Tuesday, November 30, 2010

2004 national day in Bangkok and Angkor tour

God wants us to Angkor has existed for a long time, not because of the passion of the mood for love "," Tomb Raider "or" stand at the lost city of anything, but rather from the school of geography lesson begins by constantly informed of its mysterious charm, this year after labor day, various accumulation of information which was finally ready to let my feelings got from changeing leap, which led to the subsequent 11 golden holiday journey.

A person traveling and I was a usual thing, but this time decided to put the little pig and Daniel la, I didn't expect to plan out and then evoked the addition of at least five or six friends of interest, but the heart is not equal to, and ultimately successful deduction or mine, small pigs and Daniel Johnson of Johnson three pedestrian.

The pig is a fire, so she is not only earlier than us, but also the beginning demanded by the Mid-Autumn Festival night of aircraft, for the simple reason is very simple: "the day we all in the full moon, I fly in the sky, that everyone can appreciate me!" cut! "thought that she was Chang?!

September 30:

Daniel and I arrived in the morning, Gongbei Customs exit from China, Gongbei officials on personal tourist visas are not familiar with, hate, you cannot use a microscope to study my passport and visa (already used ultraviolet lamps), also asked: "what time do? where do?"

Look at the travel agency to damage it, every day travel to chew well organisations Visa gave them to eat, it's no wonder that business level not to go.

The Regency is equal to one foot out the door, to the Macau immigration Barrier Gate, many people in the queue, it appears that Macau is well developed, 10.1 but queued arriving are holders of permits for passport officer, channel in a small room on the right side of the passport and ticket to the small room's window, you can sit outside and so on, about 3, 5 minutes from small room side door entry. One thing I have been very confused, in wicket doors on my cell phone was just a wicket door, stop services, is what shields, Hey accuracy really high!

Out of the gate, walked to the BUS station, there are direct buses to the airport, however our still early, and Daniel went to big bands of the Archway and Lisboa, 10 years didn't come, Macau City Centre becomes clean and pretty much, but at the main entrance of the hotel Lisboa region or as before, the Kings of decent thank Macao and golden holidays, even at the entire Portuguese Kyoto is crowded, but for casino stuff I know nothing, Daniel playing a few did not understand his money is going to win what it lost.

Our flight schedule is 6: 50pm took off from Macau, 4: 00pm from Lisboa, walked on the street is the airport buses AP1 Road station, approximately half an hour to the airport.

Beautiful waiting hall and very few people, absolute quiet, leisure, good for a while, we remembered today is the birthday of the motherland, the Mainland and Hong Kong Airport Don not know squeeze it, select Start, Macau is wise!

The plane was delayed for half an hour, 7: 20, 9: 00 arrive at Bangkok airport, customs clearance, luggage, go out exit Hall, entrance to AIRPORT BUS station, buy 2 tickets to the ticket on mountain roads, 100 Baht/Zhang .45 minutes arrive on the road, drivers are very interesting, all sites are silent, but on the road to talk only a sentence "KHAO SHAN ROAD", though the sound is great, don't know if I have heard, anyway all hell broke loose Earth about backpackers have jumped out of the car.

On the mountain night really lively and interesting, with Daniel words like into the United Nations, the specifically should be civil or Backpackers of the United Nations. Follow the instructions of the small pigs, we can easily find a GOOD LIVE GUESTHOUSE, Wow, really clean, four-storey building, a House door will take your shoes off, the first floor is the restaurant, the bar and reception desk, non-residents may enter the upstairs guest room, the reception desk is also close to the regulations, a special attention to the point: "shall take local woman entered the room." It seems that not only is the surface clean!, small pigs by sleepy eyes Misty underground floor to meet us, hulu so early, it looks like the first one or two days she must be mad too!

1 October

4: 30 in the morning to get up to 8: 00 to leave the hotel, about 10 minutes for the taxi arrived at the train station to station HUALUMPHONE is clean, no domestic stations often smell.

Ticket window 5: 00 pm door on time, we bought 3 frames to the border town of votes before ARRANYA 48B a, trip is 6 hours, 5: 55 and drive. Trains stop at the ticket office, the platform has a Chair to sit on the edge of a pretty, pretty flowers, flowers enshrine some small stupa, train so quietly, affectionately waiting for you, the door is wide open, no fortification, from ticketing Hall to the platform to your vehicle, no gate, access free, as if the tickets are superfluous, the car is not luxury, stool is made of wood, but very clean, very clean.

