Blogs from Angkor, North, Cambodia, Asia - page 93

Well guys its all been a bit hectic since we arrived in Bangkok, Elton my travel buddy ended up in hospital with an eye injury from a contact lens which unfortunately ended up being worse than we all thought. At present though he is recovering well. To catch up the group i flew from Bangkok airport to Siem Reap, as it happens avoiding one of the worse bus rides of all time. The original flight i had booked was cancelled which meant that i had to wait till 7pm that evening to fly. On arriving in Siem reap i met a chap from Carlisle who was heading in the same direction i was = to Angkor village. We shared a taxi which by the way had no number plates and arrived at my destination atlast! On ... read more

We spent new year at a street party in Siem Reap. The Japanese, Australians, Irish, Scots, English, Germans, Scandanavians, Indians and Cambodians all got into the party spirit and danced in the streets. Fireworks went off overhead as street children jigged on the shoulders of drunken revellers! Crazy!!! Nursing a hangover we visited the amazing temple of Angor Wat. It is the largest religious building in the world and i got stuck at the top of it. Fortunately i found a another route down and managed to overcome my fear of heights... THe Bayon is the centre pice of the nearby ancient city of Angor Tom. It is a temple that contains many towers with faces pinting in four directions. This results in fantastic building that watches your every step! Over the next two days we ... read more

Now that we have a good broadband connection, I’ll upload some pictures from Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat is a group of ruins in the center of Cambodia built between the 9th and 12th century. It was once the center of a large empire that stretched from southern Vietnam through most of Thailand. The most famous of complex in the area is the eponymous Angkor Wat. There are 20-30 other complexes in the area, many of which are quite impressive Given the 90 degree temperatures and large distances between the ruins (up to 12 miles), we were only able to see a small portion of the area. After just 4 hours of wandering, we would stagger back to the hotel and collapse for a couple of hours. Amazingly, this is the coolest time of year in Cambodia. ... read more

So i guess its our job to blog for the last two days since every one else has been too lazy too. Day 1 - January 1st -- We did Angor What. Sue chilled with two buddhist monks who wanted to eventually become attorneys in new york. Ate Indian food. Got tan. Day 2 - January 2nd - We were very industrious this day. We got up at eight am then proceeded downtown to rent super cool mountain bikes. Then we proceeded to the floating village, drunkn forest. It was ok. The bike ride was awesome... until we reached the docks. The docks smelled like rotten fish and urine and was very rough on our wheels. Then we headed out on our forty dollar boat. One would think that a forty dollar boat in cambodia could ... read more

It has been a bit over a week since I've returned from my Christmas holidays (or winter holiday as it is called here in Japan), and I thought I should try and share some of my "foreign" experiences. It is incredibly amazing how different a country Japan is compared to the other countries I have seen of Asia. It also made my time away another eye opening experience (my time away from home seems to be full of these!) My vacation was a blur of 10 flights (yes, 10!) and 2 countries. Alexis and I landed in Siem Reap, Cambodia for 3 days, which was a very short time, so we concentrated on just one area of the country. One of the main attractions of Cambodia is Angkor, which is located in the city of Siem ... read more