my little adventures.

The adventures continue in Cambodia...

We crossed through the border and entered another world, though we didn't quite realize it at the time.

After a long day of bus rides, border hassles, and silly arguments with people wanting to scam us, we made it to Siem Reap, Cambodia and headed to our guest house. A celebration was in order, not only because we were off the bus and the bumpy roads, but because it was New Year's Eve. We found a party in full swing and celebrated the New Year.

We began our adventures in Cambodia by hiking up a mountain with our guide. As you can see, it was gorgeous... and we had the treat of learning a little about traditional Cambodian medicine along the way. The marks on our guides stomach was a traditional remedy, which they will do before going to a modern doctor... I think I'll go with the modern doctor first.

At the end of our hike was the River of 1000 Lingas. There were carvings all over, the sides of the river, even in the riverbed itself. Quite an amazing scene. The linga was a very common symbol in Khmer architecture at this time. One part of the river had a small waterfall with lots of Cambodian kids playing in it. One girl, who we named Hershey, was a little shy, but caught a crab and showed it to us.

From the river, we went to a temple, not sure on the name. But it was gorgeous, with intricate carvings all over it. It seemed like there wasn't a spot they had missed. I can't imagine the hours it would take to do all that carving. There was also some great examples of the ancient writing, sanskrit.

More images of the temples around Angkor Wat. For our first day, we took a tour to some of the surrounding temples around Angkor Wat. These were older temples and provided a good background for seeing the main complex. Again, intricately carved and beautiful, the temples and land around it.

There were lots of kids around the temples, you'll see later, so this little one wandering around was not out of the ordinary. The girl selling scarves was really fun, we had a good laugh with her and ended up buying a scarf from her. And lastly, our tour guide, who was pretty cool and quite knowledgeable... And he loved Tomb Raider (the movie) and AnGelina Golie.