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Temples and Tuk Tuks
After a short flight from Singapore we arrived at Siem Reap airport, queuing at the border with our visa applications which were passed through a seemingly endless line of border officials for inspection before we were given the seal of approval by the man with the stamp.
Our first night in Cambodia we planned to go for a short walk around …
Die Tempel von Angkor
... ist aber alles noch recht gut erhalten. Die Steine für den Bau wurden übrigens 30-40 Kilometer weit hier hin geschleppt. Dafür waren einige tausend Elefanten im Einsatz. Eine unglaubliche Arbeit! In den Mauern sind überall Geschichten in Bilderform eingeritzt. Unser Führer erzählt uns die jeweiligen Geschichten dazu. Meistens geht es um irgendeine Frau, die jemandem gestohlen wird und irgendein Gott ist mit einbezogen. Die Tempel waren übrigens zuerst Hinduistisch ...
The Village (no creepy red cloaks)
... to the face elicits only laughter from the other kids and a frown and a rub by the injured child before play continues.
There are many small puppies at the chiefs house which is next to the school, they are all mangey and they are fed but not given water and are expected to drink from the puddles, I hope to maybe explain that they need clean water too but in this environment I suppose they are lucky to be fed.
There are also some ridiculously cute chicks which I would ...
Siem Reap and the temples of Angkor
... day passes. Exciting! I love a bit of Tomb Raider. With the sky slowly starting to brighten we made it to our first stop. Angkor Wat. The Angkor Wat temple is the biggest complex of the whole site and known as the worlds largest religious building. We spent 3 hours walking around and waiting for the famous sunrise that never happened due to thick cloud. But it was still impressive all the same and even more breathtaking than I imagined. Moving on we found Danny ...
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Before we left Ok Guesthouse they had recommended to us their sister hotel in Siem Reap so we had agreed to go and look around and were told we could have an air conditioned double room at a discounted rate of $12. The hotel minivan picked us up when we got off the bus and when we arrived it was a lovely hotel and we knew instantly it was out of our price range! They gave us a cold flannel and a glass of lemon juice when we walked in and we looked at each ...