Pacific Hotel Siem Reap

... Wat. Polin (our driver from yesterday) picked us up at 6am (the sun was already up and it was heating up fast), and we headed to Ta Prohm. He was shocked that our intention was to continue on on foot. Ta Prohm is instantly recognizable by the enormous trees engulfing many sections of the temple, which are seemingly rooted directly in the stone. Our early start meant we had the temple virtually to ourselves (besides a thick procession of termites ...

... Let me just say this up front, these photos do it no justice for the<br>sheer beauty, magnitude and unbelievable amount of work that the<br>Khmers put into this area or as I overheard from one of the guides<br>say &#8220;Angkor Wat is the worlds largest religious monument&#8221;. That<br>in and of itself is pretty damn impressive but seeing it in person is<br>a major WOW! <br><br>The outer limits of Angkor Wat is set off by a broad moat and it&#8217;s the ...

... I arrived in Siem Reap. My Ghesthouse has a rooftop bar and restaurant. Fantastic ! I met 2 girls from Poland, Ursula and Margaret (Mother and daughter), who are traveling through Cambodia during one month.<br>During the first two days I visit the temples of Angkor on my own. Incredible (look at the pictures)! I also see the poverty from the population and when I see all the class restaurants and hotels in Siem Reap, I am a little bit shocked.<br>The last day we go with Ursula and ...

... my relatively historically un educated (on the subject of ruins) point of view I thought the temples of Angkor were more impressive. More glamour and fewer llamas at the least. <br> The fist we visited was Angkor Thom - a large walled city with contained several temples. The faces adorning the larger of the temples were haunting and in abundance all over the building. The colours of the lichen on the sandstone were beautiful and gave a very grand air to the place. The second ...

... There were other carvings there too--people and animals and spiritual beings. As we were heading out into the countryside (about 50 km from Siem Reap) we passed many families out and about, all dressed up. It turns out it was a holiday, Bonn Pchum Ben. Families gather to honor and care for the spirits of their ancestors. We saw lots of women in traditional dress carrying food and children on everything from motobikes to tractors. I ...

... brought literature and the same fierce determination she brings to getting complimentary hotel services&#8211; [Andrea: I want to point out that rabies causes excess saliva, comas and aggressiveness. Jenn should be grateful that I am determined to save her from herself. If she starts frothing at the mouth, she&#8217;s on her own.] I&#8217;ve limited myself to only whispering nice things to the dogs that pass by outside of Andrea&#8217;s earshot. On a ...

... was totally nuts...The honking really started to get annoying but didn't really bother me too much. What did start to freak me out was when he started having conversations with himself well into the second hour. He had been manning a couple cell phones but I couldn't see any in his hands. Who the hell was he talking to? Thankfully later when we finally got out of the car I could see that he had one of those wireless headsets in. Whew!<br><br> I checked in to my clean, pleasant A ...

... on back of a scooter to the ruins of Angkor Wat. Wow! I was impressed. It's the worlds largest religious structure, and build nearly 1000 years ago, it stands out as an architectural marvel. I am not one for humankind's structural creations, but I was quite impressed with this one. Even it's highly detailed carvings in the walls of the structure, I was quite impressed. I looked around the main temple and ventured through as many passageways ...

... just to go to bed in . But what is the point of having a set of clothes you just wear to bed when what you really want is to show people that you have 2 sets of clothes, so people started wearing them in the streets. Sometimes the tops and bottoms don't match and some are so garish they are hard to look at, but wherever you go the women and children proudly wear pyjamas all day.<br><br>I went by Tuk Tuk to the landmine museum on Sunday. Its a ...

... So we told Nai to shut up and never mention that he's is a Thai mix.<br><br><br><br>First station was Ta Prohm. If you do not have ...