One man's walk — to enter the Siem Reap Cambodia

23 January

Today morning sitting on the bus to Siem Reap, the visitor is not very much, six bars, other are local people.

Afternoon arrival at the destination, the first station stop and wait, those foreigners are off, I thought it was the terminus, ask the driver, he said that the Terminal is the old market, then I certainly is old market is up, anyway I want to live there.

A car, not tell Southeast Northwest, can't find the GH.

There are business drivers up la TUTUK, said free me to, I asked why, he said to me, his car to go to Angkor Wat. Haha, I like directly enough. So a good talking to him for three days tour Angkor including today to buy tickets to watch the sunset at $ 30, and on the fourth day to see the floating village, $ 5, you can also, at prices cheaper than Raiders on.

I wanted to live in GH, full.

In the driver's suggestion to another house GH, offer $ 15, after a long, hard bargain him down on the $ 12, for five days, you pay off the room rate of $ 60.

Angkor VAT is not very far, very quickly, but also the sales admission time tomorrow, to five points, boring wait.

Met a mother and daughter from Guangzhou, small talk for a moment, his daughter was dutiful, every year the band mother out go go, most of the time, my daughter really better than a son.

I bought three-day ticket, tickets $ 40, really special, with its own large head on in the face.

Bought tickets to attractions, above, a few minutes to the main attractions – Angkor Wat. The driver told me that this is the place to watch the sunset, but after I went in to get to didn't even notice the book said to watch the sunset of mountain nesbakken, dares not found, look at the sunset bar, Angkor Wat. Angkor VAT is also a beauty of sunsets, Ying to all stones are gold red, sunset of Angkor VAT more mysterious. Because I just want to find a mountain nesbakken, and even my inside an hour was in no mood to discover the beauty of Angkor Wat, tomorrow, and tomorrow I will come back.

Back to the hotel has six thirty, I did not see the sun rise, but the driver and I explain the next morning at half past five came to meet me, it seems to see Angkor Wat Sunrise is each to Angkor visitors select.

You see, tonight, early night chant of a deal.

In the street and eat something random, 2.75 USD, in Cambodia is everywhere with dollar, not-for-local currency are no problem, there is a dollar.

Sad for the Cambodian Government, but in their own local currency using other countries!

24 January

They got up at five o'clock, in order to see the legendary Angkor VAT sunrise.

Sitting in a TUTU, blowing in the cold, feeling a little chilly, but fortunately I had prepared with a thin coat.

When you arrive at Angkor Wat, everywhere is up early to catch the Sunrise of a visitor, looking for his favourable position to watch the sunrise and sacred.

Still under the hood in the night, Angkor Wat, the obscure in even more mysterious.

Tour to talk to the people make the voices, as if the depression is afraid of waking are still asleep on it. Take advantage of the Sun hasn't come out, I seize the time to shoot a few dusk of Angkor.

May be I am really black, all visitors of luck together couldn't get my unlucky, Oriental slightly boiled white when the sky was light floating up!, today's Sunrise to Clark.

People still sticking to his own position, looking forward to sign, and I've decided to give up, take advantage of a moment of quiet now rare, early morning swim, Angkor Wat.

At the moment of Angkor VAT in very quiet, I slowly step broken step walk in every corner in the cave.

I did not want to know how much of the history of the Angkor, do not try to understand, because it is so demanding and very boring, just before the railroad's departure has seen a little bit of information, know it now has nine years of history, it's built as it is to become the Kingdom of Angkor century a King after rest place although it is already the King of completed one hundred years after the first 50 years, Angkor Empire decline and the capital Phnom Penh, it buried in the jungle under the sleep nearly four hundred years until 100 years ago was a France found it and return to world vision. I just want to slowly in the known as the seven wonders of the world's buildings, with their own footsteps to measure their own heart to feel. The walls surrounding the cloisters carving on stunning to tell two India story of the great epic, but I have not the knowledge nor the patience to read.

Walk in the dark corridor, lovingly has erected in this nearly a thousand years of stone, will still be able to feel the 900 years ago here busy and prosperous, but look beyond that into a ruin, but let people strongly feel worn down cold.

