Popular Guest House Siem Reap

Cambodia was a great follow-up from the hectic yet fascinating trip that was Vietnam. We had always planned to come here to see Angkor Wat, it proved to be a much more fulfilling trip than just taking pictures, and one of our favorite places so far. Fri 5/Sept: we caught a 12-hour bus from Saigon, Vietnam, and arrived in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Crossing into Cambodia it was very obvious that we had left Vietnam. The streets were a bit more rugged, the towns popped up less frequently, and for the...

After two beautiful beach-filled weeks in Thailand, (and using every day allowed with our visas), we planned our adventure into Cambodia. On December 23rd, we checked out of our hotel in Bangkok and hopped on our bus to Cambodia. Little did we know the escapades were about to embark on! The early morning bus brought us to the Thailand/Cambodia border just after lunch. After bein rushed off the bus and walked through the (sketchy) border crossing, we got our visas stamped and began our day of ...

Once we arrived in Siem Reap, we were dropped off at a point in the edge of town where we figured we would have to get a tuk-tuk to get to where we intended to stay. There were other taxis already waiting there, but we initially figured they would want a payment that included a kickback to the taxi that just dropped us off there. It turns out we were wrong, as they told us that the service was free and that they would drop us off wherever we wanted to go. Still being a little skeptical, we go...

Angkor Wat is a temple in itself, but the name has been used to describe all the temples in the area. The area around Siem Reap (the town near Angkor Wat) is dotted by what seems like hundreds of different temples. They were built over a long period of time by successive kings whose goal was to outdo the previous king and build something bigger and better than anything else.

I had met 3 guys from around Europe and together we went through the "short circuit" around. We started out waki...

I made it down to Siem Reap, Cambodia. The person I sat next to on the plane and I decided to go see Angkor Wat at sunset. We met up with two other travelers who wanted to do the same. So we got a tuk-tuk and headed over to Angkor Wat. When we got there the ticket booth was closed, so instead the tuk-tuk driver took us to some local monuments.

The first place we went to was a Wat (a Buddhist Temple) were people who died in the killing fields bones were. Cambodia has a history which I'...

We started our first day of exploring Ankopr Wat temples by heading out to Beng Meal (not sure of spelling) which is a pile of rubble and walls with trees growing out of it and nobody around. Good funbut climibing huge blocks of stones is a mission, Rhiannon runs up and down them like a monkey! Next day we head to the outer circuit and are really impressed with the temples there, they are all different and have their own characteristics. We goand wait for sunset on the hill but a huge cloud r...

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The Angkor temples are the main reason why people come to Siem Reap, there are two ways of getting around, riding or hire a Tuk tuk for the day. We wanted to ride but had originally booked a tuk tuk driver. Thank god we didn't ride it is such a long day in the hot weather and a bit of a distance from each temple.

We headed off at 08:00 with Marcus feeling better to the first temple. You can buy a one day ticket for $20, three day for $40, we only wanted to go for one as we felt three ...

Siem Reap is beautiful. Although full of tourists, it's buzzing with good vibes, great restaurants and the night market was one of the best I've seen anywhere. Although most stalls sell the same things, it's good for bargaining and every now and then there'll be something different on sale. Ellen and I had a few fantastic meals in the restaurants on the main street - one particularly good meal was at the 'Cambodian Soup' restaurant. We also enjoyed a fish massage where you sit with your feet ...

Hey there Cowboys and Girls its me desperately trying to catch up with the blog...before we once again jump on a bus.... Well the bus journey was a real joker. 'Youll be there by 5pm' says the man selling the ticket. We arrived at 10.30 pm after a lot of hours and a flat coach tyre on road the lonely planet describes as 'the boulevard of broken *****'!! They must gat throught some shocks and tyres on that road but save on seat coverings as your **** actually touches the seat for no more than ...