Bangkok

After Phnom Penh we went to Siem Reap to see Angkor Wat and some of the other temples and palaces. They are amazing, built on a grand scale, to a particular design and are very beautiful. We spent 6 days there, 3 of them seeing the temples.

We went straight to Bangkok from Siem Reap by bus. The trip was easy and the border crossing okay - we got the standard two week visa pass on entry - which isn't enough really and we had to try and extend the visa when we were in Bangkok, but could only get 7 extra days.

Bangkok is a big, busy, noisy city. We seem to spend quite a bit of time getting from one place to another if we have to take a taxi - the roads are so jammed with cars. Unfortunately, the underground and sky trains only go to the centre of town from a few places in the suburbs - the main areas with the temples and palace are not covered.

We went to the River Kwai and saw the famous re-contructed bridge - it was bombed by the RAF towards the end of the war. There is a really good museum about the railway and some cemetaries for the POWs.