Siem Reap - The Famous Angkor Wat

Trip Start Nov 21, 2007
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Trip End Oct 01, 2008


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Flag of Cambodia  , Siem Reap,
Wednesday, May 7, 2008

This is the central location for the world famous attraction of Angkor Wat.  Most people come to see the various temples but it is hard not to fall in love with the city too.  There is something for everyone to do here.   We visited the temples for two days.  Each one is very different.  We did not visit them all but we would say the highlights were the sunrise (yes, we got up at 4:45am) at Angkor Wat (where we had coffee delivered to us from a young boy!), the sunset we watched from another temple, visiting the temple where they filmed part of Tombraider, and the pool afterwards!  The temps were pretty high and the humidity even higher as we continue to be in the beginning of  the monsoon season. 
 
Lisa, Hannah and Jana went to the Singing Tree to a yoga class. Jana had forgotten how much she enjoyed this exercise.  It was incredible.  Layton had a $6 massage one afternoon too artist in siem reap uses gun parts
artist in siem reap uses gun parts
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Our last afternoon and evening was one to remember forever.  After visiting the floating villages on lake Tonle Sap (which grows from 2500 sq kms in the dry season to 10,000 sq kms in the rainy season!), we went to a hammock bar to enjoy the sunset and a few cold beers.  This was nice to just be with the group and everyone had a good laugh with Emma as she fell out!  Oops! Then, Mr Dean took us to another village home for dinner.  We paid $5 for an amazing spread of food.  We had fish soup, vegetable curry, noodles, rice (of course), bread, ginger pork and dragon fruit for dessert.  We ate so much and it was really tasty too.  We then made our way to enjoy a night of dancing the makarena, jumping rope, trying limbo and just playing with the local children.  We hope you can see the pure joy that was present that night.  Even though it was hot, sticky and borderline miserable, we had a fantastic night.  

