Siem Reap

We arrived in Siem Reap yesterday after 6 hours of travel. Hilary blew cookies 45 minutes into the trip and Leann lost her lunch just when we arrived. Oh these Khmer kids!
The ride was beautiful. You cannot imagine what these people can carry on a bike or motorcycle! It is incredible. We saw a guy with two big mahogany wardrobes strapped on sideways. Each side had mirrors. We saw people with large crates of piglets. One guy had a huge dead pig laying on its back on his moto and it's legs were just flapping the the wind like nobody's business. Remarkable!
This town is much much nicer that Phnom Penh. No beggars! Very little litter unlike Phnom Penh which was covered with trash and garbage.
Last night we hit the market for a little while and then had a bite to eat. The eatery we went to was a Thai restaurant which was like a big barn with lots of lofts. They seated us at one loft which was furnished by a truck tire laying on it's side with a piece of glass on top. There were four pillows on the floor. Lisa and I looked at each other like "you've got to be kidding!" We opted for a table. There were trays that they moved on pulleys from kitchen to loft and an Apsara dancer that performed every half hour. It was great fun.

Today we visited Angkor Wat. Words cannot describe this place. It is thousands of years old and considered one of the great wonders of the world. We did not finish because the heat was unbearable. It had to be in the 90s with 99% humidity. We just could not finish. We did enjoy however a nice elephant ride about one of the smaller wats. We hope to go back later this evening to finish sightseeing and take a balloon ride overhead.

Our hotel is lovely. Internet service stinks so we are at an internet cafe for 75 cents and hour.

Tomorrow will be a lazy day. Lisa, Kaley, Leann and Deb are heading to Hong Kong for a few days the first thing in the morning. Mike is leaving later at about 6:00 pm for Ho Chi Minh and Hilary and I are leaving about 8pm for Bangkok and then Beijing. We have a 15 hours layover there so we will probably just get a hotel and hang out for a while. Not sure what kind of shape we will be in. This may be my last blog until I get home Saturday morning. Please keep us in your prayers as we complete this journey. We love you all.