Siam Reap, Home of Angkor Wat and all the other Little Wats

Aspara dancer at The Temple Restaurant/Bar
Look very closely, what do you see?! Somebody's watching.
Banyan Trees at Ta Prom. They have overgrown in the Temple and are doing major destruction unfortunately but they are beautiful and this along with Banyan Wat was one of my favorites.
Angkor Wat
Just one of the staircases I had to climb in mid 30 heat of the day! But amazing views at the top so it was worth it!
Apparently one of the scenes in Tomb Raider has this Banyan Tree in it.
Banteay Srei temple
Angkor Wat
Sunrise at Angkor Wat, the world's largest religious monument and one of the 8 wonders of the world!

After another grueling bus ride that lasted about 9 hours , complete with non-stop blaring karaoke videos, sick people, screaming babies and a bus driver who laid on the horn every 2 seconds to warn oncoming traffic that we'd be flying by and to clear the way I ended up in the charming, touristy town of Siam Reap. Then at the bus station I had 3 tuk tuk drivers arguing over me and after the 3rd time I had to get out of one and get into another one I finally got upset and told them I was going to start walking if they didn't make up their minds right now. After the journey I had just gone thru I could not believe this was happening now, I just wanted a shower and a bathroom without a squat toilet even though I have mastered the art of balancing myself over a squat toilet with my backpack still on without splashing on my feet! My latest new skill thanks to my years of Pilate's and core strength!
Finally found a guesthouse and went off to the market to get a real authentic Khmer dinner for $2.50 and then to a traditional Khmer Aspara dance show at a bar appropriately called The Temple.
The next few days were spent with my driver taking me from temple (Wat) to temple as Angkor Wat itself covers over 25 square kms. Alot of destruction from the Khmer Rouge days but they are working hard at restoring them. Each was very unique and beautiful with amazing, detailed sculpture work. It's so hard to believe these were created and built by men alone with no machines.
Also went to tour the Landmine Museum founded by an interesting man, Aki Ra, a former Khmer Rouge soldier (not exactly by choice) who has an amazing life story. I was very proud to find out that Canada is in partnership with this museum and has donated to the clearing of the landmines.