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Siem Reap Slideshow
Siem Reap
Travel Blogs from Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor, Day 1
This is a top pick! ... petrol, and off we went to get our pass to let us into see the temples Day 1 This time was different. Even though I didn't recognise Siem Reap, as soon as we took the road out to the ticket box, it all came flooding back to me. Today, I was going ...
Epilogue - Beng Mealea
This is a top pick! ... of vomiting, it was time to see one more temple. Anyone would think three 12 hour days exploring the temples in the region around Siem Reap was enough, but I'm very impressionable when it comes to a friends word, and in this case the word was to put up ...
Two days of templing!
This is a top pick! ... those people who opt for the week long pass are nuts! This signals the end of our time in Siem Reap. Up next Battambang - ''the heart of Cambodia's rice bowl!'' Hope you're all well and we send our love as always ...
Sunrise to Sunset
This is a top pick! ... ) The temple was called Pre Rup. Although kinda interesting, it still desired a lot when compared to Angkor Wat. We made it back to Siem Reap and were given 3-hours of free time. Wow! This is one of the first times where we've had some time to ...
Angkor, Day 2
This is a top pick! ... take us to see the last three temples on our agenda. We went to dinner, and then we entered the area that is not Cambodia. In Siem Reap, they have a street with loads of Western bars and restaurants. We found a bar that was serving $2:00 jugs, so we ...
Day 87
This is a top pick! ... the temples at Angkor again so day 2 of my 3-day pass went to waste. Instead I spent the day around the markets, cafes and shops of Siem Reap. At dinner Siem Reap brought one more surprise meeting - Dutch duo Arjen and Audrey were in town! I had last ...
Made it to Cambodia...well all except Lorna's bag!
This is a top pick! ... could keep ordering extra rice or noodles if we wanted them. Really enjoyed the meal and the ambience of this place. I really am liking Siem Reap already. We dropped into a couple more bars for some more cheap beers, then headed for the sack as we had to ...
Bringing in 2006 in Siem Reap
This is a top pick! ... . Cambodia is less poor than we expected it to be, but the poor and/or opportunistic are still pretty visible in touristy areas, Siem Reap having the most pronounced presence. Its more touristed areas are always filled with kids sent out to beg, and they ...
The Great Escape
This is a top pick! ... a late departure and no exact time of our arrival as we traveled along past the wet flat lands of Cambodia. Finally arriving in Siem Reap, my first thoughts was whether we were actually there with me scanning the shop signs hoardings looking for some ...
Girls' week out, Part II -- the temples @Angkor
This is a top pick! ... around and left. We dubbed him the Angkor Twat. And by then, we were ready to call it a day, so we headed back to Siem Reap for Happy Hour and a promise to meet our driver the next morning at 8:30--disgustingly late for the usual temple-touring, but ...
Siem Reap: The infamous Angkor Wat
This is a top pick! Well, there's not much to say apart from this place is completely surreal; ancient temples dating back hundreds of years, some untouched, some consumed by nature. I hired a moto driver to take me around the temples for a couple of days. I witnessed ...
More magical Angkor sights and scenery
This is a top pick! ... life. I should have paid more attention to them myself, but its hard unless you have plenty of time here! Siem Reap itself is a bit of a dump unfortunately. Still, there's some attractive colonial architecture, all mod cons are available ...
Angkor. Amazing. However many times you see it
This is a top pick! ... ancient Khmer kingdom. Occupying 120 square miles of tropical forest near here, the present-day town of Siem Reap in north-western Cambodia, the archaeological district of Angkor consists of hundreds of sculptured stone Buddhist and Hindu temples built ...
Floating Village Tonle Sap Lake
This is a top pick! Spent the afternoon yesterday on a boatride through a floating village. The lake was expansive and fairly calm and we motored out amongst the immersed mangrove trees (rainy season and the lake is high) stopping for a bit to let us get some drinks from ...
