Cambodia: Arrival in Siem Reap
Siem Reap International Airport facade Our flight going to Siem Reap was around 10am that morning. What I really don’t like about the KL airport is that we have to drive around at least an hour just...
View ArticleCambodia: Angkor Thom’s Bayon
Entering the Great City at Angkor Thom’s South Gate We started our first day as early as 5am in the morning. Since Angkor Wat has been getting a lot of tourist lately, I thought that we should avoid...
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The inner wall of the Terrace of the Leper King After checking out the impressive Temple of Bayon, the exploration doesn’t end there. Angkor Thom, is a vast complex surrounded by high defensive walls...
View ArticleCambodia: A visit to a floating village
Paddling through Chong Kneas in Tonle Sap For those who may have noticed, most of my travel trails covers a lot of UNESCO sites. I’m pretty sure you can never go wrong visiting one of their sites...
View ArticleCambodia: Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat’s famous sunrise I think most people already know that Angkor Wat is one of the most important structures in the world. Since Cambodia finally cleared itself of its land mines and opened...
View ArticleCambodia: Khmer Eats
Moan Cha Kdov (Cambodian Chicken Dish) Updated: Thank you Toe for the help on naming the dishes Let me start first that by saying that I’m no food critic nor a gourmet expert and my cooking skills...
View ArticleCambodia: Ta Prohm
Rooted doorway at Ta Prohm The Angkor Archaeological Park, is huge and there are numerous temples around that you would need at most a week to explore most of them. But like I said before, I would...
View ArticleCambodia: Bantey Srei
Exquisite detail carvings (height is about 1 foot) Continuing on with my series of my favorite temples in the Angkor Wat Archaeological Park, this time we venture of quite a distance, 20km away from...
View ArticleCambodia Tourist Monks, some site updates and news
Monks at Phnom Bakheng Who said monks are restrained by their vow of silence and abstinence of worldy pleasures? I guess times have changed. Like our modern priest and nuns, monks are no longer...
View ArticleCambodia: Preah Rup Temple
The upper central tower of Preah Rup I still have quite a lot of materials from my fave temples in Cambodia’s Angkor Wat Archaeological Park. Like I said before, this place is quite huge so there’s a...
View ArticleCambodia: Off-the-Beaten Temples of Angkor Archaeological Park
Children playing at the Ta Som Temple For my long overdue wrap-up post on Cambodia, I’d like to summarize some of the not-so-popular or off-the-beaten-path temples around the Angkor Archaeological...
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