Nothing like having to go to the airport at 4:45am :)
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But the plane to Cambodia awaits!
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As do the parties in Siem Reap!
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The very official looking Dept of Cults and Religions.
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Hey kid, want some candy?
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The seriously intense "Land Mine Museum"
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it's estimated that there's still millions of unexploded mines...
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...scattered through the Cambodia countryside...
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...Aki Ra was an old Khmer Rouge child soldier...
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...who now is on a mission to de-mine Cambodia!
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But even conservative estimates think it's possible by 2020!
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It's a slow, slow, slow process. Mainly done like this.
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Imagine being the designer of these hell causing devices!
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Almost as bad as the damn Khmer Rouge themselves!
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Amputees showed us around - every day mines explode.
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People are also hurt by scattered spikes in the undergrowth.
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The chickens don't seem to care too much though.
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Signs appear only after some have exploded.
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This is the mangiest dog I've ever seen.
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Movie time with chickens.
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This was the only time I saw the kids form a nice line.
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Method to carry 3 live pigs on a scooter.
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I got you little buddy!
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The fanciest bathroom in many a month!
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Bar Street in Siem Reap. The usual debauchery.
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The kids offered no help to our dead battery. But still wanted a dollar.
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Approaching Angkor Wat from the other side of the moat.
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Immediately you are amazed by the colors and textures!
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The 5 towers loom in the distance...
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1000 years ago the open area was filled with the village.
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Only the most important monks would go into the main temples...
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...the whole structure was built not as a place to worship...
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...but as a masterfully detailed home to the Gods...
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Hence the seriously difficult to climb steps...
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Stones were carried from mountains many miles away...
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And this is just ONE of MANY structures in the area...
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...amazingly they let you climb all over the place!
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"Quick, no one's coming - take it!"
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That's my fancy new explorer hat.
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Seriously steep.
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The limestone discoloration make it seem very mystical.
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Oh, and it was so damn hot. I mean really hot.
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There was a lot of respect paid to the phallus. Damn right.
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Inside there were many Buddha's - the more the better.
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Explorer Pose.
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