Angkor

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Today we are going to Angkor which is the temple complex near the city of siem reap, the complex is huge and is much more than you could explore in one day so we have decided to just see the main things. The first temple we are going to visit is Angkor Wat, it is the most famous and the oldest of the temples in the area…it was built to celebrate a Cambodian victory in Delhi and is nearly 900 years old. To explore the area we hired a Tuk Tuk with a driver from the hotel he charged $15 for the full day, once we got to the temple there were lots of girls selling things like hats, water, guide books…I asked to buy a guide book from a girl if she would come and be my guide an hour while we looked around the first temple, she agreed although she said she did not know enough to be a proper guide…my Korean friend bought a Parasol as it was very sunny and hot, he had brought a girl with him which he had rented out the night before. The Temple of Angkor Wat is quite large, it is very impressive that such a large and ornate building was built in what nowadays seems to be the middle of nowhere i dont know where they got the stone from…it has many statues and carvings, the people who built it were Buddhists. After we had seen the first temple I asked Murt (The ‘guide’ I had hired) if she wanted to come with us to the other temples in the area, she said she had to ask here manager who accepted. We then met up with the Tuk Tuk Driver again and headed for a small driven tour of the outside of some smaller temples and a walking visit to the next best temple (Ta Prohm) it was very impressive although in quite a poor state of repair. After the temple we went for Lunch in the Angkor area, we then headed back to the hotel and Murt was very excited to see photos of my travels as she had never been outside of the town of siem reap/Angkor. Me and Murt agreed to meet up the next day if she could bring a friend…my Korean friend had to travel back to Vietnam early in the morning.

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Photos

Angkor Wat
This is the Entrance to the Main (most famous) temple in the area.

Murt
This is my Friend Murt she became my free 'tour guide' when i bought a guidebook

Korean
This is my Korean Friend with the girl he had rented the night before.

Me at Angkor Wat
This is me outside the second gate of the Angkor Wat temple.

Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat, gate.

Back
This is the back end of Angkor Wat.

Me and Guide
This is me and my tour guide outside the front of Angkor Wat.

Main Tower
This is the main tower of Angkor Wat temple

Bayon
Another temple, called Bayon.

Bayon
This was also part of the Bayon Temple there is a long line of these towers but I think something is missing from in between.

Me outside Ta Prohm Gate
This is the Gate to the Ta Prohm temple.

Ta Prohm
This is my Guide Murt and the Ta Prohm temple in the background.

Trees
There are alot of these large trees growing ontop of the the ruins of the temple

Ruins
This is Ta Prohm temple and it seems to be in a much worse state of repair then Angkor Wat...there are many many stones piled all around the temple.

Scale
I think this gives a good scence of the scale of this place...they may be asians but you can still tell it is alot larger than a person.

Comments

[Sarah]

WOW!
This looks VERY interesting but i think Murt has distracted you, aren't you supposed to be meeting with Olly???!! I LOVE the tree hugging temples or is it the temple hugging trees?!! Those crocs look a bit mean! x