The spectacular Angkor Wat -

A few days later we got on another bus up north to Siem Reap, the home of the world's most amazing ruins, the ancient Angkor Kingdom. We managed to get our lazy arses out of bed (for only the second time in 3 and a half months) at 5 am to watch the sunrise behind the main Angkor Wat Temple.

The view was stunning. The temple rises out of the pitch black of night into the early morning light like something out of Indiana Jones. Of course your sitting their watching the sunrise with about 300 other gaping travellers, so maybe Indiana may have been feeling a little claustrophobic at this point. But - even allowing for the busloads of Japanese tourists- Angkor has to be the most amazing thing we've seen on our trip. I would have to say that it even beats the Egyptian Pyramids and the Taj Mahal.

We also saw the Bayon Temple here which has 208 massive stone faces carved into its walls. Siem Reap had the same peaceful feel to it that Phnom Penh did...which some people might find strange for it to be described like that when the square around the market was being completely dug up and there are of course plenty of tourists, but again it was the indescribable feel of the place that made it hard to leave.

Ta Prohm was another fascinating, almost unbelievable sight. The age of the ruins and the abandonment of them from about the 13th Century onwards has led to them being engulfed by jungle until the French started to uncover them again. Here at Ta Prohm the roots of trees had completely grown over the top of some of the walls. If you want to see more pics of these you're probably better off watching Tomb Raider which was filmed here.