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There isn't a whole lot of night life in Siem Reap, really this town is filled with people getting up a dawn to go see the temples. After a full days touring in the hot sun most all of us are pretty spent by sunset. That being said we still have to eat. So the main thing to do in Siem Reap at night is to have dinner while watching a show. I did ...
A travel blog entry from Siem Reap by suzettesp
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Royal Palace - Inside Angkor Thom. Major construction was undertaken at Angkor Thom's Royal Palace under the reigns of Jayavarman VII and his immediate successors. Bas-reliefs depicting aquatic scenes were added, for example, to the lower steps of Srah Srei. Angkor Thom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Tho m Royal Palace: http://www.autorite...
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Just under 1000 feet long, the Elephant Terrace is made of carved sandstone; the stairways are butted with three-headed elephants. The bas-reliefs of the Elephant Terrace, depict hunting scenes and sporting events, including wrestling, chariot races, and a game that, though popular today in Europe, originated in Asia - polo! The terrace was used...
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Phnom Bakheng at Angkor, Cambodia, is a Hindu temple in the form of a temple mountain. Dedicated to Shiva, and built at the end of the 9th century, during the reign of King Yasovarman (889-910 A.D.). Phnom Bakheng was constructed more than two centuries before Angkor Wat, and was in its day the principal temple of the Angkor region. Phnom Bakhen...
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Bayon - Doesn't look like much from a distance, but once you get an inside you're treated to an endless variety of angles and compositions of the 216 heads carved into the stone of 54 towers . It was one of the last temples built in Angkor, and one of the few Buddhist temples here; most are dedicated to Hindu deities. The temple has three levels...
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Ta Prohm at Angkor Wat Ta Prohm is about as famous as the main temple of Angkor Wat, not in the least because of Angelina Jolie's acting in the film 'Tomb Raider'. Unlike the other temples at Angkor, it was left as it was found, preserved as an example of how a tropical forest can reclaim land and everything on it. There is definitely an aura of...
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There are a few options of how to see ancient Khmer temples at Angkor Wat. Tickets for the site come in 1, 3, and 7 day passes. (Just like Disneyland!!! Ohh, um, Uuuugh....) When you buy your ticket at the gate, they take your photo and print it out on your ticket so you can't transfer it to anyone else. So, 1 day just doesn't seem like enough t...
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How in the hell do I get myself to see Angkor Wat? Crossing the overland border from Thailand into Cambodia has become an infamous undertaking. A Google search results pages and pages of info to warn tourists that this is not for the faint of heart. (www.travelfish.org/feature/71) The thing is that lots of tourists want to go into Cambodia to se...
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We took an early train from Ayuttaya back to Bangkok and trasfered from the Western station to the main station terminal. That particular train had seen us attaked by a mental old lady who kept on flicking our knees with her fingers..a total nutcase. We then took an early afternoon train East to the cambodian border and the town of Aranya Prathe...
A travel blog entry from Siem Reap by mattgavin
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