Back to Thailand

Well, my time in Cambodia is now pretty much at an end. Today was a fairly quiet day which was good after all the walking and climbing we have been doing since Sunday. I bought a couple of souvenirs, went to the new National Museum here which frankly wasn't ready to open when it did last week. There is too much inside still unfinished and the exhibits are completely devoid of any sort of interpretation or even simple identification. It's a shame because they have some nice objects there.

Yesterday was a long day with a drive to a mountain shrine and beautiful waterfall followed by a visit to the ruined temple at Beng Melea which was fairly astounding. It has not been fixed up at all and it is the way it has been for a long time. I guess they have cut some of the vegetation, but otherwise it is ruined with the temple ceilings collapsed. It was fun if not a little dangerous to crawl on it. For something 800 years old it is pretty impressive as are all the temples.

On Monday we saw a lot of the temples that are close to each other and went out in a hellacious rainstorm which was a big mistake. It took my shoes more than a day to dry out. I have to admit that all of the places and dates blend together a bit.

The people here are really fantastic. Friendly with sweet smiles. The guys are gorgeous. It will be a little sad to leave, but I am looking forward to a relaxed week in Thailand. Hopefully no more health issues.

I discovered the other day that ModernDog are opening for a band called Muse who are big in the UK. So I will get to see them play on Wednesday night before I leave to come back. In a way it is probably better for me that they are opening since that means I don't have to stay up too late, but it is bad because it means they probably only get 30-45 minutes on stage.

My helicopter trip here got canceled because they said they needed one more person to join for it to be cost effective even though it was going to cost me a lot of money. So I guess there is a big refund coming my way.

Hopefully I can get my hands on a memory card reader when I get back to Thailand to post some more photos.