Siem Reap & Angor Wat

We arrived in Siem Reap on Monday and found some cheap rooms @ Green Town guest house for $18.00/night. the next morning we hired a couple of moto's with drivers and spent the day touring the temples of Angor Wat. The whole area is huge and very impressive, with numerous temples to visit and wander through. It rivals the temples of Egypt although not quite as old but the setting in the forest is very nice. Next day we hired a tuk-tuk and drove up to Banetay Srie to veiw another temple and saw a lot more of the country and local villages. We also saw the floating village on the river leading into the lake, which are mostly Vietnamese fisherman. It was not all that impressive as the living conditions are pretty sad. Just another way for them to charge tourists money. We rented bicycle's and rode back out to Angor yesterday and went back to a couple of the temples liked. We should have just rented bike's in the first place but they do not want you to know that. Siem Reap is quite inexpensive for eating and drinking and everything is in US dollars. Beer or rum & coke are usually $1.50 each. The city itself is quite busy but relativly clean and loads of tourists, especially Chinese. The people are extremely helpful and freindly but they all want to sell you something especially the kids and they are persistent.