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sh|ru visits Siem Reap, Day 3
Monday, August 06, 2007
It's the last day of my three day trip in Siem Reap. Got up at about 8 and today we are visiting Angkor Wat. Actually I'm only looking forward to this part of the trip. You will understand why at the end of this post. Nothing much I can say to describe what I saw so I'll let the pictures tell the story.
Entrance into the temple area
The first temple we visited was Banteay Srei. Claimed to be one of the most beautiful temple and filled with intricate carved motifs.
Banteay Srei
Imagine beautiful sculptures like this in every corner of the temple
Then we went to Bayon, temple of many faces.
Bayon
With the family outside Bayon
Everywhere was faces like these staring down at you
Then we stopped by for lunch at a local hawker and proceeded to Angkor Wat.
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat is huge. We walked the span of two causeways and went thru two gateways just to reach the inner temple. That's about almost a kilometre of walking. The whole place is surrounded by a moat almost a football field wide.
My fav pic the whole trip. Monks leaving the temple as I entered
These are called apsaras. Heavenly maidens sent down as rewards for kings and warriors
There are apsaras everywhere along the walls of the temple. The interesting thing is every apsara is different to one another, being the hair, the pose, the facial expression. Everyone of them is different. In the middle of everything is the inner temple. You need to climb a steep set of stairs to get up. The steps are worn and slippery. Luckily they installed a railing to the sides but that doesn't make it any scarier.
Sis climbing up to the inner temple(sorry bout the sideway pic)
While up there we saw a Korean filming crew
The actor and actress
My fav pic the whole trip. Monks leaving the temple as I entered
These are called apsaras. Heavenly maidens sent down as rewards for kings and warriors
There are apsaras everywhere along the walls of the temple. The interesting thing is every apsara is different to one another, being the hair, the pose, the facial expression. Everyone of them is different. In the middle of everything is the inner temple. You need to climb a steep set of stairs to get up. The steps are worn and slippery. Luckily they installed a railing to the sides but that doesn't make it any scarier.
Sis climbing up to the inner temple(sorry bout the sideway pic)
While up there we saw a Korean filming crew
The actor and actress
What a weird place to do a Korean serial in. Couldn't recognise anyone there so must be not famous one la..
I forgot the name of this temple but they called it Tomb Raider temple
The pics I took are really not the best so you can't really see the beauty of the places. But believe me the places are really beautiful and you will wonder how they built them over 800 years ago.
Angkor at night
It's evening and we had to track up a hill to a hilltop temple to look at the sunset.
A huge crowd like this gathers everday on the top
Voyeur hehe~ chun Japanese tourist
The sun is going down
I forgot the name of this temple but they called it Tomb Raider temple
Yes this is where they filmed the Tomb Raider movie starring Angelina Jolie. The temple is being reclaimed by the forest and giant trees eat away at the walls. Looks adventurous.
A tree outside the temple. Got female counterpart ah?
A tree outside the temple. Got female counterpart ah?
Angkor at night
A huge crowd like this gathers everday on the top
Voyeur hehe~ chun Japanese tourist
The sun is going down
There are plenty more temples but we managed to cover only the more famous ones. David says you can stay here for a week and not finish exploring everything.
So back to the hotel we go and dinner at another hawker stall.
Ikan amok
So back to the hotel we go and dinner at another hawker stall.
Ikan amok
The kangkung you see is called morning glory here in Cambodia. We were expecting to eat purple flowers when we ordered it. And it turns out that Cambodians only eat the stalk and not the leaves. So we had a plateful of kangkung stalks. They feed the leaves to pigs (they rear pigs in villages) because the stalks can be kept longer. So what about here in Malaysia? Total opposites.
Finished we dinner we went for traditional massage. My first.
Quite painful...
Finished we dinner we went for traditional massage. My first.
Quite painful...
The day is done and we stopped by a convenience shop before going back to the hotel. Got some Angkor Beer...
So cheap...and tastes like Tiger
Back at the hotel I got a gentle reminder....
So cheap...and tastes like Tiger
Back at the hotel I got a gentle reminder....
That's right don't do it you bastards. haha.
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