Trip to Cambodia Feb 09

[WujouMao]

i left Vietnam and spent a week or so in Cambodge. decided on doing a 3 day motorcycle trip with a driver to the outbacks of Kompong Thom and across the old angor road, route 66.

its the start of the rainy season, so who knows what this is like in 2 months time.




This is the elephant temple, near Phrea Khan.






visited more ruins in the area. Garuda is on this one.








Phrea Khan. the temple wasnt much to look at. its all blown up. bad thing is is that you're followed around with 2 girl guards who think you're gonna give them a tip afterwards.




saw this nice looking web in the rubble though


have no regard for their own culture.


stayed in this village, the baby's cried when they saw me. guess i really am ugly to them.


National Highway 66.


my Moto driver said if the river ahead in up waist height, we have to go back. but i guess he didnt want to go back either. He buggered his bike though, so i walked for 4 hours while he drained his bike of water


saw a flaoting spider??


and saw the bugger of a spider later one. sizewise, leg to leg its 5 inches long. i just hoped the spider wouldnt lunge onto me and kill me. thankfully it was more scared or me and shot up its web when i came near.


sideview..... jesus!


and the back, just look at those monsters!!

[WujouMao]

continued ahead on the old ankor road, NH 66. thankfully i decided to walk across instead.




had a rest stop in a town, met some giggly kids, who were shy at 1st.


Spean Ta Ong - Angkor bridge


Koh Ker temple complex.




archway of arches


some more spiders with curious web design


Cambodia has a Pyramid of its own. sadly you can't climb it as its collapsing




sorry mum. but its ok. it won't fall


you just gotta love those fig trees with the roots.


fire ants nest. i must say, it aint nice riding through the forest, and they land on you from above, and start biting you on the back of the neck,


And i know why those blasted fire ants hurt now.


Beng Meanla








these things littered the ground


on the road to Dom Dek. Altern 8 anybody?


Kompong Kdei Angkor Bridge. better nick than the other one, and all 4 corners are intact.


saw this customised truck


they have hippo's in this neck of the woods???


just what the hell was he doing.




wonder if chickens suffer from pins and needles too

[Marmite the Dog]

Originally Posted by WujouMao

just what the hell was he doing.

By the looks of it, he was driving like an Asian.

[EmperorTud]

He probably swerved to avoid a hippo.

[Frankenstein]

Originally Posted by britmaveric

Saw a few landmine signs myself - not a very nice feeling to have.

Much better than the feeling of your scrotum exploding into tiny fragments and raining down all over the countryside.

[bustak]

WujouMao, once again this is an excellent vacation thread! Not sure how I missed this one, great photos!

Your camera has a nice macro, you're a brave man for those spider pictures!

[BenDoverMax]

I think Banteay Srei temples are older than the Angkor wat temples.

Can imagine Angkor would be photogenic more so in the rainy season than the dry. Was there apr 2006 and thought i was going to die from heat stroke. Was dry, dusty and damn hot! But worth the shots as you can see.

Did the 4 main temples in one day (Angkor Thom (Bayon), Preah Khan, Ta Prohm, Angkor Wat). Too much to take in - in one day. Cost $20 per day or $40 for 3 day pass.

Good memories....

[DeislerX]

These are the great pics. They are very reality but I have to say some of them blur (not sharpen).

Look like a survey. TFS

[WujouMao]

Originally Posted by DeislerX

These are the great pics. They are very reality but I have to say some of them blur (not sharpen).

Look like a survey. TFS

no mate, they're all pukka, well the ones that are still on my SD card is. these ones are reduced to 600x800 for this forum.

Originally Posted by bustak

Your camera has a nice macro, you're a brave man for those spider pictures!

no mate, just stupid

[Phuketrichard]

love those spiders :-)
thats buffalo crossing

[ClaraLondon]

wow nice pics of asian region.keep it up.plz post more photos.

[WujouMao]

Originally Posted by Phuketrichard

love those spiders :-)
thats buffalo crossing

i know mate. i was taking the piss. don't you have humour where you come from?

Originally Posted by ClaraLondon

wow nice pics of asian region.keep it up.plz post more photos.

well no doubt you have seen the local cambodian train on page 1? well i'm of to the philippines tomorrow. i looked in my guide book and now that the trains have stopped running as of 2008, the local people there have their own filipino style train. its called 'skates'. same principle, just with car seats bolted down instead. sounds shocking i know.

[Anja09]

Great Pics! Thank you so much for sharing. Unfortunately, I only saw Cambodia through the eyesy of a mass tourist.

[StrontiumDog]

Awesome thread, wonderful photos. Lots of "moments in time" shots. I'm not sure I'm brave enough to do such a trip, but I'd like to...maybe one day before I get too old. Cheers.