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Us in front of Angkor Wat, the most famous of the temples in the complex. It is surrounded by a 600 foot wide moat, and was built by the king in the 12th century to pray for the safety of his people.

Above, the five spires of Angkor Wat rising into the sky, which was roasting us like chickens on the stone pathway. To the right, a sample of the steps found all over the temples. Although going up the steep steps was no fun, going down was the scary part because they were so worn and there are no handrails.

I think I've seen a bunch of movies where the fugitive hides from the police by squatting on the toilet so they don't see his feet in the stall, like in the first picture here, but I don't think this sign is prohibiting such behavior. Rather, the toilets in Cambodia are like those in Rome, Greece and in many other parts of the world, simple holes in the ground with a spot on each side for your feet so that you can squat over the hole. Lane calls them "Squatty Potties." At Angkor, there are a few western toilets (although you have to pee by candle light in the evening due to the lack of electricity). Since many Cambodians also visit Angkor, some of whom have never seen a western toilet, they have put up these signs to help them out and keep the footprints off of the toilet seat.

Me in the local market, with our driver, picking out some goodies for the local kids. There were like 10 toys that I wanted for myself, but it didn't seem practical to carry them for the next 6 or 7 weeks.

The two kids in front are our driver's son and daughter. Like any boy, his son loves cars, so we brought him one. His daughter needed notebooks and shoes, so her gifts were more practical.

After dropping off some things with our driver's family, we headed to the countryside to give out the things that we had bought at the market. We started by approaching these two kids, and within minutes we were surrounded by about 50 kids from the village.

Left, this little girl was holding her bigger sister's notebook, pencil and eraser. Above, we brought wind-up cars for the younger kids and were pleased to see that they enjoyed the cars more than the packaging...

Word got out quickly in the village of this giant white man with toys, candy and notebooks, and hopefully we were able to give something to everyone. We gave out so much candy that I imagine the kids were bouncing off the walls for days...

This is the whiteboard in our driver's home. Other than the toothbrushes, a couple of plastic chairs and a hammock, it is pretty much his only possession. We bought him a new marker because his ran out some time ago and he has not been able to buy a new one. It was really amazing to see him passing on his skills to his children. To the left, his daughter making the cutest face as she sucks on one of the candies we brought...

We climbed a temple to watch the sunset over Angkor Wat. Those Khmer really had no idea how to build steps. You had to be Spider Man to climb up and down them.

We are in northern Thailand right now, near the borders of Laos and Myanmar (Burma). As you can see, our four days in Cambodia were really special, standing out among a countless number of great experiences and memories in this trip. We've been having a very good time in northern Thailand, too, meeting some hill tribes in the Golden Triangle that are right out of National Geographic. We'll be up here for another week before heading to the southern part of the country for our last month. We hope hope we haven't overloaded you with pictures, but Cambodia really touched our hearts.