Phnom Penh-Angkor tour (1)-photo

Prelude:

Frankly, the idea of initiation to Cambodia, only from companies Germany CEO's words: "Angkor Wat is the miracle of God for mankind!" since dark cave on five brother bear sentiment.

The beginning of the year when colleagues phase invited to accompany the Spring Festival in 2008, not without any hesitation, instantly would yingnuo. Mid-November a lunch time, the co-worker not regret to say that ctrip online hang out Cambodia 8 6 nights free line of ultra low price: $ 3337, unfortunately, enter 3, rejected. Afternoon landing ctrip, which left two places, I flew to call her husband, was asking for his advice, but my voice is almost no discussion, so the call to inform more appropriate. The afternoon did sign up, then provide for fear of ctrip fee-free hotel accommodation is too low, your own and add 100 pieces a day, finally, plus two visa fees, 10 million insurance policies, the total spend 4131 yuan/person.

Like the previous outing as before, I began to make up their lessons, one after downloading some Cambodia travels and Raiders.

As time is imminent, the mood became the excitement and tension, perhaps more tension and anxiety, after all, you want to go is a few years ago had a brutal civil war, it is said that the situation is now quite subtle. Thought, tensions are used as woman I, later I discovered before the husband more than I would also like to stress that her daughter had even to the necessary explanation, it is not surprising that the daughter on the day of departure in the morning went to school ran into our bedroom in my forehead kiss a note, you know, she seems unconcerned, the extensive character like a guy. In Cambodia, daughter sent SMS: "MOM and dad, me and my grandmother is boring, you come back!", we came back, we much at that time she was worried that instead of complaining.

Day 1 Shanghai-Phnom Penh (Phnom Penh)

December 5, 8 p.m. we took the flight to Shanghai Airlines ' FM833 in time to take off, carrying us to leave the dark clouds of winter flights to my swaying me yearning, coconut groves of warm country.

Along the way, the plane still not get out of the fetters of airflow, almost right beside to fly to the capital city of Phnom Penh, Cambodia's four-hour short voyage like this seems like a year, usually in my bed early time, a rib-like tightening of clockwork strained, afraid to close my eyes, my little life at a dream made. Experience nothing, so go on, it may be too lacking something. Road is usually a fear of machines with husband all the way to eat sleep, a pair of unperturbed. As the aircraft landing, a hanging heart finally caught. Airport customs of the lobby only our flights and, therefore, appear to be empty, each out of the gate are ranked by eight passengers, as the Raiders on a Phnom Penh customs officials to obtain reports on visitor tips, so pay special attention to several visitors in front of the door when customs officials of their hands and everything.

In my previous two men apparently suit is on mission to this, one looks after customs officials has been reluctant to release him, so he stood in front of me, my colleagues were clearly let his colleagues on the meaning of the first help, then see that they are two small denomination bills sent to the counter after extending from the other.

It was my turn, I wilful vision from that officials face, like the same distance to the Airport pick up mouth look round. The officials seem to be very reluctant to do so, the last in my passport copy a chapter, motioned me traffic. Husband has become a leader not exploit, we take it for granted summed up the three become privileged reasons: 1. Passport visa records show that we are well informed and tourists. 2. our into guandan is completed in English. 3. we avoid and customs officials to do eye Exchange, let him difficult to open.

Out of the airport rental car points only two or three cars, the car that no one, no night car lamps, looked around before we see two or three locals came towards us, the asking price of $ 9, according to the strategy proposed on $ 7 a counter-offer and does not work, see other visitors also come towards us, her husband out of patience, urging me to not only has lost interest, taking into account the near midnight (11: 30 local time), end 8 dollar deal.

Because still dressed in winter, so get on the train will soon feel feverish, signed drivers open air conditioning, he could not understand, simply roll down the window slightly, just out of the airport, see someone waving, the driver stopped the car, the door is opened, a little strong for the local people on the bus, heart hanging up and do anything to do with drivers with robbers. The man and the driver said the sentence was a breeze to the rear seat, was the driver opened the air conditioning. Take the opposite or glide vehicle shot from outside the faintly visible light, low flat 0005, or between one or two and domestic class this gas station scans, this can hardly seem to travel in China, a township, that familiar feeling I experience the uneasy calm a little. Approximately 20 minutes later, the car stops at a crossroads of a building before, look up the Windows from the window to go out of the wind, Holiday Villa a few English words jumped into my eyes and heart really is a great relief.

The front desk reception is a tall, dark complexion, see I produced ctrip single, he took out a table, let me fill in name, to me a piece of open digital locks of magnetic cards.

