Angkor Wat

Siem Reap is the nearest city to the temples of Angkor sp people stay here to visit them.

We left the town at 8am this morning by tuk tuk (motorcycles with carriages attached to the back) to visit the Temples. The tuk tuk driver took us around the complex as the temples are scattered too far apart to walk.

We visited the temple of Angkor Wat first and it is as impressive as you see in photos. It was quite cool when we arrived here so we could really take it in. People still use the temples to pray so there were shrines made of the Budhas that still remain there and we put incense next to the first one we came across. After that, we realised you couldn't do this all the time as the caretakers of the shrines liked you to do it for $1. Religion eh?!

We then went to Angkor Thom which was a palace complex. With the main feature being a temple with hundreds of Budha faces created from the spirals and colonades. Hannah decided she was going to be Lara Croft and climb up the temple walls.

The final temple was a monastry called Ta Phrom. This is still hidden in the jungle and most of its walls had been overtaken by trees - the roots now growing over the temple like giant spiders. This si where tomb Raider was filmed. Even though there were loads of tourists around it did still feel a bit like being in an adventure film and there was definatley something mysterious about the place. We took loads of photos to capture the moment!