So you may remember from a previous post, Lisa and I had signed up for a “pre-canned” tour of the temples close to town, but we adjusted this with short notice and instead rented a driver and a car for $35USD and a Tour Guide for $30USD through the hotel and started our day at…
View MoreAs they say, only “mad dogs and English men” go out in the hot noon day sun. Well, Lisa and I were feeling a bit English and went to this temple in the peak of the heat. On the bad side, its very hot, but on the good side many of the tourist and especially…
View MoreBanteay Srei temple is the exquisite “Women’s Citadel” about 32kms from Siem Reap. It was one of Cambodia’s last major Khmer temples to be found “again.” It is a small temple, but has some of the finest stone carvings of any of the temples. It has been partially restored, so there are some original carvings…
View MoreHere is a snap of our hotel. If eating at the hotel, you could dine inside or in this courtyard. In the background is the raised pool. Nice elephant, eh? While we were at Tara Angkor, three different tour groups rolled through the hotel, a French one, a Russian one and a USA one. I…
View MoreWell, it was Saturday the 7th when Lisa and I got moving again. For some strange reason, most likely ambient light, we awoke around 6:30am. Lisa needed to prep or a few hours for a gig she has this upcoming week with a bunch of educators, so I lounged about reading the daily newspaper before…
View MoreIt is kinda strange when you start dancing across the Internation Dateline. I was in San Francisco on Sunday night after barely making it out of Austin, Texas. I had been in crunch mode for the better part of two months trying to get things in New Orleans and things in Austin organized. In New…
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