To him the other asked Mae public express ticket, he said through the hotel booking, a ticket for $ 10, and asked him Duke hotel is Mae express line at far, he said that there were some distance, you can take a Tuk Tuk, buy tickets only have 6 dollars, air conditioning, toilets, car and offer a free breakfast. Then he passing sentence, you can take the g.s.t to Siem Reap, station, next to the central market, walk for 15 minutes. His kindness to me without shyness a request-to help us confirm 11 from Phnom Penh to Shanghai ticket, this time he face difficult color, say he 7, improper class in the future. Our room on the second floor, large enough, like her husband said, bed space much can dance, room and bathroom facilities enough domestic four-star standard, TV with satellite antenna, you can watch the Phoenix TV, and central one and four. The room although rely on the street, but sound good, don't hear noise from the street. Considering the second morning rush hour after departure, will sleep right after.

Day 2 Phnom Penh-Siem Reap (Phnom Penh-Siem Reap)

The hotel's morning call service at 6 o'clock will we wake up on time, take the lift down to the first floor, the restaurant early.

Breakfast variety many, the rare is a congee and assorted pickles, it seems to Cambodia travel of the Chinese people or many Asians, even the hotel breakfast also took into account the characteristics of the service. Of course even more attractive to the eye of the husband is the breakfast on the various tropical fruits.

After breakfast, we brought a suitcase full of winter clothes lockers at the hotel.

Just out of the hotel door, a tricycle on the local people pointed at his car towards us shout: Tuk Tuk, meant to go to g.s.t station, see see carry two pieces of baggage, decided to leave for the drivers offer 3 dollars, based on the experience provided by Raiders put price controls on the driver $ 1.5 promise though, but the boss's reluctance. The car straight after about 150 m, then turn left out of twenty or thirty meters suddenly stopped, docking drivers finger next to the bus, to the station has arrived, so why don't they just now regrets come, let the TukTuk drivers cut qisheng of a knife. G.s.t fare is only $ 4.5, go to Siem Reap the earliest bus is 6: 45 am, then every one hour, departure until 12: 30 pm, when we bought tickets already miss the earliest classes, but to buy 7: 45 departure by the next shift. Know why you should eat a good breakfast leisurely Tuk. Because it is still early departure time, I took the camera in a circle around and found a 30 m-shaped expanded yellow building is the central market. But there are other g.s.t nearby bus station head, like Capitol, 168, they all have to Siem Reap. Distance driving time approx. 10 minutes, the frequency of the passengers began to get on the train, the car seat spacing is very broad, the car's passengers despite the colour vary, but in the body of the costumes and short words can tell, most visitors to Angkor Wat. 6 hours by car, of which dock twice, so that passengers answering. At the first station head dockable, get bought a coconut, 1500 real (1 US dollar = 4000 Riel), see an overhead pallet-hawking fried spiders of local women, her husband asked me if I have the courage to try, although I have been to gourmets claim, but see this horrific black big spider, or pour a breath of air. Furthermore, newcomers to, in case of difficulty adjusting, eat bad stomach, that next trip will not enjoy. A road car TV has been working at full capacity, which let a Kung Fu film starring Jet Li, Hong Kong and Taiwan, other times on the Cambodian language singing of MTV, mostly describe love, most of the passengers on board, to release TV Sleepy's music is simply the best lullaby.

Car to Siem Reap is 1: 45, 6 hours, this time as foretold, the car hasn't stopped, a help with brand of locals are great care, thenightbeingdarkandfrosty around the car, a young, meimuqingxiu face sticker on the window, finger on the hand grip of the cards.

Get off the bus from place luggage suitcase, a group of people surrounding me a crush of visitors, noticed my luggage in the boot of the innermost, one with fluent English motioned to me to the other side of the car to luggage, because the other side of the door will open. Take the luggage, next to me more and more people around, while tending to the English well, but the husband has identified earlier in the first sight of the boy.

TukTuk car with our travel reservation Hotel Somadevi (Willow hotel), a road, the hotel is lined with hotels, street side of the stall one by one, full of tourist cities, but to be honest, Siem Reap economies of scale and urban features more like China's mainland small cities, bustling degree or even no match for the Shanghai Anting new town.

The hotel location is very good, Siem Reap's old market (the Old Market) and not far away, add notes scheduled hotel, fancy it travel convenient geographical location to stay, I found the hotel services and facilities than we imagined.

