Ta Prohm 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 …

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 …

My dear followers sorry for no post last night... we went to bed at 9 due to the fact we were up at 415 am to go see the sunrise at angkor wat....Yesterday was another great day.

We started the day by going to the school and serving breakfast to the kids which was a local pourage ... it was made up of broth, chicken and vegetables. The …

I'm pretty sure that as the alarm went off this morning at 3.45am I wasn’t Micha’s favourite person, but I was so excited as we were off to see the sunrise at Angkor Wat. I know we did this last year but it was one of the best things I have experienced and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to do it again!

The tuk tuk …

02 Dec.
Arrived in Cambodia we were flooded with greetings, smiles and very helpful people. But also with hundreds of tuk-tuk drivers wanting to bring us somewhere else. Super annoying after one day.

After checking out the old town we headed to the nearby lake Tonlé Sap for a beautiful sunset view. On the way down to the lake …

Con panne y cambio de bus, llegamos después de 6 horas de viaje a Siem Riep, ciudad turística del estilo de San Pedro, guardando las proporciones. Nos estaban esperando en el terminal (joya!!) y llegamos a nuestra habitación, la que tenía ventilador de techo solamente. El calor…te lo encargo, unos 34 grados y la humedad peor, de 90%...o sea, …

Two months ago I suspected that Siem Reap would be the highlight of our journey but I never expected it to exceed my expectations like it has. The people here make me feel at ease after the stress of Pattaya and Bangkok. Our last 3 weeks has been a perfect example of the extraordinary contrasts of South East Asia. It's hard to imagine that after a …

My last day in Bangkok and I slept in until 11pm! Lovely! I checked out of my guesthouse and got directions to my next hotel - the one I couldn't find! With good directions it was easy, I was also glad I hadn't found it the day before as I found out a room was 1200 baht!!
I dumped my bag and went for my last wonder around Bangkok - thank god! …

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 …

... Srang, a pretty baray (pool) opposite the temple of Banteay Kdei. Kdei made a refreshing change after the madness of Ta Prohm, and we had a great time viewing the lively apsara carvings. Pre Rup was a picturesque temple mountain, with good views of ...

... , I can't believe that anyone can afford not to. Having said all that, if there's one place in Cambodia that deserves a good, lengthy visit, it's Siem Reap. Here's why ..... It's 4.45am, i'm out of bed and angry. These temples had better be bloody ...

... cool. Therefore fast boats must be uber-cool. This was our reasoning as we paid triple the bus fare to catch the fast boat to Siem Reap, home of the most beautiful and complex temple region in the world. The boat was uber-cool, and being able to ride on ...

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. ...

... Saturday night we attended a free concert put on by a Dr. Beat Richner of Switzerland who is the chief MD of the Siem Reap children's hospitals. This brilliant man travels all over the world putting on cello conerts to raise money for this hospital. ...

... found out that the taxi we had booked in Bangkok for this part of the journey would not drop us anywhere except the outskirts of Siem Reap unless we booked a guesthouse ahead of time. Big scam of course but what can you do! The drive from the border to ...

A six hour bus trip from Phnom Penh north we arrived at Siem Reap, the gateway to the millennium-old temple ruins of the "Angkor Archaeological Park." Home of the legendary (UNESCO-World Heritage Site) Angkor Wat whose significance and visual impact put ...

... totally reached our limit with Thailand. Land of smiles??? Land of 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 ...

Hellooo, So we arrive in the Reception of the Siem Reap Hostel, Emma W can't see as the grit has blinded her in our tuk tuk ride from the non-aircon bus to our hostel. (We dissapointed the tuktuk man by telling him we really dont know if we want to ...

... to him who had been my faithful friend and guide, it felt as if I were saying goodbye to an entire existence. And I was, my Siem Reap existance. It was special, truly special, and as I wearily boarded the bus to Phnom Penh to meet up with Steve and ...