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Travel Blogs from Siem Reap
Kingdom of Cambodia
... everyone is paid off, and even the subsistence artists hawking at street-side must pay unaffordable protection money to the police. And who knows if we’re talking to someone who was a victim or someone who victimized innocent people. They all looked the same to us, but clearly the mistrust is evident. There also is a palpable feeling of being downtrodden and hopelessness for a better future. We met some people who ...
The kindness of strangers
... a Guest House I found in my lonely planet. I arrived at the Taxi Station, and immediately someone came and helped me with my bag and within seconds I was on a Songtau. It was a piece of cake!
Ok,it wasn't a piece of cake but I wish it was.What actually happened was, I went up to them and they said it was 200Baht, I said no it says in my guide book 30 and there is a sign on that tree saying 30 too. They then said that if 7 people turned up and all wanted to ...
Siem Reap - The Seat of the Ancient Khmer
... The elongated beehive-type spires are everywhere, so distinctive, aesthetic and regal. Carvings and statues abound as well. Many aspara (dancers) are carved into the stones. This originated as a Hindu site and later those relics were 'converted’ to Buddhism. Most of the Buddhist heads were later destroyed or cut off and very few remain in Cambodia. On the bridges, some mighty warriors line up ...
Angkorman
... down a dead straight road we were treated to two rather impressive sights. One was an armed cavalcade; we assumed they were practicing for when Obama visits in a few days’ time, followed by a procession of elephants, the first ones we have seen on the trip so far. Bob stopped the tuk tuk at an old bridge which had spanned the river between Angkor Wat and our next destination at Angkor Thom, the bridge now only supported one ...
Dawn stroll through lotus fields
... any birds, the walk was great. We passed through fields of lotus as far as the eye could see, it is the most beautiful flower. Nara told us that the buds are used in the temples as offerings, the flowers are used for decorating the home, the seeds can be eaten and the dried seed pod is fed to cattle. He split open a seed pod for us and we tried one of the seeds - it was like a sweet peanut, ...