Do Check in, place luggage, I just find and her husband down contains the TukTuk drivers we talk about the next few days itinerary and car rental costs, said good in lobbies, but lost his sight, out of the hotel, only to find him in a corner of the hotel changyuan. I will achieve it recommended a best line and his counsel, found his English is very limited, suddenly felt discouraged, recommendations to the husband off after addition of fare just for a drivers. The good husband advised me not to worry, slower, try to use simple sentences told him that this trick really worked, very kind, the next three-day basic copying, the price is good talking to him — a three-day package fare of $ 40, service was good and the other tips. And talk to him about good afternoon 4: 30 and then come to meet us to buy tickets, after Angkor to mountain nesbakken (Phnom Bakheng) to watch the sunset, the fare is $ 1.5.

5 minutes ahead of the stairs, discover our driver is waiting there, garage and a quarter of an hour later, we arrived at the Angkor tickets pre-sale.

There are three types of tickets, points 1, 3 and 7-day three, the price difference is 20, 40, 60 dollars, we buy is three days tour. RowTo me, is informed prior preparation of inconvenience due to crop the photo. A shexiang head alignment I took photos, after ticket sales lady gave me a card with a photograph, hit two holes pass and inform projects, opening hours, and other considerations. Travel to mountain nesbakken, encountered many dressed in a white coat, dark blue pants or skirt of children, although there is no Chinese child skin white, but each features bright, large and bright eyes. They either hand in twos, or riding a bicycle from my eyes cross, the afternoon sun through the streets of trees, according to them, the harmony of nature and human formation in a simple and beautiful scenery. On the way to the mountain nesbakken Angkor way (Angkor Wat), very far is Angkor facades in the moats of reflection, cross the street side of the lawn to the River to take photos, the tops were large venom ant bite a sharp pain. Fear not to sunset mountain nesbakken, hastily-made two photos. Angkor is in front of the bridge on the station full of tourists, have no time, hurry up and went to the mountain nesbakken.

The entrance has a local band playing, but leave the visitors admire and up the Hill on the way visitors experience the mountain, thought might have come late, about 20 minutes later, the arrival on the day of the mountain nesbakken, compared with thick clouds, Sun or reveal the small faces, very short, peak is one of the remnant walls basks Palace break walls, above the steep stairs, or sitting or standing holding full viewing sunset tourist, listen to a previously visited Angkor's colleagues say he to mountain nesbakken, a band at the top of the Hill, there are barbecue project, very interesting, so that's how many rows the mountain nesbakken let me disappointed.

Film not to sunset, the husband had the lens at the Palace on a row of the soles of the feet down empty, sits watching's European girls, to be honest, this may be our day in mountain nesbakken sees the only bright spot, after the photos also showed that they did indeed constitute a Vista line.

The mountain, it was already dark when the torch from China were Vilanculos, later in Angkor and Royal baths at sunrise, flashlight all play a role, so you can see how the previous homework!

Back to the hotel along the way, that our drivers called "Ho" (Hau), Siem Reap locals.

And he arranged the second day 5 am meet us to Angkor at sunrise, and let him take us directly to the old market. For lunch in India restaurant eat late and eat, that we did not have dinner in the old market, only to become familiar with the terrain, found online is highly respected by the red piano bar (Red Piano), Dead Fish night club, Beijing dumplings, etc. Overall feeling Siem Reap's old market and Yangshuo Western Street very similar, is full of restaurants, bars, restaurants spread retaining and shops selling souvenirs, shuttle during the pedestrian tourists, and 90 percent are mostly blond European beauty. We are going back to the hotel, the journey took 10 minutes to the hotel opposite the night I called the gears a Fruit Shake-banana ice sand (a tropical fruit, honey, condensed milk and ice mixed with fruit made drinks mixer) asking price 6000 real, her husband is a fried rice noodles, 4000 Riel, equivalent to 1 US dollar.

Day 3

Route: Angkor Sunrise (Angkor Wat)-BA Rong Temple (Bayon) – battle tower (Terrance of Elephants) – Tomah Lennon Temple (Thommanon) – week tevoda (Chao Say) – Tabb cage (Ta Prohm) – ban Dai UC Te (Banteay khdei)-Angkor sunset

When we 4: 45 came out from the hotel, Hao has been waiting there, his sincere let me on her husband's previous select secretly admire.

