Another day at Angkor Wat?

Last night we went for a walk down to pub street.  I was amazed to see all the tourists and the cafe shops.  The place is full of restaurants and hundreds of tourists filling their fat stomachs.  We came across Korean, American, German, Ukraines, Polish and 1 small Aussie and a Yank.

We just sat down with the tribe and watched the world go bye. 

 Today we got up at a sensible hour of 8am.  As I've said a million times I hated getting out of my tent at 5.30am on the African trip.  Why can't people sleep in like us Aussies.

After breakfast we headed back out to see the rest of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom.  It was such a nice day today.  The ride out to the site has over hanging trees nearly all the way giving us much relief from the heat.  Once again I was amazed at the amount of buses and motorbikes heading out to the site with all the tourists.  Doesn't anyone work in this place. 

Without going into history lessons my advice is to google the place and see what it's all about.  It is a place worth visiting before you leave this planet.  Some of the sites depicted in the photos are religious sites for both Hindu and Buddhists.  Could you imagine people today building such a huge site to pray.  I think we're too lazy for that now.  

We rode back to town with about 30ks of riding around the complex.  By the time we got back it was well after lunch and we were starving.  We sat down for a nice chicken and cashew nuts, boiled rice, bottle of water, ice coffee, and Len had a dish for the princely sum of 12 dollars. Now that's a bargain.

As we were riding back into town this bearded chap on a motorbike came up to me and called out 'terry wall'.  Yeh, that's me mate, I replied.  I'm Ralph's brother from Corrimal.  Frank came back to our hotel and we had a great chat about one of the world's most famous cities, called Corrimal.   Frank now lives in Cambodia and his brother Ralph is a rider with eXsight Tandems.  Remember you can donate if you like to help vision impaired.  Frank left after an hour to head to school where he assists in English.  The school Frank has an interest in consists of 25 students.  They attend class after they attend their normal school each day.  Frank didn't trust me to ride his bike, so it looks like the long haul to sisophon will be on the 29er with my buddy Len.

This is the side view of Angkor Thom.  This is hand carved.  Talk about patience.

Each time you enter a new enclosure you must pass through a gated section just like this one.  It mighten look big but a bus could go through these arches. 

It's now time to head into pub street for a look around and buy some food.  Our bikes are just about packed and we're ready to roll.

Safe riding until next time.

The Aussie and the Yank on tour.