Cambodia

Sorry for the delay, but after some internet and computer troubles, we were finally able to publish all.

After the national park visit, we continued on Thursday by bus to Nang Rong (close to the Cambodian boarder). In the afternoon Simon went by motorbike to the Phanom Rung Historical Park to see the Prasat Hin Khao temple. This temple is the most impressive one of all Angkor monuments in Thailand and is located atop an extinct volcano.
On Friday we went on by bus to Aranya Prathet, the main boarder station between Thailand and Cambodia. We crossed the boarder without problems, the visa for Cambodia we had already got before. So, we arrived in Poipet, on the Cambodian side, and there it was a bit more complicated. All tourists were put in a free shuttle bus to the “tourist bus terminal”, every tourist (individual or group) got a Cambodian supervisor who took care about us that we wouldn't leave the terminal... The buses which leave from this tourist bus station are expensive (more than double price of the normal one) and the money exchange also bad for tourists. But this wasn't the real problem, as we couldn't escape, we bought a bus ticket to the next town (Sisophon) and more or less quickly we were in a bus. Then it started, the bus didn't want to leave, the people there always told us in a few minutes, but first it had to be full. Well, compared with other tourists we were lucky, some had to wait up to 3 hours... Finally the bus managed to get out of this terminal, but after a few meters drive we had to stop again, reason unknown. After spending a long time in the bus, we finally arrived in Sisophon. As it was already late, about 6 pm, we had the next problem, that no bus was going to Battambang, the place we wanted to go. We then found a shared taxi, which was of course also overcharged for us, and we had a “nice” drive in the dark with a lot of traffic, which wasn't always very save. Additionally the car had also a small problem, but this one could be fixed within a few minutes. Anyway, we arrived well and better late than never in Battambang.
On Saturday we relaxed and in the afternoon we went around the center, but there isn't a lot to see, some French colonial houses are the only interesting things.
Yesterday we went to some places around Battambang to visit 2 temples on hills with quite steep steps to go up, but finally we arrived on the top and the view was great (the temples more or less). We also went on a ride on the famous bamboo train here which was quite funny.
Today, Monday, we took a bus to Siam Reap or better known as Angkor, the most interesting place in this country. Tomorrow we are going to visit the temples here around, it's full of them!

Photos:
1. - 3. Prasat Hin Khao
4. Boarder between Thailand and Cambodia
5. + 6. Battambang