Contradictions. In fact, it was all about life, successful moments, moments of failed, handsome and lonely, brilliant and desolate, Angkor VAT! a person experienced in the past, in the presence of history — insignificant! want to see Angkor, magical, I represent only their own, it's also just described is Khmer, but also this!!

In the early morning of Angkor VAT is suitable for a walk, quiet ears only birds.

Walk slowly, Angkor Wat, Angkor slowly feeling, feeling myself slowly, slowly, slowly felt past to visualize future, sitting on the edge of the stone, Angkor Wat. A thousand people in the early morning of Angkor will have a thousand kinds of feelings, however, declined by more than one tour. I like this view. Because, one more walk will result in mutual exchanges, mutual exchanges would cut off my own unique feel.

Drizzle had stopped, the clouds have scattered cloud, the Sun has a broad smile, more human, gradually, the whole Angkor VAT begins to boil.

Suitable for idle time has passed, I quit the Angkor Wat to the next station.

Way too many too many stone city, I-climb of each walk-by-one by one to feel that people are tired but still feel worth it, because in every stone town you can feel it

Unique in the past.

Each stone town is dedicated to a God, next to each God would someone holding incense in waiting, each holding incense next to wait for God will put the incense gave each a God of visitors next to visit them to worship God, and every time I will refuse.

Is not begrudge me that oil money, simply because, I think, if it's a spirit, it will not let its dynastic decline, if it's a spirit, it will not let it yourself in the tropical rainforest of buried down sleeping four hundred years, if it's a spirit, it will not let Angkor city become like this.

Now, I believe in the power, now, I only believe in yourself!

25 January

Early morning drivers waiting at the gate on time, on the bus, feeling a little head reeling, should not rest well.

In Siem Reap, the first night, I do not know why not sleep last night, is also very late, two at the end of the day only slept for about six hours, the now impoverished.

Back Hotel yesterday afternoon, the driver asked me this morning at six o'clock, good thing I don't want to see the Sunrise, nine, or else, today is my subject.

After a day of the Sprint yesterday, today into the attractions at the door, even a bit does not want to get off, maybe a little tired, perhaps like a book that had a little taste shenmeipilao.

In addition to the early morning, each attractions are basically crowded feeling as though of, returned to his home, because everywhere speak Mandarin or Cantonese, too much, probably accounted for about 70 percent of the tourists, is with the group, now people are rich, with tours running over the world.

Sometimes, in some places, really do not want to come across too many compatriots because we went out to play like the crowds, and then a loud noise, hee hee 闹闹 's, I think that at some point some place, or should be quiet. From this trip abroad up to now, I feel the most like in the country, is here. In this 20-day, met many separate walk of Westerners, but had never met lone Chinese, perhaps we are more accustomed to the herd. In the Chinese tourists, both of the two together three walking not many, are basically team. Occasionally people ask me, are you? I answer Yes. Hear my answer, usually he will reveal the surprising expression, and then asked again: difficult to you feel boring? I will smile and shook his head to answer: not stuffy! Jessica is lonely, can also be understood that free and freely, I think so. I like a person free walk.

In Angkor Wat, if you are in a hurry or think provinces point tickets and car money, take some time, actually a day can bring major attractions in the finish.

For example, yesterday I set out to see the sunrise at half past five, then take advantage of the early morning people rarely walk at Angkor Wat. Finished after in Angkor city look like war Payan Temple-monument-Palace-air Palace-epileptic Wang altar-week tevoda-Tomah Parthenon-Tabb Horyu-ji Temple patch Dai Sakti-Royal Bath-tea gel Temple-temples than grain, to this end, the time of day trips are the half past two in the afternoon, halfway I also ate in the restaurant about forty minutes, but beyond that, I did not break. After you went to the driver at home playing with his son play. But today's itinerary is nine, very casual, Holy Temple-Lung Poon pool-Tower's temple-East Buon Temple-female Palace-cardamom temple-mountain nesbakken watch the sunset. Today's time and don't rush, very loose, but tomorrow, on the third day of the attractions are very time, do not look at all the same. If there is only one time, according to personal preferences to get rid of a few and not too important attractions, one day can go through, but it is not possible to rest along the way, one will be very tired! in one day walk, a precondition is that everything is very cursory. So, if you want to lounge points or want to get a feel for the traces of time, to two days or more, if you are a bit interested in the study of the Angkor's history and architecture, that is at least a week.

