking. G lost. He [...]

When: 26-28 December

Where: Siem Reap, Cambodia

Why: I wanted to see Angkor Wat. Plus, I never turn down an opportunity to travel.

(I just realised there are way too many pictures for me to put them all up.)

(But I’ll try.)

Day 1: Tonle Sap

Just before we took this [...]