Another day in Siem Reap

Just a short update: (too slow computer and too many mosquitoes....)

Today we took the bicycle (rented at our guesthouse) and went to visit several temples of the Angkor group. Riding the bike through an area with so many ancient temples is really a great experience :). Too bad I won't be able to upload any pictures, that would show it much better than I could describe it...

Yesterday we went to visit the temples of the Rolous group (some of the oldest temples in this region). We went there by 'tuktuk' as it is pretty far out of the central area. Too bad the roads are not developed very well, so when driving around lots of dust keeps blowing around. But still very nice to drive around and see some more of the country side. Also the temples were really amazing.
In the afternoon we were supposed to visit another temple; Phnom Krom; but our driver told us that there is no temple there...and that people just go there to take a boat ride on the lake. So when we arrived there we did go for the boat ride...at first quite regretted going on the boat ride as it seemed like an open sewer...at least it did smell like one...but later when we arrived at the lake it appeared to be a pretty interesting boat ride. On the lake there were thousands of floating houses, schools and sportsgrounds. We did stop at an orphanage school for children, and after we checked around a bit and donated some money we went back to the starting point. On the way back I asked the tuktuk driver to stop at the stairs heading to the top of the mountain so we could still go and have a look. When we arrived at the top we did found the temple! Althou not very big and in a pretty bad state it was still interesting to see as from the top of the mountain we did have a great view over the lake and at the other side the city of Siem Reap.