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We booked a cozy place called "Casa Angkor Hotel".  The staff is very nice and friendly, although in the beginning they couldn't figure out how to split 5 people in 3 rooms.The tour guide picked us up around 4:30pm.  His name is Mr. Vichet, and if anyone is coming to Siem Reap, let me recommend him as your tour guide.  He is very easy to work with, flexible with your needs, and of course knowledgable.  And not just knowledgable when it comes to talking about the temples hi...

The rain better stop before nightfall or I'll... I'll... I'll sleep!!! Which shouldn't be, because I want another Irish Car Bomb!!! Or maybe a Jager Bomb?!? Yeah baby!!! :D

Two days after my misadventure, we were ready all set and ready to leave for Bangkok. We bought a ticket that would take us to Bangkok, for just 11USD. There was a liny leaflet pasted on the entrance of the guesthouse that said we could get a coach to pick us up from the hostel doorstep and bring us to the border and from there, to Bangkok as well... all for 11USD. Sounds like a pretty good deal, ay?At 7am, we waited for the coach outside the guesthouse... and after 10 minutes, our coach fina...

After 5 hours, we arrived in Siem Reap and got a tuktuk to Prince Mekong guesthouse for 2 usd. :D It wasn't that far from the station but it wasn't near either. :P We chose that guesthouse because they offer free laundry, free bikes and it has good reviews. :) True enough to their word, they have all the amenities except for the bikes - apparently, the bikes were all for repair? hehe. Not a minute after we sat down waiting for our keys to be given, Wayne already got two mugs of beer to drink....

Siem Reap was mainly to go and see the temples. The city itself isn't that interesting. The Foreign Correspondents Club wasn't as good as the one in Phnom Penh.Bayon was my favourite area in Angkor Thom complex. Then Angkor Wat - I was expecting to be WOWed by Angkor Wat, but I wasn't. It was still impressive, but not amazing. The Ta Prohm temple was good - though it rained, even though it's supposed to be the dry season in Cambodia.Further Cambodia pictures are here: http://flickr.com/photos...

After our mammoth sleeping session, I get up pretty early, have breakfast at the hostel, then book our next place for tomorrow, the Monkey Republic, which was recommended to us, by some American dude at Poipet> at $6 a night, on the beach, we think it's a steal, and it has good security (Sihanoukville has a problem with theft) so that's all good.Our tuk-tuk driver meets us at 11, and takes us to a floating village. We pay $20, and get a private tour of the village, which is entirely self-s...

siem reap city is the capital of siem reap province, cambodia. siem reap has colonial and chinese-style architecture in the old french quarter, and around the old market. in town, there are apsara dance performances, craft shops, silk farms, rice-paddy countryside, fishing villages and a bird sanctuary near the tonle sap lake. siem reap today, being a popular tourist destination, has a large number of hotels and restaurants. most smaller establishments are concentrated around the old mark...

On my final day in Siemreap, I pretty much took it easy and was at Angkor Wat from dawn to dusk. Even then I did not manage to visit every corner of Angkor Wat, as there is just so much to see and admire. The complex is HUGE and has carvings all around. I seeked out for the much famed Smiling Apsara with her teeth showing. I managed to find it after some very close looks at all the apsaras on the entry gopura.I soon learned that there was also another unique and funny Apsara at the top ...

Cambodia, home to both the world's largest religious complex and the shameful past of one of the most horrific genocide stories. Cambodia is a sad land of poverty and suffering but this hasnt stopped the people from being warmhearted, friendly and with an amazing spirit. Angkor Wat and Siem Reap is also a must see destinasian.

At 4:30 A.M., I was already wide awake, all dressed up and ready for my Angkor Wat exploration; then came the knock from my door, telling me that my tuk tuk driver had arrived.So there I was, on our way to one of UNESCO’s world heritage sites, all alone with my tuk tuk driver.  Yeah, I was scared.  What have I gotten myself into?!  It was still dark and I’m all by myself, anything can happen.  The morning chill added to my apprehensions. The sight of the e...

The morning brought me to downtown Siem Reap to mail a few postcards and take in the town before we set again or the temples.  Compared to Phnom Penh, Siem Reap to me was cleaner and more readily walkable.  There was also a certain peace that does not exist in HCM or Phnom Penh. Va took us to some of the outer temples including Banteay Srei and Kbal Spean.  Banteay was nice, but definitly having the tourist overload.  The temple was very well preserved and the artwork was...

  I broke my camera on the first day when we climbed down the steps from Ta Keo, pls, if u have fear of heights, dont climb, u'll be scared shitless to climbed down, so we borrowed the camera from kind Uncle Lee (a khmer chinese who owns (like the only) camera shop in Siem Reap)We head to the big market in town, we were sooo EXCITED cos its a LOCAL market, like those your mom goes to shop on a Sunday morning type of market! 我们好兴奋，终于找到一个当地的菜市场�...

We woke up around 5:00 to see the Angkor Wat sunrise. Again we weren’t very lucky with the view. Nonetheless we were able to take some great pictures. We must have taken about 20 photos each of the most memorable view of Angkor Wat. After sunrise we headed for Banteay Srei. We hadn’t planned visiting these ruins, but were advised by our guide to do so because they are considered by many specialists to be the most beautiful of Angkor. During the drive we had an opportunity to see ho...

People i met here, who contributed to and improved my trip: Juliana (Russia), Jim (England) There was little left to do in Siem Reap on our last 2 days as i had a sore back due to all the punishment of the roads and bikes having finally caught up with me. We had planned some manic 10 hour, 3 on a bike journey to some more remote temples, but this was the last thing that my body could tolerate! So Jim decided to entertain us instead and after 6 years of long hair, it was about time for ...

My last day in Siem Reap would find me visiting a few other humanitarian projects.  Mr Lee first took me to visit the Artisans D'Angkor Silk Training Farm which is about 20 minutes out of the town.  Here, this organisation assists a number of disadvantaged young people and teaches them craft skills eg silk products, wood carvings etc and then once they have been working for a specified period of time, they are then able to return back to their home villages to practise their skills ...