This bus in our country should be called "General fast" is that every station will stop, speed cannot quickly, then I found out that the train's door is open, but there is no door, for without a switch and no attendant guards, so stop time is short, generally only 10 or 20 seconds shorter than the subway also like! sometimes gives the impression that hasn't stopped the stability were opened, and the whole process is not crowded, occasionally some people stood, the order is very good.

A good car, only to have the tickets. And internally, there is also a hawker selling food, except that they do not often, occasionally there are also sound, make people feel very comfortable. The whole car almost all local people, half-way up a few white nun, let us note that, although there is available next to the nuns, but local people try to find other available position but not to go and nuns sat together, Thailand Buddhist disciples of people respect the evident. Train toilet is clean, though a squat-style, but there is toilet paper and water, because not all along the defecation, so there is no need to worry about stopping off, toilet door push-pull of wooden doors with the same old train.

The train was delayed half a clock, approximately 12: 30 arrival ARRANYA, with the most economic manner, we take the shuttle bus of the local people, as TALES OF ASIA on as long as 5B/person, but it seems that Mr. price-10B/person, a few minutes later to the Thai-Cambodian border.

According to the guidelines of the older generation, we find the VISA OFFICE in Thailand, Thailand for RE-ENTRY VISA program is very simple, we need only turn on the passport and a photograph, even the table are the visa officer to help fill in, a few minutes later the Passport returned to us. Here, between Thailand and Cambodia to a bridge connection, one side is the small town of Thailand, on one side is ARRANYA Cambodian town POI PET. Out of Thailand, after the bridge, the site of Cambodia. Now you want to do is Cambodia visa, Cambodia border is black, Cambodia visa at Bangkok for as long as 20 dollars, but here don't accept US dollars, to 1000B/people, equivalent to 25 USD. As a result of our negligence, forgot to change enough in Bangkok, Thailand coin, but here's the exchange points, one hundred dollars less than Bangkok for more than 100 s! Cambodia and Thailand Visa Office black window is closed, it should be used to drop the table over visa forms without a paper, are concerns, there's a very warmly greet with us and gave us three piece form, we filled out, he took a table is to push out the visa officer shuluo Windows pass inside the table, I discovered that actually there sat the three visa officer. The window of the old "enthusiasts" then just ask we accept visa fees: 1200B/person, I flew reaction from him and window inside the uniformed man United to fraud! here use dollars Thai currency we have eaten, could the is correct? too far! so I solemnly told him that the Consulate of Cambodia in Bangkok and are advised that the visa fee is border 1000B/person, so I will only be paid by this number, then I decided to put aside the visa officer's black window, the recursive 3000B. The result is smooth by the Cambodian border has been checked!, according to the experience of predecessors, they may run into extortion of officials, do not know is that we are lucky or Cambodia border management strengthening, and did not have money, but Chinese passport checks than others so a little bit of time, no way, this is the international practice. After all, free.

Next up is looking for a car from the POI PET to Siem Reap, the quickest way is to pack the taxi, although more expensive than buses, but as long as 3.5-4 hours, a young man to help us find a small Toyota, 1200B, the driver gave the young 200B referral fee, the border of the taxi were no signs of smuggling cars along the driver was stopped by three times, twice to the police, glanced car after the luggage compartment, on another occasion is what traffic sector, looks completely bandits, blackmail the driver 300B, really corruption, down the train driver can only earn 700B, we all feel that drivers do not pity! drivers, and gas station oil is bought in mineral water in the roadside of gasoline, I think it should also be smuggled? smuggling car smuggling petrol should be more appropriate?!, holes in the road along the road is said to be left behind marker, landmines drivers of technology is very good, but many people will not stand the bump, but I think more than sit tank stable!

5: 00, we at Siem Reap's old market near the car, the hotel here, we only look at the two, you chose the second home, this is a Chinese and overseas Chinese, but they are not Chinese, white four floors, very clean and beautiful, double room with fan and hot water of 9 USD/night, within budget.

In fact this season fan is commonly used to dry clothes. Night out foraging forgot Raiders, it could not find good restaurants, so feel free to find a home and what's "NAU" Cambodian style restaurant with dinner, after dinner, find a vehicle on the roadside, TOTO is a motorcycle head tricycles as means of transport, with the drivers turning good three days of private 30 dollars. Then go and buy the next day's lunch, finally found a drink, bread and Emperor banana selling in Tianjin, the variety is very limited, we selected a local person to drink mineral water 500R/bottle, French bread 500R/only, Emperor Coke 1000R/comb, sell something was a little girl, funny that they are directly without any packing bread station hands talk to you about price, and so on down the price, the bread has been featured in several little girl, they treat stroke each bread are so kind, and we do not have the heart to rebuke the innocence of a child, had always turned to eat bread and cut the skin. Daniel is a delicate package, l. meat such as life, combined with its recently suffered the cold, we in the "Beijing dumplings" help him packing a dumpling as tomorrow's breakfast, 1.5 dollars!

