September Angkor encounter in the rain

September Angkor encounter in the rain

Sequence:

September is the most rain a year, this is not the most appropriate tour Angkor's seasonal, but because of the holidays, we can only borrow mid-autumn day, national holiday arrangements of the trip.

Therefore, we in Cambodia, it rained every day, but here's the traffic is not too good, rain water, everywhere began after the most annoying is that famous Angkor Sun, has become rare fabrics, but rainy season tour Angkor also has several advantages:

1. a person, each attraction can wander around the watch, you do not have to endure the disturbance, photographs can also be comfortably selected location

2. rainy little fine little Sunrise, but Wu Yi XI Wei GUI, we get up early every day, and finally at the last day of the official to Sunrise, not be overwhelmed every day than those who, at sunrise see vomiting but is better than a hundred times

3. a buyer's market, rental, car rental, tour guides are easy to

Four ... better than not to look a little more

Preparation:

We booked flights to Phnom Penh FM833, FM834 flights, September 13, 8: 05 Shanghai, September 20, 11: 45 am, Phnom Penh, back to Shanghai.

Visa Office in Shanghai, tianmu road, 253-256, Sapphire building, 12th floor, A (near Tibet road), 310 Yuan per person, usually the next day at 4 p.m. desirable.

Stroke:

Sept. 13th, 2008, to Phnom Penh

We booked a cruise at 8: 05 to airplanes of Phnom Penh, because not tourism season, machine only 60% of the passengers, the local time: 11: 10 am, smooth arrival at Phnom Penh airport.

Leave the busy work, get a new city, the mood is not conscious.

Out of the airport, a taxi from ask, basically 9D can sent to urban areas.

We booked before a NICE GH, next to the famous CAPITAL, so very hard to find, feel the airport to the GH soon, with a maximum of 15 minutes, we have stopped at the gate of the GH.

GH's door closed, but outside the car sound, immediately someone opens the door, estimated to be waiting for us, help us put the luggage up to a key, they go to bed.

The standard room NICE GH 12D day, have air conditioning, hot water, TV and fridge, but the room is not big, but the decoration is very old, bath, have fast 1 point a (the Beijing time fast 2 points), keep the spirit of excitement, sleep right away.

2008 September 14, Phnom Penh all day

Today's plan was to visit the Royal Palace and National Museum, very relaxing day, 9 o'clock, go to our 3 floor, rely on the side of the Sun, the Earth is found in the surrounding GH, left is opposite CAPITAL1, CAPITAL3, is GRAGON GH, second floor, third floor facing the street restaurant, there is also a man and a woman in coffee is not pleasant.

Go out, the weather was fine, a TUTU to famous breakfast, near to the FCC, RIVERSIDE are found, all the way along the road are a mess.

TUTU driver to take us to the left-right round, finally opened to the FCC. The FCC's excellent geographical location, you can see the Tonle Mekong River interchange, and pleasant, the environment is good, the price is certainly not cheap, but then we found the FCC is in Cambodia to the most expensive one of the two restaurants.

FCC home travel agency, we are here to provide a second day ticket to Siem Reap, MEKONG EXPRESS, 12D, overcharged a 1D charges, but there will be lane GH to meet us, is also very convenient.

FCC out near the Royal Palace, the Palace that was closed in the morning, afternoon and then open, only to go to the Museum next to the Museum is a large red building, looking from the outside is pretty slim, though not as magnificent palaces, but also look very chic and concise.

Tickets are 3D, go in a circle, the base is looking at the stone, really did not understand much.

In addition to the Museum, next to the find a K-WEST lunch, this is a very famous hotels, the layout is very good, mostly in the Western-dominated, but price is not high, but also on the road at the entrance, very wet, this is what we in Cambodia to the most expensive one of the two restaurants.

Later in the Siem Reap's restaurants are cheaper than here.

Ate lunch, first back to GH break, afternoon came to the Palace, the Palace has opened the door to the Palace of course to plump, but not the Palace, but nothing too let the stunning place, quick tour through the Palace, a heavy rain to hit the omnipresent, Cambodia is under the rain, it was spectacular, the foot for an hour, rain pause, we came out at the gate of the Palace, Cathedral Church, the road turns into a small river, the depth of the knee, TUTU Baohan! also sit next to hike, take us back to GH was 3.5D, normal 1D.