In the early hours of the Siem Reap also in deep sleep, the urban areas along the quiet, faintly visible a few private gears before the light on. In passing through Angkor ticket office, Ho-this can be straight, but intends to drive to the road side of the ticket office dedicated portal. After a few days, he passed all of this, it seems to me that such a formalistic not too honest, Hao? or attractions Department rules provided? I have been very confused, and later also forgot to Hao verification. Into the portal, on the way-tree road cover more quiet, tree lined with pale straw, occasionally two or three Department carrying tourists passing from around TukTuk. In the early hours of sitting in traffic by TukTuk or cold, and wore a long-sleeved jacket, but knee shorts will be half leg exposed, so let the husband leg cover in their legs against cold winds.

In front of a cycling pants caught my eye, thought were early locals, close look closely, but a young American woman, not by the dark pick my thumb.

The main gate of Angkor bridge on administrator is a handheld flashlight, a check visitors pass, go inwards, countless torch of light and shadow on the ground, the bird's voice is not heard of just kick kicking down constantly.

Come to the famous Angkor, find a heap of pool to watch the Sunrise of a favorable terrain, sit down and wait. Angkor-five signs a heap of Tower quietly stands in front of a heap of pool, has not receded night give it nameless mystery, as it grew, the tower was a heap of flap faintly visible, a heap of Tower on the left side of the sky red clouds began to soar, but always looking forward to "salted" jumped out from Ella, next to a house through ctrip to this tour of three people kept sigh, in particular the daughter of repeated nagging her colleagues in Angkor saw the Golden sunrise. Wait until the sun broke through the cloud layer was head, the sky was light, solar light reflection in a heap of Tower is on the side of a temple, it seemed to it with a golden yellow coat, satWhere to watch the Sunrise visitor also bathed them, become a landscape.

As the crowd out of Angkor, under a big tree to find waiting for quite some time, began a day of travel.

Car pass south gate to enter online at the CityGuide to say small circle, line, Ho pointed to a few doors, only one stone and Tower Palace ruins that BA Rong Temple, and finger around said, there are other attractions around – baphuon (Baphuon), the battle tower (Terrance of Elephants) and dirty Wong Toi (Terrance of the Leper King), etc.

Is this the famous seat of "smiling? I Khmer" is very surprised.

At 7 a.m. local time, Louisa was always scarce, tourists along Flagstone paving step upward, tales of 49, Buddha pagoda in front of show from (hotel offers travel manual record is 37, specifically a few, few up a bit more difficult, it's because these pagodas or alike). The Lighthouse is a stone carving of four on each side with a kindly, smile big face Buddha statues, for means to always debating their views. Some say it the laughing Buddha, one representative said that it represents a Mahayana Buddhist Compassion compassion I, others say that it is the bodhisattva and Jayavarman VII of the Khmer Empire mixed incarnate. In fact, the history of BA Rong Temple is King Jayavarman VII established State Temple, in many respects represents a massive Jayavarman VII has reached its pinnacle building campaign. To a certain extent, it became a new architectural style. Morning sun on each pagoda, the combination of light and shadow that Smiling Buddha surface more lively, more serene!

Baphuon Temple located at the BA Rong, surrounded by the left side of the wrapped scaffold reported.

Although according to hotel travel guide describes, the temple portion of opening up, but because of their appearance is not very common, fame, coupled with the repair, it did not go in and visit. It is located at baphuon front warfare Tower is still very worthwhile. Battle Tower high 2.5 m, 300 m long platform with walls of carved elephant, warriors, dancers, and other fine relief, relief is said to be part of Jayavarman VII, King of your own design, a thousand years ago to become King of the elephants must ride in the battle tower fought a winner, to win the King of all ages. Battle Tower, North East, relief, here's the best time to take photos is at noon.

Doig Wong Toi is located in the northern war like Taiwan, according to unofficial history records that his master had been suffering from leprosy, called dirty now stay just one covered with trees, gaotai look like really like a head long sore head Doig.

This ring Pocket down, probably spent an hour and a half, next, Hao carry us through the link of the capital's victory gate.

Through Empire city also known as Angkor (Angkor Thom), pass in the Cambodian language is "large" mean, Angkor-Angkor Empire is in fact the last capital of Jayavarman VII, to move to the next, opened and started throughout the Kingdom's infrastructure, first of all he was existing baphuon, Philippines-the card Temple (Phimeanakas) is based around them since the city walls, built in the center of new town built magnificent temples, such as State Temple — BA Rong Temple. Angkor-a total of five doors, each door stands on four giant face, victory gate the pass-through Palace.

