Angkor Wat is not the only ancient temple complex in Cambodia! It is certainly the biggest and best preserved/most restored, but there are others which receive significantly less visitors and are worth a look. Banteay Chhmar was one of these, especially with the community tourism scheme operating here.
We started our time in Cambodia with it’s most famous attraction, Angkor Wat. Time for some temple exploration!
At the Southern tip of Laos the Mekong widens and becomes shallower and full of islands which range massively in size. Many are uninhabited but there are two which have beome a focus for tourists to visit and enjoy the river, with it’s rapids and waterfalls. We found this to be a super peaceful place that we didn’t to leave!
A short post of our couple of days spent in Champassak, a quiet town set along the river south of Pakse. Home to Wat Phu, which is an old ruined Khmer temple like Angkor Wat, many travellers pass this place without stopping. We decided it was worth a stay and weren’t disappointed.
We only spent a day in the capital before moving on via a 16 hour sleeper bus, tuktuk and local bus to the rural village of Tad Lo on the Bolaven Plateau. A place of waterfalls, local villages and extreme relaxation. We booked to stay two nights here but ended up staying for four as we didn’t want to leave!