Siem Reap Travel Blogs - Page 3

  Typhoon Ketsana had spun from the South China Sea, crossed Vietnam, and swept into central Cambodia. Its flooding was evident as my flight descended on approach to Siem Reap airport. It cost $2 for a motorbike taxi on badly pot-holed roads into town. I rode directly to the Funky Munky, sis…

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 …

My mototaxi driver picked me up at the guesthouse at 08:00 and we first went to have some breakfast. During breakfast we talked a bit and somehow got on the subject of the Khmer Rouge. The driver told me that his grandparents, parents, brother and sister had been killed by the Khmer Rouge when he w…

The deluge of tourists that has fallen onto Siem Reap creates a whole bundle of money-making opportunities for local entrepeneurs. Each night as I walk from Bar Street back to my cheapo guesthouse on the fringe of the city centre I am constantly accosted by l…

The morning jaunt to Kbal Spean was another two hours ride down from town. Kbal Spean is a waterfall famed for its carvings in the bedrock. This requires a climp uphill (see a pattern here?) before we reached the waterfall proper. Being the dry season, there wasn't much running water. My friction-l…

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 (Sihanou…

Day 1 : Our flight arrived in Siem Reap on time. Upon entering the airport, we proceed to apply for tourist visa. The forms and counters located on the left side, filling up form with one passport size photo and $20, you will get your visa almost immediately. The officer made you wait in another l…

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 Ap…

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 sanc…

I have always wanted to visit Ankor Wat but was never my priority or was never on top of my list of places I wanna travel before I die … I have watched documentaries about it (and of course Tomb Raider okay fine!) and was kinda intrigued but that’s just it.So everytime I want to travel I always…

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 wa…

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 planne…

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 …

I chose to cram in as much of Angkor Wat and its surrounds in eight hours and it made for a very long, exhausting day. Yes, you can take your time and spread it out over a series of days, but I know me. My patience for sight-seeing, even an arguable wonder of the world, is limited. My main goal for…

On our first night in Siem Riep we went to the Bayon restaurant. This was near to our hotel and, as Iain was very tired, we decided not to venture into town itself.  This turned out to be a really good idea, because randomly, we had turned up on the night when they have shadow theatre.  T…