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<description>in november 2007 we made a trip down to angkor for the first time.</description>
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<title>Blue 7 Massage Khmer</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/19419/Kbal-Spean-5</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:33:10 PST</pubDate>
<description>Blue 7 Massage Khmer</description>
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7pmafter coming back from the mine museum we were walking around aching for a massage when we came across the Blue 7. Opting for a 30 minute foot mes&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>foodhouse below Kbal Spean</title>
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12pmit took us another 25 minutes or so to go down the slope, faster this time since we were going downhill, and we chatted abit with our driver. he &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Foodstall opposite Banteay Samre </title>
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12.30pmour driver introduced us to this place for a quick lunch before our visit to Banteay Samre. the food was good and the experience actually felt&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Girls in front of Banteay Samre </title>
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1.30pmbefore entering the temple, about 6 girls happily skipped towards us, asking us to buy things from them. this happens at almost every temple, b&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Kbal Spean</title>
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11amwe finally reached kbal spean with a heavy heart, but we wouldn&apos;t let it ruin the trip. we had to hike a long way up, about 45 minutes up the hil&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>food stalls next to The Touch</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:32:40 PST</pubDate>
<description>food stalls next to The Touch</description>
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8pmon our last night in siem reap, we decided to eat something we didn&apos;t dare to for fear we would get a stomachache the next day. the food stalls ne&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Banteay Samre</title>
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1.30pmbanteay samre looked pretty much like a quiet Angkor Wat, and i quite liked the feel of it. constructed around the same time as angkor wat, it &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Mine Museum</title>
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4pmon the way back to the guesthouse we decided to visit the mine museum which we had heard so much about. it was kind of impromptu but along the way&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Chong Khneas</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:30:25 PST</pubDate>
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2pmgoing through the river was quite a different experience from the past few days. we were guided to our motor boat and before we even realised what&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Phnom Krom</title>
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6pmwalking up phnom krom took us almost 30 minutes. it was reaching sunset and we wanted to catch a good one on top of the hill. it was funny that ha&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Shore of Chong Khneas</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:29:45 PST</pubDate>
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5pmafter the river ride, we were asked for tips and were guided back to shore. we passed all our loose change over and, i believe it was either too l&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Dead Fish Plaza</title>
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8pmit&apos;s my turn to decide on dinner today (we do it alternately) so i decided on the dead fish plaza. it&apos;s a pretty popular foodhouse with multiple t&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Blue Apsara</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:27:21 PST</pubDate>
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9pmwe were walking around, digesting our food around psar char when we found this cool pirated and 2nd hand books store. we weren&apos;t really expecting &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>The Siem Reap Boat Agency of Chong Khneas</title>
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noonit wasn&apos;t after much haggling before we decided to take the boat trip through Siem Reap River. the people in charge were quite insistant on their&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Artisans d&apos;Angkor</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:37:13 PST</pubDate>
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6pm
a small distance away from the red piano guesthouse, free tours of the Artisans d&apos;Angkor workshop are conducted upon arrival. superb worksmanshi&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Spean Thma</title>
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12.20pm
we stopped by the spean thma for a few minutes before leaving for lunch. we had no knowledge of it before our driver pulled over and said it&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Srah Srang</title>
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8am
leaving at 7.30&amp;nbsp;am after our breakfast&amp;nbsp;from the Red Piano Restaurant, we reached Srah Srang by remorque-motor at about 8am. being one &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Ta Prohm</title>
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9.30am
this must be the most fully packed ruin of all. you can&apos;t take a single picture in the main spots without a thousand eyes staring at you. eve&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Ta Keo</title>
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10.30am
thanks to our remorque-motor driver it didn&apos;t take long for us to travel from one ruin to the other. next up is&amp;nbsp;a much more plainly dec&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Banteay Kdei</title>
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8.20am
walking across the street we come across a large complex with trees very similar to the ones you see in Ta Prohm but without the amount of to&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Angkor Wat</title>
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1pm
