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Dan & Ruth's Around the World Cruise on Board The Tahitian Princess
A Travel Blog by ruthoconnell
... 34 Countries, 6 Continents, and 50 Ports of Call Four overnight excursions to: 1. Cuzco & Machu Picchu, Peru 4 days and 3 nights. 2. Angkor Wat & Phnom Penh, Cambodia 3 days and 2 nights. 3. Luxor, Karnak, Valley of the Kings, Aswan, Abu Simbel & Cairo ...
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The Haunting Temples of Angkor Wat
A Travel Blog entry by bumihills from Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Our time in Cambodia was limited to the Siem Reap area and the beautiful, haunting temples at Angkor Wat and environs. These are some of the most beautiful temples we have come across. Our impression of Cambodia was mixed. In many ways it is ...
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Angkor
A Travel Blog entry by chaletaria from Angkor Wat, Cambodia
... the Brahmin caste were brought from India to help run the kingdom). Chinese records have a marriage between a local queen or princess Liuye to a "foreigner" Huntian, dating to 1stC. Nevertheless, later Khmer kings did claim lineage with Soma and ...
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Day 49 - Angkor Wat
A Travel Blog entry by al_fey from Siem Reap, Cambodia
... before climbing back down again. There was a HUGE "swimming pool" behind the temple which was reserved exclusively for the Princess, and I guess that she was either a giant, or she swam like a fish; it was the biggest pool I've ever ...
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Day 50 - Angkor Wat (sunrise)
A Travel Blog entry by al_fey from Siem Reap, Cambodia
... I'm honest I would admit that before walked through the entrance, the only thing I knew about landmines was that Princess Diana campaigned against their use, and that they were mainly used in the 70s in Vietnam, so I thought they were ...
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Cambodia, Angkor Wat and on to Bangkok
A Travel Blog entry by leeandcathy from Bangkok, Thailand
... ). All this for $5 / 3 pounds per night. Incredible. I had spent months at home prior to leaving, trying to prepare Princess Rene for the flea ridden, cockroach infested, dodgy stained, prostitute prowling hovels we'd be having to stay in on our budget, ...
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Tomb Raiding at Angkor Wat
A Travel Blog entry by shieldsontour from Siem Reap, Cambodia
... UK and completed full bomb disposal training there and now heads the teams clearing landmines in Cambodia. He was the guy Princess Diana had the famous photo taken with where she is wearing a plastic face guard and walking through a landmine area. ...
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The Temples of Angkor
A Travel Blog entry by brendonvdh from Siem Reap, Cambodia
... shadows it is easy to believe Dracula lived here. OThere were plently temples and halls where you could easily imagine Khymer Kings, Princess', soldiers, swords and scholar monks. We loved this and I don't think we'll forget it in a hurry. We are ...
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Siemp Reap - Angkor Temples
A Travel Blog entry by benbethel from Siem Reap, Cambodia
... - you lose your legs 20 years ago and can't get 2-4 weeks off and $20 saved to get to the rehab center. The guide met Princess Diana and gave her a tour of the landmine exhibit, which was very interesting. No wonder you can't see them - some are made of ...
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Wrapping it all up...
A Travel Blog entry by mrsharvey from Phnom Penh, Cambodia
... was a happy ending. We had booked a tuktuk driver from the Internet to transfer us from the bus to our hotel (the phenomenally elegant Princess Angkor), and I am SO, SOOOO glad we did, but more on that later. His name is Phat,, but our bus got in late ...
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Vietnam!
A Travel Blog entry by destinationomad from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
... add up quicker than one might think. We got a rickshaw (motorized this time) back to the hotel, but we were brought to the Princess Angkor hotel, and we were staying at the Prince D'Angkor hotel, so after clearing that up with the driver we got to our ...
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Champagne Bay, Lifou, Isle of Pines and more
A Travel Blog entry by diannemurray from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
... up. The bus driver/guide is quite informative (he’s obviously been going to the lectures on what tourists want). There are no Princess tours on this island – I suspect the locals want to do their own thing. The tour is A$15 each or ...
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Sihanoukville
A Travel Blog entry by heidiandgreg from Sihanoukville, Cambodia
... seconds you needed to tell someone “no thank you!” to bracelets, a massage, a pedicure, a manicure, fruit...the list goes on and on! Regardless, we really enjoyed our day in Cambodia and are looking forward to one day visiting Angkor ...
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Cambodia
A Travel Blog entry by jensjourney from Siem Reap, Cambodia
... has moved! You know the saying: "When in cambodia do as the cambodians do"?! I just couldn't handle it. This princess needs a little A/C when the thermometer hits the high 90s. HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!!!!! Happy Easter Mar 27, 2005 It's ...
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2 Days, 9 Temples & Things That Bite in the Night
A Travel Blog entry by joe-and-jill from Siem Reap, Cambodia
... ! Funny? Yes. Surprising? No. (When leaving the grounds of this temple, we to heard a familiar voice addressing the “Princess of Canada.” We had happened to come across the older couple from Vientiane. It had looked as though the gentleman had ...
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heat rashes and giant cockroaches
A Travel Blog entry by missruckus from Battambang, Cambodia
... (thanks to christine for passing it along!): Once upon a time, in a land far away, a beautiful, independent, self-assured princess happened upon a frog as she sat, contemplating ecological issues on the shores of an unpolluted pond in a verdant ...
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Wonder Of The World
A Travel Blog entry by tdv95 from Siem Reap, Khétt Siĕm Réab, Cambodia
... 11 hours of climbing over temples the day before I had promised a reduced version of that today and when you make the Princess a promise it must be kept. By mid afternoon we were heading back to the Blue Pumpkin Restaurant for a mango smoothie refill. On ...
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Bangkok (again) and Ayuttahaya
A Travel Blog entry by domh from Ayutthaya, Thailand
... established by King Prasatthing in 1630 and was made in his mothers honor and it notably similar in its architectural style to Angkor Wat, but on a smaller scale. Apparently the wat may have been built to commemorate the king's victory over Cambodia. The ...
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Temple Tourists!
A Travel Blog entry by lauratwine from Siem Reap, Cambodia
... to the counter and when asked to look at the camera, couldn't locate it, this resulted in a very dodgy picture - I likened it to Princess Fiona in Shrek (when she's green, not after), I may have been being kind though!! Then on to Angkor Wat, we grabbed ...
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Thailand and Cambodia Reloaded!
A Travel Blog entry by kwdestinations from Bangkok, Siem Rep, Phnom Penh and Sihounkville Cambodia, Thailand
... travel, not the roller skating routine so many tours take you on when you are touring the many destinations of the Orient. We noticed Princess Cruises has a ship in today. They will be a part of that rat race of taking in as much of the city of Bangkok ...
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