Angkor Thom Siem Reap

This morning I was wide awake and raring to go at 6:45am! I was very excited about exploring and seeing the temples. Today was going to be a highlight of my trip and something I had been looking forward to before we left England. We met our Tuk Tuk driver at 8:45am and then drove for 20mins to the entrance gate where we bought our tickets. It cost …

We are greeted from our boat by an enthusiastically waved sign welcoming us, and held by one of the nicest people you could hope to meet, Tommy, who becomes 'our' tuk-tuk driver for the week. He has been sent by our guest house, and the drivers are always very keen to meet and welcome you as this is their best chance of securing work, rather than …

After about a month in Thailand, we said our goodbyes and vowed to return soon. It was now time to visit Siem Reap, Cambodia to visit the Ankor Temple Complex. This temple complex is known as the #1 temple complex in Southeast Asia (We already have visited #3, #4 in Indonesia). However, before I get to that, the trip to Siem Reap was quite …

Yesterday we traveled to Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom
it was the best experience of my life to see the worlds biggest temple and to see my 1st wonder of the world. Our guide is very helpful with a name we cant remember most of the time btw his name is sahan pretty sure but today we travel to the overgrown temple with mister Winn, our driver and …

After my last experience on a bus I was planning on flying to Siem Reap, but apparently now there arent any flights connecting the 2 cities so I had to catch another bus!! At least this time it was a coach so the journey didnt seem to last that long and there was a tuk tuk driver waiting for me at the bus station when I arrived!!! He worked for the …

Today we went for breakfast in Blue Pumpkin, which was a very funky breakfast bar like something straight out of Hong Kong or China and was really nice and good for your money. We then hired a tuk tuk for the day for $15 between the 3 of us and went to Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom. Angkor Wat is the largest religious temple in the world and one of it …

Avant le lever du soleil je suis parti pour Angkor, un site classé parmi les 7 nouvelles merveilles du monde par l'UNESCO. Un espèce de parc national avec des immenses temples vieux de plus de 1500 ans. Le premier, Angkor Vat est le plus impressionnant et le mieux conservé. Le lever du soleil donne un spectacle magnifique, et les étangs font office …

Early to rise this morning! Woke up at 4.30 to get the Tuk-tuk from outside the hostel at 5.00. Didn't take too long to get to Angkor - about 20 minutes. The roads were fairly quiet although there were plenty of Monks out for their morning duties.

On arrival at the Angkor Complex we had our photos taken for the temple pass and then Niam, …

Our first day in Angkor was incredble there is no other word for it! We spent over two hours at Angkor Wat alone where we wandered round looking at the 1000 year old reliefs. They were amazingly well preserved and depicted all sorts of legends and battles. After Angkor Wat we headed to the Bayon. Hundreds of slightly creepy faces cover this temple …

Cambodia

Cambodia is my last country before heading back into Thailand to chill on the beach for a few weeks and I wasn't sure what to expect, I had heard a lot of stories about the poverty and corruption and that is certainly evident especially as I travel by bus and see more of the countryside.Its seriously hot 35+ every day, certainly …

... . At the end of the bike loop, following a $4 purchase of a bootlegged photocopy of the Cambodia Lonely Planet book, was the ancient city of Angkor Thom and just beyond it, Angkor Wat itself. The weather rapidly turned foul by this point, erupting ...

Here are some photos from our time in Siem Reap and a few of the Angkorian complexes and temples - Angkor Thom and the Bayon, Preah Khan, Ta Prohm (the Tomb Raider temple) and of course the mother of all temples, Angkor Wat. ...

... whole pie of Cambodia seems to be on the verge of corruption. Well I shouldn't go that far. We thoroughly LOVED Siem Reap outside of Angkor Wat. But here's a few examples: 1) According to our Taxi driver and a few other sources Bangkok Airlines bribed ...

... towered above us, but sadly was closed. It was wonderful. But there was more to come. Mr Bon drove us on to Angkor Thom, a city which once housed a million people within its walls. We entered via a gate topped with the four faces of Avalokiteshvara, ...

... Luang Prabang, next stop Cambodia. A boring wait and a short flight later we landed at the airport of Siem Reap, in the middle of the country of Cambodia. The landscape is noticeably different here, and it actually looks a bit like Holland from the ...

... day. Pay $40 each for 3 day pass at entrance to Park. Only here for 2 days but $20 per day anyway. Go to Bayon first at Angkor Thom which has 200 giant Buddha faces carved into the structure. Amazing place like all the rest we go to. All the temples defy ...

... tree roots over the buildings and walls and is pretty huge and very quiet too - another fave of ours. Then back into 'Angkor Thom' and 'Baphuon' which again is very big with lots of buildings and walls covered in carvings - terrace of elephants was ...

... scams... Maybe, though, we should begin our story with Siem Reap and the spectacular ruins of the ancient city of Angkor: Siem Reap which was our base for visiting Angkor, though the main tourist area of Cambodia, was quite small and fairly ...

... quite awesome, Asparas and Basque reliefs everywhere, all very symmetrical and awesome. Hard to imagine it was totally forgotten for a long time. Angkor Thom was next, which is the old capital and had a few things in it. Bayon, this is "the one ...

... in the Tomb Raider films, it definitely felt as if we were the first ones ever to have explored its depths. As we approached Angkor Thom, the sun was beginning to settle behind it, so it wasn't until we had climbed the steep stairs to the first level ...