Trip to the second play — Tabou Chi Temple (Ta Promh) along the way, we know you "Temple in Tomah (Thormmanon) and Zhou tevoda (Chau Say) did a short stay, two temples across the Street stands, like sisters Temple, Temple of Tomah Lennon than week tevoda built decades earlier, architectural styles like Angkor, kept relatively intact, which breaking serious, is also being renovated, temple front a brand of China's aid.

Do not hang up, hung up lost to Chinese people face. Repair is not repaired, because the new make-up looks is cyan cement, without doing the old address, and the original masonry sharp color, very harsh.

Arrival at Tabb Chi Temple (Ta Promh), 10 a.m., where the tourists really many, have at it is the "Tomb Raider" viewfinder to that point.

Hao and we arranged to wait in the back door of the temple. After a period of Avenue, "Tomb Raider" in the ancient structure, was littered with rocks in front of the scenes in relief, in addition to the ancient surprised birds between outgoing attended Monster called, has a ghastly terrorist feeling, if people were to do this afternoon, I believe the hairs are also raised. Monastery is also worked for the jungle, ancient roots or naked naked, either from the top of the Tower, the shuttle back and forth in the broken wall, forming a tower in the unique landscape of the package tree. Tabb Chi Temple is constructed of Jayavarman VII, the first major temples, is said to be built for his mother.

Our last stop in the morning is – ban Dai UC Te (Banteay khdei), it is located opposite the Royal Bath, the temple was filled with commendable only noon, the weather was very hot, so just yet to pocket a circle, took some photos.

At noon we went back to Ho sent about good rest, from 4: 30 and then meet us to Angkor to watch the sunset.

On the way stop to buy some fruit (remember most fruits are $ 1 per kilo), and then let Hiroshi directly our old market dinner, get off and gave him 2 dollars when the meal. Lunch is in a network the CityGuide respected "forest Golden truth" (Lin Kim) restaurant to eat fried rice noodles and soup, rice flour, adding a fried vegetables, ice and sand and beer, total pay $ 6.25. Ice and sediment taste good, but the beef noodle soupA little old, chewing.

4: 30 pm, and on time, and so on in-Ho there, this time to Angkor, I tend to be wearing a noon in Rong Temple before buying printed with Angkor patterns of green vest, think this beats out of photos will be more meaningful.

Car to Angkor moat, put us ahead of time so-Ho down along the moat River, we took some photos of Angkor vision. Photo Golden Angkor facades and shadows of trees next to the moat, Angkor skies and white clouds in the sky seemed a stained the color of the screen, in the broad river, forming a magnificent scenes at the horizon, like fairyland. Here some photos later became our thousand photo products. Angkor inner court, and the Sun had already covered with every corner, all Angkor Palace will cover in the gorgeous blonde, beautiful, just think words depicting poor, unable to accurately that shook the heart of beautiful and sacred.

Get Lotus scum, several tourists leisurely sit in front of the Meadow pond, quietly enjoy a sunset of Lotus pagoda and palaces.

At this point five Lotus Tower is reflected in the water, so I used my own camera photo taken countless CityGuide online posted classic lens. Ask the husband, the Cambodian trip unforgetable, he gently well, say "Yes", but I know that always mean words of praise for him at this point is also the beauty of Angkor conquered. Enter the Lotus tower stands in homes, sunset was at the Palace of the administrator has to drive visitors, so they decided to leave the Siem Reap again before the trip to Angkor, shoot to Lotus tower ladder.

In the dock where the TukTuk car, we found just and other TukTuk drivers chatting-HO, asked him if he could get up early tomorrow take us to the Royal baths (Srah Srang) to see the Sunrise, he face difficult colors, there is far from the hotel to open in the past three quarters, and there is not famous for Sunrise, he never bring guests to go there to see the sunrise.

Ask him to TukTuk drivers, he should know, that is worth a visit. So about good morning 30 4: to the hotel to meet us.

On the way back, still let Hiroshi took us to Siem Reap's old market, this time in the Temple Club, dot eaten by the two specialties of Cambodia, a Amok (coconut cooking small casserole with chicken meat, cabbage, carrots, etc.), a Cambodia Spice (fried beef with pepper and Cambodia), still a cup banana ice sand, a bottle of beer, a total of $ 13.5.

Apart from the delicious dishes here, the environment is also very elegant, and from 7: 30 – 9: 00 there is a traditional folk dance performances. Violinist. 9: 30 back to the hotel booked the next day's morning call, go to bed on time by 10 o'clock.

(Angkor monk 1)

(Angkor monk 1)

(Angkor monks 2)

(Than grain Temple sunset)

(Golden Angkor)

(Angkor moat Lake)

(Sunset in Golden Angkor)