Raffles Angkor

... departed right on time and we arrived in Siem Reap about 7:30 pm.  Dinner was included that night at our hotel, Grand Raffles.  The next morning, Sunday, we started out at 8:00am.  The first temple area that we went to was Banteay ...

... world Cambodia.  They even have people cleaning the streets.  The ride out to Angkor is dominated with 5 star hotels (e.g. Raffles Angkor) and posh new apartment blocks.  If only they could apply such principles to the rest of Cambodia what ...

... the sun set. Instead we returned with Danny to our guesthouse, rested a bit, and then headed off to the Grand Hotel D'Angkor. The Grand Hotel D'Angkok likely the most fancy hotel in Siem Riep. Rooms from $300 to 1900 per night!!!!! Ouch!!!!!! V ...

... day in the Bangkok airport waiting for our flight. Because we got in quite late we checked into our hotel, the historic Raffles d'Angkor and had a delicious buffet dinner of Cambodian cuisine. All excellent and not scary. The hotel we are staying in ...

... recommend it if you like classy, colonial style. http://www.victoriahotels-asia.com/eng/hotel-in-cambodia/ang kor-resort-spa - Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor. Even if you do not choose to stay here, you must visit this iconic hotel. It is renowned as one ...

... to tropical fruits and beverages, and visits to a coconut candy factory.  CAMBODIA: Siem Reap: Our hotel, Raffles Hotel: To Angkor Wat: Angkor Wat is a Hindu Temple originally dedicated to the god Vishnu, and subsequently Buddhist.  ...

... pipe was found and fuel was syphoned from one bus to the other! We finally made Siem Reap by 1.00pm, where the Raffles Grand Hotel d’ Angkor was a very welcome place for us. I have had lots of lovely messages for my Birthday – thank you to ...

... Angkor Round 1:  We arrived from Luang Prabang, Laos with Adam on February 14.  We booked ourselves into the Raffles Grand Hotel D'Angkor, one of the best hotels anywhere.  Being Valentines day, Andrea and Andrew had a dinner alone at the ...

... him off at the Hotel. It was about 3.30pm and we thought we would head off to the High Tea at the Grand Angkor International (Raffles - Siem Reap). Kee declined the offer so he could spend the afternoon with the laptop, i-pod and hotel pool. The beautiful ...

... , but I don't linger because I want to get back to the hotel to supervise the preparations for our dinner. The folks at the Raffles have given us exclusive use of a terrace for our dinner, and this is fantastic so that we can make our award presentations ...

... after a while it starts to grate, and soon after lunch we tell him to stop it! We check in at the historic Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor, and everyone is in 7th Heaven. There are photographs in the "Celebrity Bar" of Jackie O and Sommerset Maugham, who ...

... temple grounds were much more modern and crowded than I expected.  Even though violence ended only a little over 10 years ago, Angkor has flourished as a tourist destination.  Many people arrive from Thailand and go on to Viet Nam - I was in ...

... facing the 4 different cardinal directions. The Bayon Temple and the Baphuon royal palace were the administrative center of the Angkor kingdom which stretched its influence over all of Cambodia and well into present day Thailand and Vietnam. At a time ...

... to our tour guide greasing the palm of the immigration officer! Our first stop was to get our park passes for the temples of Angkor.  In Cambodia they require you have your picture on your passes, before we could enter any temples we need to stop and ...

... jusqu'au bout !)... Et qui me permettra de compléter ma vision du paysage entre Phnom Penh et Siem Reap... A Phnom Penh, l'hôtel Raffles nous attend. Je suis ravie de séjourner dans cet hôtel... Mis à part le grand luxe qu'il représente et qui est ...

... several Cambodians trying to manhandle an unfeasibly large suitcase into the boot of an enormous air-con hotel taxi from the Raffles Hotel; inside the car are the two Americans almost invisible under a mountain of extraneous luggage. A few years ago ...

... to cool down. We're not sure what 45 degrees C translates into Fahrenheit, but it's freaking hot! We ate dinner tonight at the Raffles hotel and it was wonderful not to sweat while eating. It was our first meal with A/C since we left DC. We're ...

... ;ALOT ben was giggling like a big girl!!  We had arranged to meet a couple we met at the border in the famous Raffles hotel for a cocktail that night so we headed there and pulled into the long gravel drive way in our little tuk ...