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preying mantus preying mantus elephant elephant confusing sign confusing sign funny butcher shop sign funny butcher shop sign
animal control animal control very pretty trees very pretty trees elephants hunting at elephant terrace elephants hunting at elephant terrace lion attacking elephant lion attacking elephant
todd and his new tshirt todd and his new tshirt mystical three elephant mystical three elephant male and female guard birds male and female guard birds the city of angkor thom the city of angkor thom
surrounding buildings surrounding buildings a large tree stump and surrounding rocks a large tree stump and surrounding rocks five headed horse five headed horse elephant terrace takes up large area elephant terrace takes up large area
buddha had to be pieced back together buddha had to be pieced back together tree grew on temple tree grew on temple really cool really cool TALL TALL
from another view point from another view point we had to climb to the top we had to climb to the top is it worth the climb? is it worth the climb? how did layton already get down how did layton already get down
good sweat, get sponsor good sweat, get sponsor layton getting fanned by a little girl layton getting fanned by a little girl group needed a break group needed a break causeway to royal palace causeway to royal palace
world's largest puzzle world's largest puzzle some pieces have been put together some pieces have been put together Bayon temple Bayon temple entrance to bayon entrance to bayon
ash and layton at entrance ash and layton at entrance the back of bayon the back of bayon monkey arms at bayon monkey arms at bayon towers of faces at bayon towers of faces at bayon
dickey, dean and todd dickey, dean and todd layton exploring layton exploring walkway in bayon walkway in bayon some pieces complete others not some pieces complete others not
portrait of dean portrait of dean jana and buddha touching noses jana and buddha touching noses layton and jana with face layton and jana with face layton in front of bayon layton in front of bayon
front of bayon front of bayon faces of bayon 1 faces of bayon 1 faces of bayon 2 faces of bayon 2 faces of bayon 3 faces of bayon 3
faces of bayon 4 faces of bayon 4 faces of bayon 5 faces of bayon 5 faces of bayon 6 faces of bayon 6 faces of bayon 7 faces of bayon 7
faces of bayon 8 faces of bayon 8 monkey on our bus monkey on our bus girl selling lotus fruit girl selling lotus fruit entrance of angkor thom entrance of angkor thom
again again BIG feet compared to Jana BIG feet compared to Jana Layton found a friend Layton found a friend such good props such good props
we needed to give this one a head we needed to give this one a head and an arm and an arm guys on top of van guys on top of van indra god sculpture indra god sculpture
really nice sandstone carvings really nice sandstone carvings shiva riding a bull shiva riding a bull three headed snack on which shiva is dancing three headed snack on which shiva is dancing sanscrit writing sanscrit writing
entry of banteay srei entry of banteay srei such a clown such a clown cool carvings cool carvings can you tell which part is brand new can you tell which part is brand new
lion is spewing flowers lion is spewing flowers Layton is checking it out Layton is checking it out one of the towers one of the towers perfect woman carving perfect woman carving
all three towers all three towers an overall view an overall view ash showing his muscles ash showing his muscles pic across the moat pic across the moat
pots and pans on a bike pots and pans on a bike palm tree palm tree male flower used for products male flower used for products female flower produces fruit female flower produces fruit
whole bunch of palm fruit whole bunch of palm fruit Layton giving palm juice a go Layton giving palm juice a go jelly like consistency jelly like consistency bamboo containers to collect palm juice bamboo containers to collect palm juice
sunset temple sunset temple all the stairs were steep all the stairs were steep sunset was a bit cloudy sunset was a bit cloudy it was a great time though it was a great time though
mr dean selling postcards mr dean selling postcards early morning waiting place early morning waiting place it is early it is early too early to take photos jana too early to take photos jana
angkor wat reflection angkor wat reflection Angkor Wat again Angkor Wat again from the other side from the other side there are a few tourist here there are a few tourist here
mr deans own shot mr deans own shot early morning coffee early morning coffee janas jp janas jp still waiting still waiting
sunrise sunrise sunrise 2 sunrise 2 sunrise 3 sunrise 3 sunrise 4 sunrise 4
sunrise 5 sunrise 5 sunrise 6 sunrise 6 sunrise 7 sunrise 7 dean acting like a tiger dean acting like a tiger
peacock tree peacock tree carving at angkor wat carving at angkor wat outside angkor wat outside angkor wat another shot outside another shot outside
churning the sea of milk churning the sea of milk towers of angkor wat towers of angkor wat stairs to the 3rd level stairs to the 3rd level another crowd pleasing monkey another crowd pleasing monkey
fallen tower fallen tower library at angkor wat library at angkor wat buddha statues inside buddha statues inside sanscrit writing sanscrit writing
view of causeway view of causeway group pic group pic layton acting silly with 7 headed snake layton acting silly with 7 headed snake good shot of angkor wat good shot of angkor wat
monkey arms at angkor wat monkey arms at angkor wat angkor wat from a distance angkor wat from a distance bullet wholes from civil war bullet wholes from civil war was vietnamese headquarters in 80s was vietnamese headquarters in 80s
7 headed snake 7 headed snake lotus flower in moat lotus flower in moat moat around angkor wat moat around angkor wat buddha face at entry to ta prohm buddha face at entry to ta prohm
vip entrance at north end vip entrance at north end massive tree roots massive tree roots cool shot of the tomb from tombraider cool shot of the tomb from tombraider cool tree roots cool tree roots
different lighting different lighting yep another huge tree trunk yep another huge tree trunk hidden buddha in tree hidden buddha in tree hallway with kid in it hallway with kid in it
famous tree from movie tombraider famous tree from movie tombraider layton having a good time layton having a good time tree trunk look like a butt tree trunk look like a butt rocks everywhere not restored rocks everywhere not restored
interesting sign interesting sign weird noise makers weird noise makers entrance and causeway from ta prohm entrance and causeway from ta prohm floating bball court floating bball court
pretty crazy walk from school pretty crazy walk from school another one another one floating house floating house more floating houses more floating houses
fishing we think fishing we think more boats more boats girl in wash basin girl in wash basin do you see the SNAKE do you see the SNAKE
another boy with snake around his neck another boy with snake around his neck this is just crazy this is just crazy a bit nutz really a bit nutz really UGH not a good idea UGH not a good idea
girl in basin again girl in basin again broad pic of floating village broad pic of floating village floating church floating church collecting snails to eat collecting snails to eat
hammocks and beer hammocks and beer not a shabby combo not a shabby combo nice sunset nice sunset ahh relaxation ahh relaxation
oops Emma oops Emma do we have to leave do we have to leave nice colors in sunset nice colors in sunset village dinner village dinner
there is more than enough food there is more than enough food fish soup fish soup we did not leave much we did not leave much AND dragon fruit AND dragon fruit
cute little boy cute little boy layton, ash and boy layton, ash and boy jana playing hand games jana playing hand games there were lots of smiles there were lots of smiles
we should be dancin we should be dancin does anyone not know this dance does anyone not know this dance let couple dance now let couple dance now congo line congo line
this was a blast this was a blast group dance group dance limbo limbo a little lower a little lower
richard and his fighting buddy richard and his fighting buddy he was great with them he was great with them this little guy was very animated this little guy was very animated how many can sit on the chair how many can sit on the chair
now for the jump rope now for the jump rope waiting our turn waiting our turn jump jump jump jump jana and leslie showing their stuff jana and leslie showing their stuff
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