If you’ve ever wanted to take your girlfriend to a brothel and pick up a couple of prostitutes to watch a little BBC World, I highly suggest you think twice about doing it now. As much as I imagined this happening to me, when it actually did it wasn’t quite what I had expected. Maybe it was the lack of porno music soundtrack that took the mystique away. Or maybe it was because there were two actual prostitutes in the room with us. Either way, this was a perfect example of our experience in Cambodia.

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We each purchased a three-day pass to the Angkor Heritage Site at the main entrance gates. They issue you a photo I.D. card, which must be shown each time you enter the park. It's very official-looking, and keeps people from sneaking in without paying.

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On the second day we wanted to visit some of the more overgrown temples, east of where we had been the day previous. Our driver took us past Angkor Wat, down the main road through Angkor Thom, then proceeded east through the Victory Gate. We drove over the Siem Reap River and saw several small chapels and temples along the way. Finally we arrived at Ta Prohm and parked the car near the food stalls and souvenir shops.

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Most budget travelers come to SE Asia because it gives them the opportunity to see a large piece of the world on a small budget. Backpackers have created a well-worn trail throughout SE Asia the past 30 years, and even with the few exceptions of Singapore and parts of Bangkok, the entire region is still very affordable. When you're preparing to enter a country such as Cambodia where the average annual income is less than US$300, you brace yourself for sub-par sanitation, ramshackle houses, sickness and filth. Cambodia lived up to some of these expectations, but there were also a few big surprises...

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