Ruth's world trip

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Back by popular request!

After many comments about the lack of activity on my website, I felt like I should probably add a few more of my photos just to keep you all happy! Sat in Siem Reap at the moment, which is in Cambodia (for all those of you geography dunces), and is the town next to Angkor Wat (which is a seriously popular tourist attraction and may even be a world heritage site. Went to look round Ankor Thom today which was pretty cool, its right next to Angkor Wat (''wat'' meaning 'temple'')but we were told that we should see it first because then you appreciate how brill Angkor Wat is.
5am tomorrow morning we will be heading to Angkor Wat in a 'Tuk Tuk' (or a motorcycle with a little tin cart attached), for the apparently awe-inspiring sunrise... better bloody had be for that time in the morning! So watch this space for pics of that amazing site.

Can't figure out where I got to when I last wrote on this thing, and I think I've been writing in a completely random order but never mind.... here's a summary of Thailand for you if I haven't bored you already!

Northern Thailand:
First night out in Bangkok was a bit of a crazy, far too much Singha beer (yes, i'm onto the hard stuff!), dragging Ellie down the streets with backpacks the next day while she threw up was pleasant.... saw the Grand Palace, reclining (massive/gold) buddha, sampled a thai massage.

Ayuthaya was full of lots of ruins, worth seeing but not my favourite place. Lopburi was next on the list, strange town/ village with a few ruins and way too many crazy monkeys wandering the streets. Sukhothai was beautiful, very peaceful in the historial park with... yes you've guessed it... more ruins! Chiang Mai was great... favourite place by far. Like Bangkok but nicer, little winding alleyways, and the trek/ ride on a suicidal elephant/ white water rafting/ bamboo raft/ night market/ learning to cook thai food were definately worth every penny and drop of sweat!

Please keep checking this site for an update of Vietnam and Cambodia, which will appear ASAP!

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