finally! We had kept ourselves from entering Angkor Wat for a day, only passing it when we drove pass towards our guesthouse, giving us only a g&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>The nearly Khmer Restaurant</title>
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12.20pm
Located opposite the Angkor Wat, we were recommended to eat here by our driver. from the looks of it, its either our driver loves to eat her&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Khmer Family Restaurant</title>
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8pm
after resting back at&amp;nbsp;the guesthouse&amp;nbsp;we decided to go for some dinner. everywhere seems to be pretty packed at night and finding a pla&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Baksei Chamkrong</title>
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11.50am
by the time we reached Baksei Chamkrong, it was almost time for lunch and we were starting to feel a wee bit hungry. but we didn&apos;t really wa&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Terrace of the Elephants</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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8.44am
a very, very&amp;nbsp;impressive 300 meters long terrace filled with elephant carvings throughout the terrace. the tourists were starting to pile&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Baphuon</title>
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10am
this is a huge temple tower located in the heart of Angkor Thom. being in very bad condition due to collapses, the ruin was under extensive res&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Bayon</title>
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11.30am
Bayon was something totally different from the other temples. our driver drove us all the way around the temple and along the road you can s&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Chau Say Tevoda</title>
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1.19pm
Chau Say Tevoda is a small temple of very similar design as the Thommanon just across the street from it. a much more neglected and run down &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Foodstall opposite Bayon</title>
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12pm
by now we are almost at the brink of unconsciousness and exhaustion. after looking around for our driver and failing since we had forgotten whe&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Kleangs (North and South)</title>
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1pm
when we finally found our driver, we told him we had eaten as we were too hungry. the puzzled look on his face made us regret our decision. he t&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Phimeanakas</title>
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10.30am
built from sandstone and laterite, this&amp;nbsp;lone standing&amp;nbsp;pyramid is pretty impressive. i gave climbing it a miss since i wasn&apos;t feeli&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Phnom Bakheng</title>
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2.30pm
after&amp;nbsp;one of the guards from Apsara Authority checked&amp;nbsp;our passes, we were allowed to enter the woods. it&apos;s about a 45 minutes slow &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Prasat Suor Prat</title>
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9.02am
the Prasat Suor Prat consists of twelve laterite and sandstone towers standing opposite and parrallel to the Terrace of the Elephants. It&apos;s s&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Preah Palilay</title>
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7.52am
just a few steps away from Tep Pranam, we reached our next stop, the Preah Palilay, a long abandoned tower built in sandstone and laterite. I&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Preah Pithu Group</title>
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2pm
just opposite the Terrace of the Leper King, these five small temples sit quietly in a world of their own. the temples themselves are&amp;nbsp;not i&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Rajana</title>
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9pm
after dinner, we decided to shop a little before going back. that was when we came across the Rajana. selling a wide range of products, Rajana i&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Tep Pranam</title>
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7.30am
we arrived at Tep Pranam after&amp;nbsp;driving around the small circuit and getting to know where the ruins are roughly located. our first ruin!&amp;hellip;</p>
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7.15am
meeting our driver at 7am, we arrived at the Angkor Archaeological Park ticket office about 15minutes later. the ladies working there were al&amp;hellip;</p>
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8.31am
with such a weird name, who could resist this? when we reached the terrace,&amp;nbsp;it was downright warm and sweaty. the sun was already high u&amp;hellip;</p>
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8.20am
The weather was getting very very warm now and while on our way to the Terrace of the Leper King, we met the first girl who wanted to sell us&amp;hellip;</p>
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8pm
we ended our day with Phnom Bakheng and proceeded to&amp;nbsp;get some rest in the guesthouse. must&amp;nbsp; have been the longest day iv&apos;e spent looki&amp;hellip;</p>
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1.45pm
built from sandstone&amp;nbsp;at about&amp;nbsp;the same time as Angkor Wat, the Thommanon is a pretty attractive temple, albeit small,&amp;nbsp;situated&amp;hellip;</p>
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7pm
it was a 30minutes drive from the airport to the guesthouse.&amp;nbsp;the sky&amp;nbsp;was already pretty dark and we were expecting a taxi but turns ou&amp;hellip;</p>
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5.45pm
it was almost 6pm when we reached siem reap international airport. the customs guys are&amp;nbsp;definitely not one of the friendliest&amp;nbsp;peopl&amp;hellip;</p>
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8.30pm
it was a 5mins walk from the guesthouse to the night market. it&amp;nbsp;was a little too clean for us though..hah.. we were expecting some place&amp;hellip;</p>
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