The gate of the street, GH see a Chinese restaurant, the "old" leak from cakes, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, cannot mid-autumn, how to eat a cake, and bought 2 cheapest cakes, a 2D.

Dinner, we went to the opposite of the DRAGON, the beginning, we point or Western food, steak, and biting and chewing or motionless, then find the proprietress recommended two local cuisine, recommended a boss, a fried beef AMOK, really delicious Ah, here's the taste and not concentrated AMOK, acid subtle, but exceptions and refreshing, and Howe do not greasy, fried beef is also very much taste, and the price is very cheap, cheaper than the FCC and KWEST half.

Of course, the we eat the best or cakes, leaving Sze, in fact, we haven't domestically so serious in mid-Autumn Festival, eat a cake. Cambodia's cakes do very well (of course, Chinese foodMuseum of them), the skin is thin, and red bean paste is very thin.

In the evening we went to the RIVERSIDE, find a bar, let's play guess the name of the game.

September 15, 2008, Phnom Penh to Siem Reap

6 am to get up, go downstairs and boss settle all nights, to eat breakfast, 13D.

DRAGON man just up, and so we point breakfast was served, our cars, and only let them go and meet other people, over 10 minutes back, our delicious meal.

Breakfast breads + omelete, taste was also particularly good.

Will the car have to meet us, Mekong Express in the River, the station at the roadside, do not like the domestic bus station, a small street, stopping a big bad basic was filled with, the Mekong Express bus hunky-dory, luggage tickets, car, air conditioned and bathroom, but also a beautiful young miss, one of the service does not stop the broadcast message, we made a water, small bread.

Cars from the river walk, Cambodia's road to basic as domestic provincial road, small and narrow, there are a lot of people, street level car not so fast, the half-way stop at an agricultural fair also for half an hour, 1 pm, we got to the Siem Reap's station.

Our tour guides have cited brands at the station to meet us, the guide is very young, is the fourth-generation overseas Chinese, but he's obviously not the original text, say what local flavor.

He had a Toyota Camry to meet us. According to the US and he's agreed to go see his GH, "I LODGE", his GH in the North of the central market, on the street, the decoration is very new, ask tour before they know we're the second batch of GH guests here just opened soon, although the layout is not a very luxury and chic, but everything is new and the facilities and all, we live in, 13D day.

Rest for a while, before going out to lunch, find a shop eating fried noodles fried rice, then we go on and buy tickets for the tour guide, going to look at a sunset, but car out soon, the rain fell down and polls.

No way, you can only buy tickets, the tickets are now on the spot, the so-called picture is to use a network chat with webcam, you shoot it, and then use the color printers put your head hit the tickets, the outside nor even a shrink-wrapped, the Guide also warned us of the rainy season now, once the tickets get wet, photo blur is useless, but can only be hidden and passport, carefully attended to. More rain, the Sun is under no chance, let the Guide carrying we went to the bar street.

Siem Reap first dinner, we selected the famous Dragon Soup, there is the famous Cambodian chaffy, Cambodia-hot pot is not complicated, pan base is a little boiling water on point unknown sauce dishes that can brush on several total: pork, vegetables, eggs, tofu, Pleurotus ostreatus, noodles, we 4 people a enough, that dude up, another one is to eat more.

Although there is little, but the taste is fresh, and give us SOUP DRAGON waiter served with sauce is pretty good. Price is not expensive in total only 27D

2008 September 16, Angkor, Angkor Tongcheng

4 am half-up, 5-point guide to come to meet us, so we got to the Angkor Temple, day yet light, can have a little rain, and points to the lily pond, are planning to watch the Sunrise, the rain is larger, we can only hid next to the stall from the rain.

Sunrise although can not see, however inadvertently, we have in this Millennium, the Crag side, around 4 weeks 800 meters long, exquisite murals, we slowly tells the distant past, when we are infinitely close to the heart of the mysterious palace, a yellow rope stopped our joy, Angkor Temple Center, above all in the lover ladder maintenance, not up, a sigh.

Out of the temples of Angkor, we got to the Angkor-southern gate of the capital, we, the door is Angkor through the capital protection most complete mixing milk into the Sea Bridge, not far from the BA Rong Temple, here are the most charming smile, Angkor, a string of Buddha, on behalf of all the provinces in the age old Siem Reap.

