This is one tiring trip. even before leaving Malaysia. Why?
coz our flight departed on 7am. meaning check-in will be at 5am. we ended up leaving to the airport at 10pm the night before and spent the whole night there coz Tune Hotel rates were sooo high!
luckily it was EURO 2012 season, and i ended up watching two football matches while waiting for the night to pass!
Anyway, after 2 or 3 hours of flight, we arrived to a small resort-like airport,and then ushered to our hotel in a Tuk-Tuk. The version of tuk-tuk here is a 4-seater carriage powered by an EX5. never knew that EX5 can be so powerful.
here’s a passenger’s view of it. it is not that powerful actually. imagine if it is carrying 4 big adults, i bet it will be crawling…
first impression of Siem Reap? dusty and full of sand. haha!
anyway, we checked in to an affordable hotel (thanks to Groupon!). comfortable, clean and the owners are very nice too. the only gripe is that it is quite far from Seam Reap Centre, around 30minutes walk. but it is not really a big problem for us though.
the staff are nice enough to make a simple decoration to the bed knowing that it is our 1st anniversary trip!
here’s the link to the hotel website.
we wasted no time upon reaching our hotel. not long after, we were off to our next destination, Cambodian Cultural Village.
which is a total waste of our USD15 per person…
there was nothing for us to see. so bad that we only took 3 dismal photos there. maybe because we went there too early (we went there at 10am), that’s why there were no shows yet. but then again, we don’t think we will go there even if we go to Siem Reap in the future.
about an hour later, we were off to another destination, Angkor National Museum.
which is a little bit better than that cultural village.
for USD12 per person (if i remembered correctly), you will get to see and understand more about the history and what-not in the Temples of Angkor. you can say it’s like attending a crash course of Angkor’s temple before you hit the real thing. it’s a good thing if you did not bring a guide together when visiting those temples.
if you ask me, i will save up the money for the 2 places above and use it for the pass for the Temples instead!
feeling a little hungry, we went to the Old Market to grab some quick lunch
nothing too fancy. just some simple lunch.
and some roadside snack. the above is a tapioca cakes. freaking expensive. USD1 for a piece. managed to bargain it till USD0.50 though. still, it is quite pricey.
the real angkor adventure only starts from 4.30pm. we went to get our pass for the next day at 4.30pm. (for your information, 1day pass costs USD20, 3day pass is USD40, 7day cost USD60). since we are in Siem Reap for only 4days, we only bought ourselves a 1day pass.
tips : if you go and get your pass at 4.30pm, you will be allowed to view sunset for free. just make sure that you go there early to avoid queue. once you get your photo taken and paid up for the pass. you are good to go!
around 15 minute hike to Phnom Bakeng for our sunset view!
one of the many steep steps which we will encounter a lot! consider this as only level 1!
Humans at every corner!
see that cylinder thingy in the middle? it’s actually a male fertility symbol (aka Lingga). it is laid on top of squarish shape which is female fertility symbol (aka Yoni). can see this on almost all, if not all temples!
at last! sunset!
more post of Angkor Temples in the next post!
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