Angkor Wat-ness

I'm in Siem Reap, basically a tourist town for the huge temple attraction Angkor Wat. It's much more ordered than Phnom Penh and has many more high-class places since Angkor Wat attracts many wealthy tourists. At some point, it almost feels like a cambodian disneyland since almost everything is set up for tourism for Angkor Wat and they even have a place called the Cambodian cultural village which looks like an amusement park.

Nonetheless, my english friend Andy and I had a good time going around to temples, which were pretty spectacular. The amount of detail on them is amazing and just the grand scale on which they were built is astounding. However, the last day and half, you do hit the point of temple-saturation. Its about 95 degrees everyday, so you do get a bit worn out, but the cheap prices and amazing food are good compensation. I'm staying in a cute little hotel for half the price that I paid to stay in hostel room with 5 other people in Paris.

Despite the quaintness of Siem Reap and it's prosperity, I still keep seeing signs of all the many problems that afflict Cambodia such as a poor health, corruption, poverty, landmines, lack of accessible education, child prostitution, etc. It's got a rough past and seems to have a long way to go, but hopefully things are improving.