BA Rong Temple beside the bakheng, here is fix for posterity, old as new people a little appetite is not, we didn't go in, and forward a few steps and is air Palace, warfare Tower and dirty Wong Toi.

Air Palace is King snake for a previously built cover, no opportunity to climb the Angkor Temple Tower, climbing this good.

Elephant parade is the King, war tower opposite 12 pagoda, the corresponding 12 Zodiac.

In Angkor wood House is to give people living in the stone house is for God to live in, after so many years of war, unrest, wood House has gone up, only stones also stay there.

Back to the bar street, the Guide recommends a Khmer Kitchen, specifically do local cuisine, the restaurant is very large, amok and other local dishes, taste good, the price is not too expensive 28D, saw the Angkor's dumplings, this absolutely makes Lei dumpling, grow and Shanghai glutinous rice dumpling almost, or Leek stuffing.

Afternoon rest to 4 points, we went to Angkor Temple at sunset, day a little bit better, or didn't see the Sun, the rain season would like to see the sun comes out is also very extravagant thing Ah.

Back to the bar street, looking for a pizza restaurant Le Tigre de Papier, it is both cheap and delicious, especially their pizza, 28D.

And then we went to the famous Red Piano, this shop on the street, the second floor, you can see the street view of the Quartet, and point a cup of this famous tomb raider, holiday feeling gradually spread to my body.

2008 September 17,

As a result of the previous day's there are sporadic rain in the evening, in order to guarantee the physical today at attractions, we are going to go to

To see the sunrise in the morning to go to the guide of a nearby small restaurant, food is not only difficult to eat but also expensive, fried rice noodles with to our 12D, then went to Temple only breakfast. 2.8D But we find that the locals have 2 menu, a menu of foreigners than local people of your lot, let us however.

7: 30 departure from GH.

First stop today is the Holy Temple, this is the seventh King Memorial to his father's place, from the main entrance seen in, one of shimen layer overlap, it is said that a total of 40 door, every door, there is a square stone, there is a round hole, many are empty, there are also plug in a pillar, the third is the circular on, reconstruction is octagonal, here are four square. Stone represents the female yin, while stone pillar represents the God of the phallus, the circle represents Shiva, in the middle of the forest and is better than wet Nordström, penis, following four square represents the gates of the phallus. In ancient times, the believers will take water or milk from fall down on a stone pillar, stone of notch outflow is holy water, can cure diseases, also, said that, if women's infertility, you can touch the stone with the gods and pray, pray, touch the touch the phallus have for women, vaginal 100 for 100, true and false. From the front to the back door, only to find a backdoor is surrounded by a towering trees, trees and stone has formed an integral whole.

And then we went to the Lung Poon Palace, here is the Royal therapy pool, Centre and the Quartet has a large pool, central pool has a highest pagoda, the pagoda was around two seven heads surrounded by large snake, serpent entwined tails, and Lung Poon Palace which was named after Koike back against Central has a small room, pool water once more than height, water flows through the cabin, while four pool four small rooms, respectively, the lion, the horse, like four statues, the four statues representing the Buddhism of the four elements earth, water, shaking water since the statue out, it will become a holy water, one-size-fits-all, true.

In addition to Lung Poon Palace, we went to the East, there was a water temple, surrounded by water, jieyin to ferry to reach the temple door, now you can drive direct, East rush has three pagodas, commemorating the Shiva, gates, wet, three gods, the middle layer of corners has four stone like, save a very full, vivid, and stone-like legs have a layer of white, the guide said that socks elephant?!

The last leg of the morning is to make up Tower, this is the place where King cremation, getting started, there is a large sarcophagus, around a 2 seater cremation Tower, respectively to the King and Queen, the above five pagodas, the first three is the commemoration of Shiva, the gates, than the wet Nordström, followed by the ancestors of the commemoration of the King.

Noon lunch Khmer back bar street, the feeling is Idea, 27D,

2 pm departure from GH, first read the cardamom Temple, a small temple, only five small Tower surviving, but the middle and the far right column inside has very nice relief.

And then went to the Royal baths (color lang Lake) and ban Dai Lor Te Temple, the two parts together, Royal baths is famous Sunrise viewing, ban Dai Lor Te Temple style and the sword in the temple, the gate is very much like a very pretty Lion statue, there are clear tail.

