Arriving in Cambodia with the countryside looking devasted with floods - this is just the wet season.

The National Museum in Phnom Penh with the majority of exhibits being of the Kmer history - especially the temples and statues

A ship plying the waters of the mighty Mekong River in the middle of Phnom Penh city

The atrocities committed by the Kmer Rouge are evident and remembered with a monument holding the remains of some victims. The "Killing Fields"

On arrival at the first of the temples at Angkor Wat, you are surrounded by hawkers yelling "One Dollar - you buy". selling hats, postcards etc

Janice (our travel partner) playing tour guide at Angkor Wat

Restoration work is impaired/aided by the huge trees that seems to be holding some of these buildings together - Ta Prohm

Every visible piece of stone has been intricately carved with battle scenes or Hindu and Buddhist figures

Another Silk-Cotton tree reclaiming its territory with another temple

The famous Angkor Wat temple - there are approximately 40 different temples in the Siem Reap area

Local transport in all of Cambodia is the Tuk-Tuk. The bikes are only 100 or 125cc - imagine 4 strapping europeans aboard one of these.

The Bayon temple inside the city of Angkor Thom. Each tower has 4 faces pointing N, S E and W

In Battambang, the old railway built by the French is put to good use moving brave tourists and local produce.

Anyone for lunch? - fried crickets

How about fried frog - No?

You could opt for the deep fried snake - No?

OK - then you couldn't go past the deep fried cockroaches!! - Yum

It doesn't matter where we have travelled in SE Asia, the people have been wounderful and welcoming

The bamboo platform sits precariously on 2 axles and is easily lifted off and the axles removed from the track to allow another carriage to pass - and then reassembled to continue on its way