Siem Reap: ancient meets developing
This is a top pick! ... as the surrounds where the locals can afford to live, eat, etc are much more underdeveloped. Incredibly disturbing to me in Siem Reap were the amount of very young children, anywhere from 6 years of age that were out late at night selling postcards ...
Angkor Wat
This is a top pick! Built between 1113 and 1150, Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world. And this is no doubt one of humankind's most amazing architectural achievements. It is said to be a complete microcosm of the Hindu ...
BUMP, BUMP, BEEP, BEEP
This is a top pick! ... also loved his horn. He always honked the horn... even if nobody was around. Thanks to his racing abilities, our taxi made it to Siem Reap a good hour before the next taxi in our group arrived. The three of us sat at a gas station and listened to a ...
Angkor Wat
This is a top pick! We took a large propellor plane to Siem Reap yesterday afternoon. Everyone was taking pics...quite a difference from the usual jet! The Siem Reap Airport is quite elegant and traditionally modern. Breezed through immigration and there was no ...
Well sta couldn't help inthe way i had ...
This is a top pick! ... by Independance day on the video. That's when the reason for the cheap price kicked in!!!...... The trip from the border to Siem Reap was a different story, we got through customs ok and the walk to the minibus was interuppted only by a little kid ...
Siem Reap
This is a top pick! Hi Guys, You can read our update from Siem Reap and Angkor Wat in our entry from Phnom Penh, Cambodia entitled 'Cambodia Travels'. Cheers, K & ...
Angkor Wat and Lara Croft
This is a top pick! If it wasn't for Angkor Wat, Siem Reap would be a quaint rural village in backwater Cambodia. And indeed, it used to be. The sheer majesty and grandeur of the Temples of Angkor, rediscovered in 1860, not only put this town firmly on the map, but have ...
Stunning Siem Reap
This is a top pick! ... on those downstream. Despite the fact that some 2 million people now visit the ancient monuments around Siem Reap, the rural people are among the poorest in Cambodia. We were joined on our journey by Daniel and Camilla (Dan’s girlfriend) who have ...
The temples to rule them all!
This is a top pick! ... monster pool! The result dwarfs anything you care to compare it with. Next entry -> more funky temples, river-bed carvings and Siem Reap itself Words from the Wise # 71 "Take only pictures, cast only shadows, leave only ripples of understanding as you ...
Angkor, what a lot of tourists
This is a top pick! Siem Reap is the staging post for forays into Angkor to explore the legendary ruined temples. The town is pretty much a dormitory for the hundreds of tourists, but it has some charm in its own right. The old colonial district is packed with good bars and ...
Mr. Bunny, Mr. Duck?
This is a top pick! ... at first how she had still got the bracelet and the money! Back at our guesthouse it was our last evening in Cambodia, so we played cards with our friends and enjoyed relaxing before our long journey tomorrow. I had brought a mini battleships game ...
Now we know why people fly!
This is a top pick! ... terrible past and difficult future (sad). - Many begger's. - Taxi Sir?, taxi sir?, taxi sir? Places Visited: Phnom Penh, Siem Reap. Days Visited: 9-Days Budget: GBP 9.43 per day per person (1GBP=7,400Riels) Total Distance travelled: 650kms Cost of ...
Angkor Wat
This is a top pick! ... but flooded countryisde at each side pretty mental – mainly it was all fine though and we got a tut tut to take us into Siem Reap where Marc hunted us down a room it was a great wee place. Its much more touristy here than Phnom Penh there is a "bar ...
Extreme Templing, Day 1 - Building up
This is a top pick! ... music again, and I still want to beat someone up from Apple over what happened to my iPod. Anyway... I rocked up in Siem Reap about 3pm, and despite being much more developed than other provincial capitals, I quite liked it. Huge tree lined boulevards, ...
Landmines in Cambodia
This is a top pick! ... .org/wiki/Aki_Ra Landmine Museum - http://www.cambodialandminemuseum.org/ Costs tut tut to the landmine museum (40 mins away from Siem Reap) - £4.38 Entry to the museum (funds supporting the kids & museum) - £1.88 ...