Besides, most have water below and so less chance of getting hurt except for maybe the occasional croc or leeches. ) Another reason to go in rainy season so you have water under the brides?

I think I’ll go with the monkey bridges since born in monkey year. We’ll see how well that applies when I try crossing such bridges!

Also, I heard that on such tours the JW guides always go ahead on the bridges and bounce up and down to verify their safety before letting tourists cross? )

After our analyses as to location, costs, reviews of others, we chose JW and we were not disappointed. The Trip Advisor got it right.

The room was great, service better than a five-star hotel at much less cost. The food was definitely home cooking. And what can you say about the staff? It was like family that you have known for years.

Heading back there again in May and can’t wait!

The slave factories in the world are no exception. They will continue for some time to come. Why? Because the factory owners, the factory builders and the government officials form the triad of corruption that allows this to continue.

One can argue that the consumers are also to blame, but not really. Consumers will pay the best price they can get, whatever that may be. Such is life.

Would such conditions be allowed to take place if the government officials truly had the best interest of the people as a priority?

What sadly is more amazing is that no matter if the majority of people in the country are Buddhist, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, or Christians, when it comes to taking advantage of fellow citizens, human beings, religion does not matter to them. Sometimes, atheists have more compassion than those that say they are religious.

Sadly, it seems that often it is the outsiders who care more about the strangers they help through charitable causes than their own people.

When will this end? We can only hope that as each poor country grows economically, it can also become better servants of the people. However, the world will continue to see such corruption as it moves from developing nation to less developed nation, e.g. From Asia as economically they prosper paying higher wages to Africa where labor is cheaper.

As Buddha reminds us all, life is full of suffering. So, it should not be surprising that such things occur.

I read your message and wanted to help you, because I have been in Siem Reap a lot of times. The Tara Angkor hotel is a beautiful hotel and is ideally and conveniently located, Tara Angkor Hotel is situated only 6 km from the Angkor Wat Temples, 15 min drive from the Siem Reap International Airport, a few minutes stroll to the Angkor National Museum and a short ride to the city town center with an array of Cambodian souvenirs, shopping and culture. They have a few promotions that you can make use of if you haven’t booked already: Last minute bookings, summer sales, early bird promotion or Angkor temptations. Of course there are a lot more, but have a look at their website. It is not that far to the Angkor temples that I would advise you to see for sure. I would say, grab yourself a 3 day pass and find yourself a decent tuk tuk driver to take you to the farther ruins and for a drive in some of the outlying villages. If you’re up for it consider renting a bike and checking out Angkor Wat on your own. There’s a lot to see and do so a lot depends on your time and budget. A few temples I would strongly suggest you check out besides Angkor Wat itself are Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom and of course Ta Prohm just to see the amazing tree. The Banteay Srei temple is farther out of Siem Reap but has a very different feel than a lot of the others. If you want to do something else as well, you can visit the day and night market. I can really recommend these attractions. If you need to know more, let me know.