Siem Reap and Angkor Wat


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July 3rd 2009
Published: July 6th 2009
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Siem Reap is a good few hundred kilometres from PP, so to get there we had to take - you guessed it - another bus. We used the same bus company we used from Saigon to PP, but the bus was a lot crappier and less comfortable - literal inches for the legs. The journey was long and bumpy, interspersed by a couple of stops at a local markets. We stopped at one where at one a local girl was walking arou... Read Full Entry



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Patti

we love her
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Ta Phrom

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Kat being boredKat being bored
Kat being bored

the guide rambled sometimes for a bit too long
Intricate architectureIntricate architecture
Intricate architecture

no mortar is used anywhere - its all lock-key design
The walls tell storiesThe walls tell stories
The walls tell stories

scenes from history or mythology are depicted in intricate stone carvings
Another frieze (wall carving) in Angkor WatAnother frieze (wall carving) in Angkor Wat
Another frieze (wall carving) in Angkor Wat

This one is called the Sea of Tears, and is a few hundred feet long- far bigger than any other freize found in the Parthenon etc. Most depict epic battles and mythological stories
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Monk

There were monks wandering throughout the various temples worshipping
Monkey madnessMonkey madness
Monkey madness

the fruit vendors get swarmed by groups of monkeys
Kat getting swarmedKat getting swarmed
Kat getting swarmed

the monkeys had no problem jumping in the ricksaw to investigate whether there's food



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