Today for lunch, because yesterday's experience so I didn't eat, just go to drink a coconut, in small spots at the door, not expensive, a 2000R.

But yesterday was in Royal Bath next to the so-called family restaurant to eat, I have two individuals with the driver, he was a fried rice, I am a simple meal, two bottles of Coke, just something that YUCKY and expensive, $ 11. By the way, explain, in General, the car is here, do not eat, drivers I see all the drivers are waiting outside the restaurant, and I would be especially good (Oh, face a little red) so I asked the driver for dinner (in fact, it is because I feel that my drivers were very nice). The mountain nesbakken, drivers may be hungry, he went to buy the features of bamboo meal in Cambodia, I ate a, taste good. Watching the sunset, I say that invites drivers to eat Chinese food, let him take me to, so we got to the old local restaurants (Note: the restaurant does not have the Chinese signs, the original name was old Hong Kong restaurant, Chinese signs, Westerners have not to eat, business, so the boss Chinese deleted, now the name of the shop is the old town).

The boss is Malaysia Chinese living in Germany, and Germany in thirty years after the divorce his wife in order to find a second spring so to Siem Reap, speak German, English, countries, four language, or one of the restaurant chef, cooking level is good, the taste is very suitable for Cantonese, worthy of recommendation.

This meal can eat drivers yelling fun, he kept saying "I LIKE CHINESE FOOD!" we want to six bottles of wine, I four he II, but his drink indeed small, two bottles of already made him yunhuhu.

January 26,

Today or nine, just as I expected, today Barolo's group of three stone city really is not good, not worth watching!

According to the book's introduction, today, in fact, you can also go to Litchi Hill, high Boothe bin and collapse of dense column, but it was

I understand that these three places not only distance (all drivers will be required together with the money to go around to around US $ 25) to expensive tickets, and the scenery and architecture are all normal, so I give up. I was the fourth of the floating village of genius to arrive today.

Noon arrival Tonle Lake.

At my request, the driver took me to a driver is a simple meal in a small restaurant, a fish soup, steamed chicken (all let drivers point, I don't understand Cambodian), taste good, $ 6.

Meals, ready Charter to see floating village.

According to my belt of the thrifty tours all over the world on the Raiders, Charter prices probably in every hour between 5-8, but I have to ask the box office, gave me a big jump, the asking price of $ 30 per far out!!!!!!, I walked out of the box office, it was up to chat up, say at least 20 dollars to let me ship out packages. But I still think it is too expensive, so a short hour and a half, and lake water charges are mud yellow, absolute value, so don't feel select withdrawal

Sit on the bus, on the way to Siem Reap to go back to is about to open hundreds of meters, suddenly come to my heart.

Ask the driver to really be so expensive? drivers say, or you try in ticket sales over there, and so on, if there are two or three individuals go by boat of fit, you can and they form a team that may just $ 15. I thought, also $ 15 book writing is? 5-$ 8, I can only be out $ 10 to go again! and ticket office.

It was not long before really until the fit, two pairs of lovers in the West, a couple of Singapore.

The ticket office on Singapore couple asking price of at least $ 20 per person, on the other two on Western couples price of at least $ 25 per person, each arrangement of a ship, three pairs of couples are great for the price, because they all, with books in their book on are just $ 10! and box office ticket sold is not written on the price, but no charges around the number of announcements, then they will argue with ticket office. The box office last stand is whoever the lowest price is 20 per person, no longer is the time to low! I came, I went over and they said to chat up, and they formed four League forces and see if I can keep the price down, they have agreed and sent me to represent and ticket office. Oh my Mama! English worst actually became the representative!!

I told staff that now our seven-person, $ 10 per person, for a total of 70 Yuan, as long as a boat, what he said no.

I say you will get, if we are separate from seven persons, three pairs of lovers all 40 boat, I am a 20-element a boat, the price is $ 140 in total, more than our seven boat price only $ 70 more, but I have to send three ships, the more waste AH!! and our books on writing clearly is $ 10 per person, our books are not old old, are the 2009 Edition of Ah, you want to cheat us? staff after listening to my words began to talk of interpretation to the effect that: in a couple of months ago you sure or $ 10 per person will be able to ship the package to see a floating village, at that time were fishermen personal business, everybody fight off debate was very ill, many fishermen taking not to live with the price to the vicious competition, unfair, and finally get to everyone's life. Now, they are the collective formed a company, unified price, each to a group of people on a boat, fishermen, rotation, and ensure that each ship is able to guests, while you seven distinct is not up to four people, so we must give you arrange four boat, your body cool we these poor fishermen!

