Finally, post on Angkor Wat!

I have been sitting on this post for sooo bloody long!

Luckily today I am home early...!


Bad Weather when we got there! AWWW.....



The poor horse needs to take shelter under the small tree too!



We had to take shelter at the covered corridor at the entrance

nothing to do, take picture first!


This is us trying to take a picture of the amazing reflection while it was still raining! HAHA


After about half an hour, the rain finally stopped!!!We proceed to enter Angkor Wat!


You notice whats so strange about this photo? YES! Certain parts have been touched more than the other part of the fairies! YUCKS Hamsap Lo!



The King stays up there!!! So difficult to get up there, you must be thinking!



I don't think the King need to walk up everyday rite?



No access allowed. According to our tour guide, there was an old man who fell halfway coming down from the staircase and after that the Cambodian Government closed the access as they are trying to build a proper staircase for access in the future!



Fairy again!This place is so blessed!



Look! They already have proper drainage system since it was built long time ago!


more pictures!



Me..



simply spectacular!



Entrance

After visiting around Angkor Wat, we went to take photo of the famous reflection again! This time it was much clearer without the rain!!!






Me AGAIN! haaha..

We then climbed up to some hills to watch sunset!But in the end we didn't to watch also because it was a gloomy day and it rained previously :(

Oh ya it was quite a long way up!








you can see Angkor Wat from the top of the hill!



NEXT UP: Ta Phrom!

My adventure from Phnom Pehn to Siem Reap!

We had to take a public express coach to Siem Reap because there were only two of us in the tour. It was a scary experience really!


their most luxurious coach to Siem Reap


inside the coach which looks like this- bear in mind that we have to sit for 6 hours to reach Siem Reap!

worst of all, the whole bus is full of Cambodian teenagers, who were very rude and inconsiderate!They were singing and talking loudly throughout the journey!


view along the way

And the rest stop.......EEE.....

Actually the rest stop itself is bearable..but I dare not eat anything there because there were so many flies!

The worst part is THIS!

Gosh, and there were constantly flies on top of it! You can't even tell which is which, i SWeaR!


Er.. I was quite disgusted by this! I know nicolekiss and ky is quite a fan of all these, but Sorry mate! I am not going to risk my tummy!

And the worst part is that, upon arriving at the Siem Reap bus station, we were surrounded by so many Cambodians tuk tuk drivers ( at least 5 persons around me) pestering us to take their tuk tuk. No matter how many times you told them that you are waiting for your guide to arrive, they would still stand beside you and ask and ask!!! We were so irritated by them that we actually have to hide inside the guard house at the Bus Station. There were a policeman there and GUESS WHAT?!!!



The Policeman also ask us whether we need any transport!!! FAINT! I am thinking: Bloody Hell! The police there also want to make money is it! Come on, he already know that we are waiting for our guide and we even had to escape inside the guardhouse to avoid those drivers, why did he ask again, thinking that we will give him a different answer simply because he is a police? No way man!


That was the end of my adventure in Cambodia........I need to continue with Angkor Wat on the next post!!!

Angkor Thom, Cambodia

We went to Angkor Thom for the 1st half of the day.

This is what we saw upon arriving!

the Devils!



the Angels!

Some of the statutes at the entrance of Angkor Wat was headless because people stole them away! How can they destroy their own culture and history?!

The entrance gate of Angkor Thom



You can an elephant experience too there but I think it costs around 20USD


Dang, dang!!!

Bayon Temple, Its AMAZING, ain't it?! A hidden city found hundreds of years later!


some artistic shot of the corridor



There are still massive restoration projects going on at Angkor Thom involving other countries such as Japan, Germany, India, China and etc. Most of the pillar at Angkor Thom has collapsed so please try to go soon because then you would be able to see the original architecture.

Another good thing visiting Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat is that you can basically TOUCH whatever you SEE there! No restriction whatsoever. I remembered we can't even go near to Stonehenge in England!





all the stairs are real steep!I pity the people last time, have to climb so much everyday!


on top, the Sweetest smile among all, according to our guide


with the face that smile the best!


They call this the walk to Heaven!


Unfortunately it is closed due to restoration work going on


Moving on to the Terrace of the Elephant where the King usually sits to witness the elephant fight




These engravings are the Flying Garuda, which is commonly found in most of the architect in Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat.


Another small temple, sorry can't remember the name.


by now, it was FREAKING HOT!


where the King kept his book, his small library

Next up, the infamous Angkor Wat which includes Ta Phrom! The place where Angelina Jolie filmed the Tomb Raider!

Angkor Thom, Cambodia

We went first to Angkor Thom for the 1st half of the day.

This is what we saw upon arriving!

the Devils!




the Angels!

Some of the statutes at the entrance of Angkor Wat was headless because people stole them away! How can they destroy their own culture and history?!


The entrance gate of Angkor Thom



You can an elephant experience too there but I think it costs around 20USD


Dang, dang!!!

Its AMAZING, ain't it?! A hidden city found hundreds of years later!


some artistic shot of the corridor

There are still massive restoration projects going on at Angkor Thom involving other countries such as Japan, Germany, India, China and etc. Most of the pillar at Angkor Thom has collapsed so please try to go soon because then you would be able to see the original architecture.

Another good thing visiting Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat is that you can basically TOUCH whatever you SEE there! No restriction whatsoever. I remembered we can't even go near to Stonehenge in England!

In this picture you can see the difference in colours of the stones, the yellowish stones are those after restoration. Check out the engravings! The craftmanship is so impossible!