2 October

Approximately 2 a.m. in the morning, the storm strikes, though the sound is great, but didn't affect my sleep, we follow pig's alarm clock on time, Daniel dropped to $ 1.5 dumplings breakfast.

4: 25 I went to the balcony through the pouring rain to search for the driver of an appointment, but the sight of what was to be seen, not willing to also support umbrella looked down the stairs, encountered a visiting the shop assistant, he read my face exception. So back to the room reports that might be too much rain, the driver did not come, disappointed by the way, I took a look their watches, ... Ah! This little pig! ~ ~ Now at 3: 40! Your shit alarm clock ... simply not redeployed by slack! no wonder just shop and see me as a ghostly! continue to sleep.

At 4: 20 local time, get up again, rain or very large, the driver is already in the GUEST HOUSE at the door waiting for us, it's moving! now that everyone is raving, then start it.

TOTO in dawn in driving for about 10 minutes to get to the Angkor's ticket office, the rain had gradually stopped, we are at the earliest, photographed, wait about 15 minutes, get a three-day ticket, 40 USD/person.

Approximately 5: 20 and it came to the Angkor, day haven't lit, visitors arriving to Angkor where we start torch dancing before departure

Bought a large light torches, now all the torches in our strongest range also light up!

Was lit up, saw the Sun, not seen the Sun entity, but we've been around the architectural shake, evoking a dawn 1858, when France were herry on hacked after grueling hard suddenly see the five Lotus bud Tower pointed at that moment, he should have so strong a heart to heart! Angkor in the highest Temple is very challenging, there is a very steep stairs, some places even close to 80 degree slope, it is said that at the time of the stone steps of the width has for some years after 15CM of changes quickly, the current adventure can be imagined, but since you have come, or do you want to find a way to climb up, then the hands and feet, a full crawl pilgrimage attitude, no one can walk to see the immortal.

From Angkor, the next tour is BA Rong Temple of Bayon--is Palestine Baphuon Temple (in the maintenance, but the temple before the bridge is a good place to shoot) – air Palace Phimeanakas-Doig Wong Toi Terrace of the Leper King – gods Tower of the Elephant Terrace – 12 Prasat Suor Prats Tower Temple — South ' beicang North South Kleangs Kleangs &--victory gate Victory Gate-Tomah Lennon Temple Thommanom-week Thevoda Chau Say tevoda (renovated by China, and has a signature monuments thin can autographing)) – tea gel Temple Ta Keo-Darboux Ta Prohm Temple cage (Tomb Raider backlots)-ban Dai Banteay Kdei Kazan Te – Royal Bath Sras Srang-cardamom Prasat Kravan temple-mountain nesbakken finally to watch the sunset.

The deepest impression is the BA Rong Temple and Darboux cage Temple, the temple are relatively large, BA Rong Temple known as Khmer smile, daab cage Temple is a lively and intense wall tree for hegemony.

Pig on the two Temple in particular obsession that we in the ensuing two days again visited them.

Night to visit the legendary lucky restaurant, in fact, when we lived not far away, but before the wrong direction, so I couldn't find.

Can not rich exotic eating dishes like this, I and small pigs have been very satisfied with it, but Daniel, complaining about not eating in combination with mifepristone or flavor. Unique to placate his only the called SHAKE drink is ten kinds of fresh fruit with sugar and condensed milk and egg white hard SHAKE, it tastes really good, Daniel in Angkor's few days just couldn't leave it! I and pigs feel too tired too thick, it is better to eat fresh fruit came ten! Sultan

3 October

Today morning visit again to see the Sunrise Angkor, the same is 4: 30 departure, because the need to buy tickets, arrive at Angkor time earlier.

We are not going to stand at the gate entrance to see the Sunrise, but landed on top of Angkor Temple, which is closer to the Sun. Because arrived earlier and found that many local people live in Angkor, one to five, they like a bee fly out, people who live here is very simple, many people sleep in hammocks, no bedding or baggage, if it is not met in the morning, you will never believe this evening is a popular hotel, just a little bit because around no one lived. Remains the only solar, sunrise ... However, we have not disappointed, sitting in only black and white tones of Angkor, and slowly sinking into the history, enjoy it quietly wait for the process, they had enough.