Saying so, no way, three pairs of couples are silent, in considering whether to also go to see.

At the ticket office inside the people are very bad for us said: do not want to leave here by boat to hear this word!!, I decided to completely give up.

Just stepped out of the box office, another staff but took me saying "my friend, you go?" and I said I want to go, not see, he said to give you a special price, $ 15, go or not? I thought about it and promised.

He said you follow me, but you do not, and other six people said. Just finished the original negotiations with me that staff with Singapore couple out, he said another staff, and so on, and then said to me: I see you are Chinese (because he heard I had and Singapore couples said in Chinese), let your on the same boat, $ 15 per person. Oh, the original bargain is outside the box office!

Tonle of water in this season is really bad, the size of the floating village, did not think big, if you have ever been to Viet Nam's Mekong River market or Zhu Tuk water they have seen, it is recommended that you do not see a floating village, I personally feel that Viet Nam there than here in the scale to large to look good, but the floating village of fishermen, most of which came from Viet Nam.

In the floating village special is there are many children saw some tourists, will be led by their mother in her neck wrap a snake (should be a Python) rowed to the perch fishing rafts, called the tourists to take pictures, shoot them dead after could ask you for money, US $ 1, but I just gave 1000R.

In fishing rafts on tour after the departure of fellow asked us not to look at the water school, Singapore couple say good, man also said that around the school, to school children with a gift, and that is what the job of this, pencil, because people here are poor, needs to have the kind of help, and a tourists buy would buy 40, because there are forty children in schools.

Singapore couple slight consideration asked buy those jobs this much with pencil, the young man said that they do not know, send asks you to store your own.

To the shop: 40 this exercise books and 40 pencils in total to $ 25! Wow, it is well past Rob Ah how young man!!!!! does not know the price, but is afraid of visitors heard the price even shops do not dare come on!! Singapore couple or rich, slightly behind the consideration

They'll do good work and talk. Then he said to me, eh, knew to call you in the continent to help come up with dot, not so expensive, hehe! Singapore fellow good deeds, and me only remaining district five dollars, I dare not do anything.

Shop next to the school (it can be selected locations, is not just waiting for tourists to AZ? I think), a boat, a school board, a seemingly principals come over and we shook hands, said a few words of the introductory words, let us sit down.

After I just sit quietly sit motionless, Singapore couple asked me how to shoot kids? you just fishing rafts are gathered in the film, I said, in fishing rafts on I mainly use a telephoto lens shoot, don't you see a visitor in the presence of several children's side beat them, and they are they swarm like around money? fishing rafts on ten children, is so confusing, it is 40 Ah, how dare you call me? I can not move any money they laughed and asked the President to take pictures like money, principals say don't, after listening to take pictures of my finally assured.

From school to return to our sailing boat, the young man suddenly said to me that a sentence of Cambodia, I was taken aback for a face, Singapore couple quick to explain that we are all Chinese people, young man who said to me in English, if you look a lot like Cambodian people, Ah, I also think you are their guide! Oh, really weird, I in Viet Nam, when they say I am now in Viet Nam, Cambodia and to the locals as the Cambodian people, and I'm really so like Southeast Asia? it was not long before man told us that you want to give you a family on board a photo shoot? Halo, what became the son of Singapore couple couples also busy Singapore?: this is my brother!

Near the pier, the young man said he was going to school in the morning, the afternoon to meet your domestic departure, a month before twenty dollars wage are mainly by tourists give tips to live, MD, and money to the Singapore couple heard!! just said to me that we give on the line, you don't give up, and they gave the LAD 5 dollars.

Alas, the floating village down through, only to accumulate money, like Singapore couple say, this place will come only once! back to shore, and Singapore couple cross left a contact that will have the opportunity to go to the other side of the city to visit each other, they said to me: I'm very happy to meet you, HA HA, this couple pretty good, I am also very pleased to meet you!

