Here we are on the main causway past the entrace to Angkor Wat (in the background). Angkor Wat is on a square island over 2 miles in diameter. A moat encircles the island with a main causway leading to the entrance. The causway is about 1/2 mile long and at elephant height. The main landing on the temple complex is at a height to allow disembarking your elephant to enter. The walls of Angkor Wat are carved with scenes from Hindu and Buddhist mythology from floor to ceiling. The temple itself is about 1/4 mile on a side.

The children spent the day trying to sell you trinkets. One dollar, one dollar, one dollar. It was hard to say no, but if you didn't they would never leave you.

Through it all, the statues and carvings stare out at you. Such beauty amid the chaos.

One of the gates to the City of Angkor. What most people don't realize is that Angkor was the capital of an advanced civilization that was sacked by Thailand over 1000 years ago. The main City was contained within a wall that was many miles around. Temples are strewn about within 20 or so miles. The entire area was irrigated from the lake Tonle Sap to support the populace. Angkor Wat is actually outside the city along with many of the temples. The whole area provides the most amazing thing that either of us have ever seen.

After our boat got shot at on the way back to Phnom Penh from the Tonle Sap Lake, we came across this gunboat. Cambodia presents one exciting thing after another.

A display of unexploded ordinance at one of the Land Mine Clearing organizations near Angkor Wat. One of the things they leave out of the brochures is that this was a hotbed of Kmer Rouge activity up until just recently. We saw people clearing mines along the roads leading to Angkor.

We hear of the "Killing Fields", but what is hard to understand is that EACH village had one. One of the Monks in this Monastery on the road to Angkor Wat pointed out this memorial behind the door. Of the 7 million Cambodians at the time of Kmer Rouge take-over, 2 million were killed. Everyone was touched by this tragedy.

The Temple Complex Bantay Shri had incredible sculpture. The entire complex was covered in this relief.

This temple was left to the jungle to remind visitors of how all the temples looked when the French began restoration. Of course the Cambodians knew of this area, but it was the French who were amazed to find it and tell the world. Most of the art contained in the temples was moved to Paris, where you can go see it today.

A great way to get around. Many cities in Asia had these and they were great. Too bad we don't have many of these in the States.