Since yesterday arrived in Palestine-Rong Temple Bayon is nearing noon, heat plus camera is almost out of power, so that we do not have a look and take pictures, today decided to come out and then go straight to the Angkor Israeli Rong, finally catch up at 10: 00 am to see a complete (there is a tree, the Sun is out on the very hot)

The following new line is Pre Rup temple than grain-female Banteay Srei Royal Palace – high shore Kbal Spean Dobbs, walk east towards the afternoon back East Mebon-Tower's temple Ta Som – Beaulieu Neak Pean pond – Holy Temple of Preah Khan

The evening went lucky restaurant next to the hotel Hainan chicken, feeling slightly more expensive than lucky, but through adjacent table of customers discovered a bake House, a look that is better than the previous two days visiting dangkou strong, many varieties and fresh, while not as domestic brand shops, and some small neighborhood in quite the same, at least we have bread without peeling.

October 4

After two days of the pilgrimage, I and small pig's two legs hurts, when must fall down the stairs to walk before they feel better.

In fact, we usually can not lack of exercise, I and small pigs in the country, but every morning swim, although I prefer the shoddy work, something every day to maintain at least 1000 meters of physical activity.

In order to guarantee the quality of full-day trips, so today decided to rest for 2 hours in the morning, until 7 o'clock.

Learn not to see the Sunrise, giggle, Daniel, it's a good sleep l. meat guy, when at home every day to make insomnia and neurasthenia, out to it every night fighting fiercely sweet.

The next line is the roluos group Roluos Group Earth, respectively BA Kung Temple Bakong-the sacred Bull Temple of Preah Ko-Rollei Temple Lolei-last once again revisit cage Temple Darboux

Rapid daab cage Temple left when confronted by a thunderstorm, this season is the rainy season, but here's a rain Hula was, one day at best but 2, 3 hours, compared with my personality.

We stood in the doorway of the grottoes in the shelter from the rain, with the wind and the rain Thunder ears, Daniel began to stand out, asked me to come out of the car, he worried that the stones were not strong enough, fell to his head, watching him on Angkor so fear'S sake, I have reluctantly put the drivers to find, in my view, such a big rain, let drivers driving motor, inhuman and dangerous! open to urban areas, the driver finally put to rest too, so we waited for him in the car. Our drivers surname, fathers are Chinese, Wu drivers can only make a few simple Chinese, English does not write but simple session no problem. He told us that the driver of TOTO only him in a Chinese-American, but I don't believe it. He has two children, one daughter in Phnom Penh a all teach Chinese school, each semester tuition fees as long as 35 dollars. In Angkor TOTO car really good transport, cheap and cool, encountered rain, as long as the front and side curtain zipper draw, another big storm is impermeable to water, and because the car is moving forward, rear window is open, so don't feel suffocating. Daniel on the English driver NG admiration, excited, has told us that he wanted to Angkor on TOTO's wishes.

The rain stopped, we at Angkor 3 trips also has a close, the Pro, Wu driver to take us in Siem Reap pocket in a circle, bought some postcards and stamps, Siem Reap is noble in the vicinity of the post, although not many buildings, where the plan still can claim to have pretty decent.

Then go to the CAPITAL to buy tomorrow to go to Bangkok's bus pass, not expensive, 10 dollars per picture, you can sit for a whole day's car!

Evening to lucky when you actually encounter restaurant domestic friend cherry, Hei Hei, another town in nostalgia; it's not normal.

October 5,

Seven in the morning, a VAN to PICK UP our lives for our GUEST HOUSE receives a bus stop, originally scheduled for 7: 30 open car was delayed by 20 minutes, the whole car only our three Chinese.

This car than we to top of CAB also when ill, but I like the feeling as if his massage.

Drive to the midst of the tire is broken, a car of aliens happy underground into the car, approximately 1 and a half hours later, we are very happy ground return repaired car forward, forward, forward us the Sun, is insufficient, a little heat and air conditioning.

Driver car dock in front of a small restaurant, where the distance is close to the border, foreigners with nostalgia to Angkor, and completed in Cambodia last lunch.

In Cambodia country bump up 7 hours, 160 km, 2: 00 in the afternoon to the border, the whole car compatriots are different destinations are labelled.