Back to the city after the ATM took 60 dollars, –out with drivers, and then back to the room to rest.

In the evening a man to foreigners Street TEMPLE restaurant Cambodia dishes, super nice, can't eat, consume 8 dollars.

27 January

What does today, and in room slept until one o'clock.

Didn't sleep last night, watching a couple of years ago in photos, to honour the past till morning.

Up to the street around the weather remains so hot.

Bored with Zhang ICBC card to ATM try withdrawing money, you can remove the generous Oh, and wealthy, and in fact would not understand my ICBC card already overdrawn ultra line why continuing to take us dollars.

Want to shoot some Street, suddenly found the camera does not, not Coke, bad! find tree sit under a tree, then wunong, half an hour or not, dial-a-friend, do not know how it happened.

The camera is broken, the next journey? anxious, run back to the room to try again. Put on a telephoto lens, everything is normal, that is a normal focal length of the lens there is a problem. To change back to a normal lens, empty so hear smacked, you can use the, Oh, was shot to dirt stuck.

Last night, tried the best street food tonight can not dare to go, or go to the old local food.

Point a roast meat fried vegetables, and eat with the boss edges. In fast finish eating, he saw the driver. He has come to the hotel to find me, but I'm not in, he thought I may have to the same place, just come and see. He brought a book on the English books, Angkor VAT is one of his friends to send him to the United Kingdom, now he said to my daughter, my daughter learn English can read this book you can come here to play, and live to his home, all free, Oh, dear friend! he also sent a set of postcards, Angkor Wat, write a lot of words, but I haven't completely see. Then I invited him to play a free meal.

Here published his phone, a good one indeed.

Sophea,(885)085269006

28 January

Continuation of yesterday, today and in the afternoon only leisure of bed, onto the streets of strolled casually.

In the old market stroll around, suddenly think of the long time haven't bought gifts for home, it is better this time buy anything here.

Buy water cloth, at least in Cambodia is one of the staff. Pick two, one is silk, one is hand-weaving, is said to be three days to complete. After some bargain, and finally to 3 Yuan and $ 4.

Back to the hotel, hotel near GH booked acquired to Vientiane ticket, $ 50, listening and speaking to over 20 hours.

In the evening, about the Khmer Tai sopgea together to the restaurant. As it turns out, both in small stalls or advanced restaurant Cambodia dishes are not suitable for me, the super sweet! here's a beer to $ 3 a bottle, is a luxury meal.

Dinner followed by sophea to experience the local nightlife, karaoke.

Sing K is here by the hour, $ 3 for one hour, one day, our wines to drink is a Netherlands beer, 3.5 Yuan a large bottle, playing for two hours, the consumer is not expensive, the environment, long-term has two attendants in it services, do not have to pay. By the way, there are Chinese songs.

> 29-1

Today is the last day of Cambodia, or sleeping lanjiao, continue to leisure.

For some reason, the air conditioning in the morning they stopped, as if there is no power, no network or for no reason at all, so go out and ask what happened.

The network is no way that air conditioning is the hotel owner in order to save electricity to all the air conditioning always switch to off, I used to ask over and over again.

Walk East on the street around the West and then back to the room will film, no boring talk to six, and at the hotel door sophea waiting.

There is nothing to be selected, or to the old local food, the price is moderate meals.

Books, Siem Reap is a recreation of the city, many people prefer to stay here, a stay is one month and a half months.

But my feeling is that during the day, Siem Reap is like a dead city, static, nothing, only at night is a bit of energy, by all visitors. The city does not have any special attractive scenery, the Siem Reap River small is also dirty very, very high consumption, do not know whether there are so many people prefer to stay here, or book in the making? if you give me a choice, I would choose in Viet Nam casually a I've been to.

After dinner, take me back to the hotel sophea.

Go to hotel the lanes of the crossing, he asked me whether I was directly back to the hotel or in the city one look. I said that up to you. He said, or the first one and then back to the hotel, after all, today is your last day of Siem Reap, tomorrow morning you will go. Yes, tomorrow morning is not simply leaving Siem Reap, Cambodia and is left, turn right, then a circle, told me in Cambodia's only friend.

Tomorrow, went away to Laos.