The Sothea Siem Reap

Travel Blogs from Siem Reap

Here comes the sun

A travel blog entry by bestrips

Hoje vimos o sol nascer -e se por- em Angkor Wat.. (maior construção religiosa do mundo, datado do início do séc. XII) Saímos do hotel as 4h30am, no escuro e com uma sacolinha de café da manhã para viagem. Pedrão obviamente ainda dormindo. Entramos no Parque de Angkor Thom (uma fazenda enorme com eucaliptos e …

Chuva!!

A travel blog entry by bestrips

Amanheceu chovendo! Demorou pra gente acreditar. Fomos a Bang Malea e Bantey Srey -o templo das mulheres - ambos lindos! Um pouco longe de Siem Reap, mas valeu a viagem. Além disso estavam mais vazios, pudemos olhar com mais calma, interagir com os moradores locais. Eram menores do que o gigantesco Angkor Wat, uma atmosfera intimista.

Just want to find boat to the floating village!!!

A travel blog entry by danib1985

... Was really nice. Found my way back to mad monkey in the end and god it was good to get off that bike!!! Definitely enough exercise to last me a few days and to get me off to sleep nicely!! Got up to the room and there were 2 new guys there, one Brummy and one Lincoln I think...nice lads....and also an American girl from Florida who said her sister is called Danielle too! Lovely to meet new people and chat then realised there were these thai men sorting out the air con doing ...

The Village (no creepy red cloaks)

A travel blog entry by toni.ng87

... after which they loved. As we had no driver we went home at lunch (project days are usually 830-230), napped and then went into the city for some groceries.
The supermarket is fantastic! They sell coon cheese and philly and nestle ice cream and kettle chips- I could live here! Also they have a huge pet section- all different foods and soaps, shampoos, treatments, a lots of locals do have pets but it was surprising to me to see the demand for a wide range of pet ...

Secrets of Angkor

A travel blog entry by mark-anita

... these temples had strict guards that would not let you climb up to the top levels unless you were wearing appropriate clothing, so many girls in short shorts or singlets were being rejected - you were not even allowed to use a scarf to cover up, it had to be a proper top.

That evening after our tour, we went for a walk to visit the old market and then walked up and down pub street (a closed off walking street) to find ...