Konnark is a small town south of Kolkata and it's famous Sun Temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The temple has been ravaged by time and in order to stop it toppling over it has now been filled with sand.
Jumping off the plane straight into the mania that is Kolkata was a shock. Despite coming from Bangkok, one of the biggest cities in the world, there's something about an Indian city that sets it apart. This shot doesn't even begin to show how much traffic fills the streets here.
Kolkata was once at the centre of Britain's stranglehold over India. There are statues commemorating several British arcitects littered throughout the city and at almost every turn there is evidence of our presence. Above is St Pauls cathedral and below, the Victoria Memorial.
We flew from Bangkok to Kolkata on 22nd March.
The on board dining was questionably food! 
Whilst back in Bangkok we decided to give the tourist trap of the Grand Palace a miss and head to Wat Pho.
I like this shot as it appears the Buddha is peering at the lens through the two pillars.
The Hot Springs in Pai, a deserved 'bath' after our cycle there.
The Springs themselves reached 80 degrees celcius and there were a few locals up here boiling eggs!
We cycled to the Hot Springs, 7km from the town.
Pai is a prime location for Elephant treks, on the road to the Hot Springs there are numerous tour companies chasing the tourist dollar. We were happy to take a moment to respect these incredible animals and leave them to it.
Pai is a small town in the very North West of Thailand. We managed to find a bungalow across the river in a beautiful, peaceful spot.
Chiang Mai has over 300 temples, after Angkor we were abit templed out but we did check out some of the more impressive examples, the above was taken at Wat Prah Singh.
Elephant images appear everywhere in Chiang Mai, this was on the way to Wat Ta Kua. I like the contrast between the simple white of the sculpture and the brighlty coloured cloth and candle wax.
Wat Ta Kua.
The stone faces of the Bayon, Angkor Thom.
The laterite steps upto the peak of Pre Rup.
Ta Prohm (the one from Tomb Raider!)
Angkor Wat from a distance.
And from a little closer.
S-21 used to be a school until the Khmer Rouge turned it into a prison in the mid seventies. Cambodian nationals who were deemed intelligent (this included anyone who wore galsses), had links with the west or owned a business, were brought here to be interrogated and tortured before being sent to the 'Killing Fields' to be brutally murdererd and buried in mass graves.
The prison has been left as it was found with the addition of photo galleries depicting the attrocities that ocurred here. Walking around and reading about what happened here was incredibly moving and gave a whole new insight into the plight of the Khmer peoples.
In the school courtyard, gym equipment was turned into torture devices.
In one of the buildings a photo gallery of all the people that passed through S-21 on the way to their deaths has been set up. Until the later stages of the tyranny new arrivals did not know what would happen to them here and the look of confusion and apprehension on their faces is plainly evident. I would recommend the book 'First they killed my father', it gives an insight into the horrors of the Khmer Rouge campaign.
Whilst in Phnom Penn we decided to give blood at the local childrens hospital. We were donors 212 and 213 so far this year. Afterwards, instaed of sweet tea and buscuits, we were given a bag of sugar, a tin of condensed milk, some instant noodles, a big box of crackers and this t-shirt!
In Cambodia practically everyone wears a checked scarf called a Kramer. It can be worn in many different ways, two styles on display here which are big this season are the 'turban' and the 'mother theresa'!
We spent the morning walking around the lake's perimeter, stopping every now and then to admire our surroundings and watch the local kids fishing. We found this tree which formed a natural bridge over the path and into the lake.
It was a scorchingly hot day (37 degrees) so we spent the afternoon swimming and leaping into the water with a group of local kids.
At 1pm every day a dam further up the river is opened to release more water down stream, suddenly the waterfalls become a lot more powerful and, if like me, you're sitting in the middle of it, climbing down suddenly becomes a little trickier!
