Cambodia

We arrived in Phnom Penh on 2 April and set out for a bit of sightseeing. First stop was the Tuol Sleng Museum (former Khmer Rouge/Pol Pot prison). It was pretty horrific - the cells were tiny, there were shackles and various tortune items in the cells. There were rooms with photos of the prisoners - many were women and children. Out of the 20,000 prisoners only 7 survived.We then went to the Killing Fields which was full of dug up mass graves. There was a very eerie feel to the place as we wandered around. We left there feeling very depressed, it was a very harrowing experience.We spent 2 days in Phnom Penh before heading to Siem Reap. There we spent a whole day going round Angkor Wat which is the largest and most famous Wat in South East Asia. It was pretty amazing, the architecture was stunning. It took us 1.5 hours to get round that one Wat. We visited 5 other temples in the area including the one where Tomb Raider was filmed, that was pretty cool. It had massive trees with roots you could stand in, some trees were growing on top of the temple ruins.It was hard work walking about all day in the heat, it is the hottest country we have been in so far. We rewarded ourselves with several $0.60 beers after that!We went to a wacky bar called the dead fish tower, it had loads of pockets of tables located on staggered floors, almost like suspended platforms at various heights - with no particians or walls! After a few beers that could be very dodgy, 1 too many and you could easily plummet to the ground into the crocodile farm (seriously real huge crocs!)A common theme in both Vietnam and Cambodia is the women and kids often go around in their pyjamas, they go to the supermarket, serve in their shops, have drinks all in their jammies! How great would that be, roll out of bed and go to work withour having to get dressed!Spent 5 days in Cambodia altogether. Next stop is to the Islands of Thailand for a month, heading to Koh Chang first.