City River Siem Reap

... , I have circumnavigated the globe. 1 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Jan 20, 05 2 Can Tho, Vietnam Jan 24, 05 3 Angkor (Siem Reap, Cambodia)Jan 30, 05 4 Bangkok, Thailand Feb 2, 05 5 Amman, Jordan Feb 3, 05 6 Cairo, Egypt ...

... and terrific even by Canadian standards, it seemed like good value even if lunch cost as much as our night in their hotel. The city of Siem Reap was just as dry and dusty as the roads for our ride there was.  Although some of the roads were paved, ...

... nbsp;         It’s time to experience the hustle and bustle of the capital city, Phnom Penh! Siem Reap was extremely good to us and is definitely very high up there on our list of favourite places. ...

... on the Tonle Sap river which we missed out on by taking the bus instead of the boat crossing from Battambang to Siem Reap. We got a tuk tuk down to the river, then switched into a boat which we shared with one other and her name was Veronica. We went ...

... ...   Because of these ancient (dating back to the early 12th century) but relatively well preserved ruins Siem Reap has become quite a popular destination in recent years, especially among younger crowd...more and more people I know have ...

Neither of us knew what to expect when we booked our tickets for the "speed boat" from Battambang to Siem Reap ( Lie...........we were deinately expecting some kind of James Bond shit). Anyway, after an early start, our deadly tuk tuk driver ...

... in the 13th century. In those days the capital was at ‘Angkor Wat’ meaning Angkor – big city and Wat – temple. On arrival at Siem Reap airport we are met by my good friend and guide – Kim who enjoys photography and has quite ...

... they had for sale and insisted that we stayed for ages! On our first full day we decided to explore Siem Reap itself, and headed along the river to the Royal Palace where the King stays during his visits to the temples at Angkor. Although Siem Reap was ...

Arrived in Siem Reap after 5 hours in the bus and 1 hour in the plane..... What a bustling city!! After Laos it really is a change, eventhough Siem Reap is of course not representative of Cambodia. There are luxury hotels all aver the place, thousands of ...

... to clamber over rock and squeeze through narrow places with your camera equipment. After quite some time here, our group travel back to Siem Reap for our 'Farewell to Siem Reap’ dinner. We were honoured to have the manager of ‘Travel ...

... home brought some wrangling with some kids where we haggled for a good price for some cambodian scarves. Our final day in Siem reap was justifiably spent relaxing and recovering by the posh hotel pool again! A well earnt and thoroughly deserved few ...

... on CDO Orphanage, refer to http://www.cdochildren.org/index.html. Another initiative that we came across while staying in Siem Reap is the "Stay Another Day in Cambodia" campaign.  The campaign offers ideas for a richer travel experience while ...

... circuit of temples and get up earlier the next day for the big circuit.  The temples are essentially ruins.  Siem Reap used to be the capital city until the people were forced to move and later relocate to Phnom Penh.  Due to this, the ...

We took a 7 hour ferry ride down the river to Siem Reap from Phnom Penh. It left at 7am and Garry had told me it was "about a 3 or 4 hr trip" and we didn't eat before hand and there was no food sold on board and I was eating my own stomach lining by the ...

Siem Reap Day 2 It is 5:30am and once again our group is sitting in our bus in pitch black darkness. We drive to the entry registration point, for this is our first visit to the massive Angkor complex. We alight from the bus and each of us still half ...

... some memorable images. From here we moved onto the south gate of Angkor Tom to capture the temple in the setting sun. After a dinner at the Neary Khmer restaurant in Siem Reap, everyone was ready to download images and retire after quite a full ...

There is definitely something special about bus rides in Southeast Asia. This morning we embarked on a 6 ½ hour journey to Siem Reap. We are one of the last to board – as usual – but no worries this bus has assigned seating and we are ...

Siem Reap Day 4 As promised the previous day, we started the morning with an elephant ride for those members of the group that had requested one the day before. Three rode whilst the rest of us scurried along in front of the elephant to gain a shot of ...

... up to Kbal Spean.  Running through a rugged forest, you eventually come upon a large stream that is the origin of the Siem Reap River, the water source for the Khmer Empire and the most sacred river to the Khmers as it is symbolic for the sacred ...

... shopping market by the river (and mental notes what to buy when I would feel better) and a nice stroll by the Stung Siem Reap (River). We went to Wat Preah Prom Rath, beautiful temple in the middle of the town and for a while, after admiring the colorful ...