Ta Keo 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 …

Après Lara Croft, here comes Gabyyyy!!! C'était notre deuxième tournée de temples aujourd'hui et ça ne finit plus! Trop, c'est comme pas assez!! En venant ici je croyais visiter quelques temples, 5 ou 6, mais le sites comprend plus de 50 temples. Ouf!! Tous sont impressionnants. J'ai pensé à ma soeur Mélanie aujourd'hui; le dernier qu'on a visité …

I've been in Siem Reap for a week now, and half of that time has been spent recovering from the worst hangovers I've ever had! It's lovely here, and it's very easy to sit back and go with the tourist flow. You can get manicures, pedicures and massages all for $1, then get some Chicken Amok for $2 and wash it down with a pitcher of Angkor beer for $ …

Was planning on having a bit of a sleep in before the small tour today but some arseclowns one road over decided that wanted to play horrible Cambodian music that sounds worse than cats stuck under a running shower from 5:30. Extremely loudly, I've hear softer bands at pubs.

Turns out the sun decided it wanted to shine today, so I could&# …

So today was one of those carnival days where the avalanche of pictures and temples feels like a giant whirlwind of color that becomes nearly impossible to untangle without some rest time afterward. It's just wholly ironic that the route I undertook (of my own accord) retraces the classic Little Circuit (great minds think alike?), which turns out …

Today we visited Angkor!

We decided to arrange a tuk tuk to take us there as I had checked the weather forecast in the morning and it had suggested a 90% possibility of rain! There is a small tuk tuk 'station' outside our hotel and the guys at reception arranged for one of them to take us at 11am (we’re not mental!). Our tuk tuk …

Glad you arrived,

First things first......WOW!!!!!

Now a trip to Cambodia wouldn't be worthit if you didn't go and see the Ruins of Angkor (a World Heritage Site), situated just outside Siem Reap and near the Great Lake. Angkor is a region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire which flourished from approximately …

... are still in our respective positions Boat full and people steal positions when they become free. Arrive up narrow inlet to Siem Reap port. Pilot beaches boat several times. At embarkation there are loads of touts with signs waiting for their customers. ...

... - dumbass! We managed to get the following temples in during the 7 hours we were there : Angkor Wat Angkor Thom Preah Khan Ta Keo Ta Prohm Banteay Kdei But the experience at Angkor Wat was the best. We decided, at the final temple, to take a ...

... there ever an 'off peak' day? It's actually a huge place too and we took a long time looking around. We had a quick wander round Ta Keo then it was over to climb up to Phnom Bakeng with every other man and his dog to watch the sunset. The climb is not ...

... no, it only meant that today was as good a day as any for an adventure!  I really want to experience the temples of Siem Reap properly and decide to not even bother waking up Janne, the finnish guy from the bus who I split the hostel room ...

... Reap. In the end we bought tickets for 450Bt for Tuesday that included a VIP bus to the border, and then a "minivan" to Siem Reap. We also handed over our passports and had the travel agency get us Cambodian visas on Monday... we figured it would be ...

... three day access pass to the temples. On day one, we visited the vast site of Angkor Thom and the Bayon. From there we did Ta Keo, Ta Prom (aka The Tomb Raider Temple..where the film was made) and Banteay Kdei. That was enough for one day. On day two ...

... only 10 Bart (GBP 0.15) each, so we squeeze on board, hoping that we can change our flight time to Siem Reap, Cambodia, to something earlier than 3pm. At Bangkok Airways ticketing office we collect our (expensive) USD$120 tickets and find that there ...

... lounging around on floating mats, sipping cool drinks whilst idling among the temples...Or maybe we were just thirsty. Then we went to Ta Keo, the first temple in the Angkor area to be made completely of sandstone. Well, it's all sandstone, but it ...

One of the first things I did when I got to Siem Reap was rent a bicycle.  I thought it would be cool to explore the temples at my own pace under my own power.  Only then did I actually look at a map.  I was surprised to ...

... off, checking out ancient temples! The Bayon, 5:45am Day two began at what is widely regarded as the second most popular temple at Siem Reap after Angkor Wat, The Bayon. I knew little about this complex before I got there, apart from the fact it had a ...