Cambodja and the temples of Angkor...

Hoi,

We arrived yesterday night in Siem Reap, the city in Cambodia closest to the temples of Angkor. The ride was hard. The 150km from Bangkok to the border was no problem, but the ride from the border to Siem Reap, also 150km, took us 6 hours. The road was in a very bad condition: bumpy, dusty, no lights,...
The said story is that the road is not decent, not because there is no money, but because Bangkok Airlines is paying the government of Cambodia not to fix the road!!!

Today Fatinha and I visited together with Leonor, an Israelic traveler, the temples of Angkor.
Wauw...really amazing. The territory is gigantic and for sure you need 4 to 5 days to see everything. Fatinha and I will keep it on 2 days. We like temples, architecture and cultural heritage, but we like even more abandoned islands and snorkeling.
But I have to say, doing the hard trip was worth it.

For me the jungle temple (first picture) left me the biggest impression...



Cambodia is a very poor country and what is remarkable that is when you enter Siem Reap (2nd largest city) you see one 5star hotel after the other (rooms between $250 and $2000 a night). It is a country full of contrasts, and the said thing about all this 5 star hotels is that the inhabitants also behave like that. First the dollar, then your friend. This impression I had much less in Thailand, but of course I hardly know both countries....
Oh, the cash withdrawal machines don't give you Real (Cambodian current) but dollars!?!

Tomorrow a last day of visiting the temples, the day after again to Bangkok. Probably we'll change our first plans and we will go to see a Tiger temple (quote from a Thai guide: "be careful for the tigers, they're dangerous, Thai girls as well") and The Bridge Over the River Kwai.

Adios...