The Rose Apple Siem Reap
2km south of old market on the road to the Tonle Sap Lake Siem Reap, Cambodia
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See no evil
... I was doing something worthwhile. Things started to become a bit dubious on arrival as she took us to the powdered baby milk aisle and told us that the suspiciously non-price tagged tubs cost 25 dollars. When we baulked at that she reminded me that she had seen a 100 dollar bill in my wallet but also pointed out that other cheaper brands were available for 15 or 8 dollars. Still to rich for our unemployed asses we informed her at which she became ...
Siem Reap, Temples and the Good Life
... veel aanpassingen rechtstreeks in deze film verwerkt. Overigens is een groot gedeelte van Tomb Raider in meerdere van deze tempels opgenomen, zo zijn er ook stukken gefilmd in Angkor Wat en Bayon,maar blijkbaar hebben ze dit zo goed als onherkenbaar ge-edit. Grappig was dat we hier ineens de 2 Duitsers waar we op Phu Quoc een avondje mee gepint hadden weer tegenkwamen. Zij waren al een dag of 3 tempels aant bekijken en vertelden ons dat ...
Temple Cruising, Final Days
Our last two days of temple education was unique in the fact that Mr. Nam started to take us much farther away from Siem Reap. It meant that we were much more alone at these temples and could get much more of a spiritual feel than one can get when surrounded by hundreds of other tourists. It adds much more to the experience.
Our first stop was Pre Rup. The name 'Pre Rup' means 'turning the body' which is a cremation rite, and the existence of a stone cistern ...
Keeping it Riel
... we woke at 4.30am to catch a tuk tuk into Angkor and watch the sunrise over Angkor Wat. It was a very beautiful pink sunrise but definitely difficult to stay awake! Angkor Wat is the largest temple in Angkor and has a concentric gallery of stone carvings (known as a bas relief) depicting the story of Lanka. There were three levels to this temple with the top level being a square with the famous towers on each corner and in the ...
Return to Siem Reap, Part 2
... the rainy (aka flood) season and last year a whole crowd had to be rescued by helicopter from rising floodwaters at one of the outlying temple complexes….
So we weren’t amidst the Glastonburyesque crowds of whooping backpackers who had probably all come straight from their buckets of vodka red bull on Pub Street and were seeing all sorts of colours in the sky anyway. Instead we were amidst a more sedate crowd of older and more ...


