Angkor Wat

 Late start but well rested. Saw the first main ruin and road past it.  Way to crowded.  Saw a small ruin on the other side of the road and went to that as no one was there.  Any other site would love these stone carvings. Here they are lost to the grand buildings.  Then on to more ruins.  The next place is a smaller pyramid.  Now I get to enter grand entry way with the men holding back the serpent.  At the temple of the faces I spent hours.  I laugh when a guide tells his people they have two more temples to visit.  The guides go straight to the center of the ruin.  Get picture next to building.  

 Guides point to the obvious stuff then hurry them on.  The insides of the buildings usually are not adorned and that is where the people go with guides.  The outer walls of the temple are covered with carved murals showing great battle and other scenes.  The guides don’t even stop to show their clients these.   More temples and then the batteries on the camera run dry.  I head back to the guesthouse to recharge.  As the camera battery is recharging I go and buy another camera battery.  Two batteries are not enough for Angkor Wat.  I return to Angkor in late afternoon.

 Siem Reap
 

31.3 Miles, 4:09 Moving Time, Max Speed 15.7 Miles, Moving Average 7.5 Miles, Stopw Time 5.57 Overall Average Speed 3.1 Miles, Temp Min 86 F -100 F Start 09:00 end 19:00, Accent 135 feet, Max Altitude 193 feet.

Sunny and hot

Love & kisses
Steve

Siem Reap 2

Find that I am awaken at 5 am and think that it would be good to find another place. It takes a going to a good number of places to find one with the right price.  Spend the day resting and working a little on the blog.

No Pics

3/21
Siem Reap
13.1 Miles, 2:18 Moving Time, Max Speed 13.8 Miles, Moving Average 8.7 Miles, Stop Time 4:09 Overall Average Speed 2.0 Miles, Temp Min 86 F -94 F Start 09:00 end 11:00, Accent 153 feet, Max Altitude 208 feet.

Sunny and hot

Love & kisses
Steve

Siem Reap

 Flat hot ride think about taking the bus.  The highway is noisy and is not that appealing to ride.

Not hard to find a room in Siem Reap.

3/20
Siem Reap
40.8 Miles, 4:40 Moving Time, Max Speed 15.6 Miles, Moving Average 8.7 Miles, Stop Time 7.28 Overall Average Speed 2.4 Miles, Temp Min 86 F -101 F Start 09:00 end 17:30, Accent 24 feet, Max Altitude 196 feet.

Sunny and hot

Love & kisses
Steve

Kralanh

 I head for the border.  I change which border crossing as the road tarmac was reported as newer.  So not going near Pol Pots grave and will miss the only piece of art made by the Khmer Rouge.  There is lots of traffic on the road to the border.  Thais like to gamble and there are not casinos in Thailand.  Border crossing was easy just had to pay an inflated exchange rate for the visa.  I will stop at the town just down the hill from the border to get money from the ATM. I must have blinked as I saw no town.  So no local money and an a good ways to the next town. 

  Glad I bought an extra liter and half of water.  In Samraong there is a nice looking guest house across from the bank.  I decide to push on.  I get to highway six after dark and find a guest house there.  Take the more expensive room for 3 dollars more. 

3/19

Kralanh
104 Miles, 10:22 Moving Time, Max Speed 30.5 Miles, Moving Average 10.0 Miles, Stop Time 2:17 Overall Average Speed 8.2 Miles, Temp Min 83 F -111 F Start 09:00 end 20:00 Accent 247 feet, Max Altitude 839 feet.

Sunny and hot

Love & kisses
Steve