Get off at the departure, Thailand, Cambodia, en someone instructs us to these labels ' arrival waiting points. Finally got on the bus to go to Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand border to a line of high-speed, 4 hours after the car arrived on the road.

Again LIVE GOOD GUESTHOUSE gates, cooked books.

The evening went to Bangkok's most famous Cabaret renyao performances, Calypso and then went to see the night Papon.

6 October

Morning walk with Daniel first went to Zheng Vidar, behind the Royal Palace by local ferry boat as long as the person and then 2B/is wofosi, two Temple are extremely rich reputation and Bangkok group visitors rarely frequented place, tickets in just one-tenth of the large Palace.

On the road at noon to D ' R US restaurant a meal, eat a rich mushroom Burger, refreshingly pasta, mixed vegetables, sweet and sour pork chop rice.

Get round, small pigs and Daniel at the moment a little flirt, it appears that if love between two long, also at night, old time is wrong Oh ... ...

11: 00, sat in the gate of the MAMA travel service to the airport, bus 45 minutes before 70B/person, than the first day of airport bus also cost-effective.

At 2: 40 random flying off the ground, good bye, see you in Bangkok!, happy trip!

Line design: three people, Daniel holiday minimum, only 7 days to plan, the initial itinerary is Guangzhou/Phnom Penh/Siem Reap (Angkor)/Phnom Penh/Guangzhou, Guangzhou/Phnom Penh fare approximately $ RMB2100/Phnom Penh/person, car or boat to Siem Reap, but I think this line comes too traditional, slightly higher ticket prices.

They took to map a study that found Siem Reap is located in Bangkok and Phnom Penh just in the middle of the Bangkok air tickets is famous for it's cheap, and Daniel also haven't been to Thailand, why not consider travelling from Bangkok? after analysis, the decision to choose Guangzhou to Bangkok to Siem Reap (Angkor) to Bangkok to Guangzhou, Guangzhou/Bangkok air ticket price is expected within the control of RMB 1200, Bangkok/Siem Reap by car or train in between.

Tickets: Historically, people think of Hong Kong travel to Bangkok air tickets is the lowest, at the end of July when I began to search for discount air ticket, Air Asia just discovered early in July, and was stationed in Macao launched a minimum 50 sheet 149MOP Macau/one-way ticket in Bangkok, two-way together just four, $ 500 RMB, but unfortunately I know when most of the tickets were sold out, but on Air Asia website checked, round trip price is still $ 900, because I don't have international credit card and cannot be purchased directly online, Guangzhou has not the airline agent, on 31 July, finally found the Zhuhai Sun travel agency to help out the 3 ticket, the ticket price is 968MOP/card, plus ticket tax 64MOP + Macau airport taxes only 1162MOP 130MOP, the exchange rate by 1.03 equivalent 1197/piece, in addition, each ticket booking fee is $ 100.

(Zhuhai Sun travel agency contact: Vincent Bosco, address: Zhuhai Gongbei Lianhua road, no. 232, Tel: 8898581, 13018475536)

Visa: a ever at home while running both Thailand and Cambodia visa, investigations found that the domestic for Cambodia visa need RMB300-350/person, while in Bangkok for only 20 dollars, even for the Thai-Cambodia border

Also just 1000B (combined RMB200), exit before we only in Guangzhou Office ready personal tourist visa, Thailand Thailand tourist visa only single, RMB 200/person. (Since our trip to 2 times in and out of Thailand, the Thai-Cambodia border also need to check for Thailand once again immigration, but this is way down the line. Personal Thailand visa application), the first morning submissions, the second afternoon you can get a visa, the visa information is as follows:

Thailand in Guangzhou Consulate General exhibition site: 368 huanshi Dong Lu, yuexiu district, Garden Hotel, 2nd floor, M07 room (510064)

Zip code: 510064

Phone: 83804277, 83338989

Fax: 83889959, 83889567

Information: tourist visa application form has a great photograph 1 inch, amount of no less than 10,000 Yuan of half-year certificate of deposit and one copy.

Units or neighborhood offices both in English and the original of the guarantee letter, have confirmed return air ticket and one copy of the passport and a photocopy of the Passport

Exchange: RMB exchange rate abroad is very low, so make sure only USD or $ trip, with a valid visa and ID can be any of the domestic largest banks Exchange 2000 dollars within the foreign currency.

1 USD = 40.5B = 4000R

Trip preparation: If you want to turn this line, before starting to work for their lessons.

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