Then we went to the tea gel Temple, the temple was very ambitious, but it is said that in the construction of fast completion, have been hit a mine, the King thought it was a bad omen, forthwith temples abandoned, lost Ah!!!

And then we went to the famous Tabb Loong, here is the most mysterious, the most secluded place, big disk extension in the temple, the temple encloses in trees, desperately shutter.

Finally we go 2 door to door of the temple, Zhou tevoda and Tamara e. Temple, is China assist tevoda, although good, but to someone else's monuments were built and old such as new, how do you see how the same as false.

Today's weather is a little better, at least not too wet, we are going to take a look at Mountain nesbakken, sunset to the mountain nesbakken, many people have been everywhere can hear Shanghainese.

Here you can enjoy the Angkor Temple, seen the famous three Tower, but the sun still far behind the clouds.

In the evening, we went to the famous Dead Fish, this is Thailand's open, full of Thai segmentation and a crocodile pool, here's a crocodile has been hiding in there to sleep, we also do not disturb to disturb them.

Eat supper, we went to the Temple bubble. Here every night is the songs and dances of Cambodia, the people are, almost full of Westerners.

2008 September 18

Last day to get up early, though less so know little hope of Sunrise, but expect a miracle.

Hard work pays off, until the days of Yin Mian, clear up, Angkor, discover the sky actually reveal little lustre, the sky is blue, and many people already at the Lotus Pool side, are kept by the start of the shutter, light and more light, suddenly a golden rose from the left side of the pagoda, and a new day.

Watching the Sunrise, we in the adjacent small stalls to eat breakfast, per person in a fried noodles with coffee, 10D, drove to the women of the Royal Palace.

Days of rain, road maintenance, come to the women of the Royal Palace, our car almost collapse into the mire, hard to reach female Palace.

Female Palace is King in honor of his mother's construction of the two sides of the road wall, two walls and a moat in the Middle, into the female to the Royal Palace, the original statue of a blue-green cow, now reduced to half.

Woman King although not large, but each Pagoda are refinement, each sculpture has a legend.

Today, go to the collapse of dense column, although only the 1960 km of road, but the traffic is really a mess, I really doubt the United States who had just been bombed, the guide display on his Flash acknowledgements small kungfu, took a full two hours to reach the destination.

The roads are still experiencing your fee, which breaking road inducements, crazy Halo.

Although we have seen many statues, lots of Buddha, a lot of mixing milk sea, but collapse mealea gives a completely different sense: macro

Large, desolate, silence silent. The statue is not wonderful, no tall pagoda, but walk in the fall of the wall yet still feel this temple, once magnificent, huge stones have already covered with MOSS, quiet trip on the ground, they have to tell you so.

Collapse of dense column is in the 1990s is being destroyed, who is said to be one of the Khmer Rouge to raise military spending, the temples in search of buried treasure inside, but here's the original clouded mines, recent years gradually cleared.

Angkor is General tickets, tickets for 3 days, but collapse is 40D mealea tickets are in addition to buy 5D per person.

Noon-2 am, we returned to the bar street to go to the TEMPLE for dinner, ordered the TEMPLE's breakfast, 12D.

For the last time the value of using our tickets, 4 p.m. went to a Angkor Temple, day and started a little rain, every trip to Angkor Temple, the feeling is different, the temple always makes us forget to return.

Night in Traditional Khmer Food Resteraunt. here is both cheap and delicious, point 7 of the dishes and drinks until 23D, but there are also selling local cigarettes, 3 package 1D.

2008 September 19

I am very early on, the red piano breakfast, companions until half past nine, Red piano breakfast also is 13D.

Although the guide have been seduced us to see the floating village, however we still intend to relax, but also a day of shopping.

On this day the next time, almost all in the old market and the central market spend, buy a thing, to 3 p.m., to eat lunch, Temple, 23D, just eat well, and back to the central market, is also a general shopping and the central market of things than the old market to be more expensive, and we met a Chinese woman, too will do business, from her we would buy a lot.

In the evening we return to the soup dragon, we have to eat a good meal-Cambodia-hotpot, 27D.

After a few days, at night we went to the massage, the shop called Blue 7, foot bath, full body 6D 5D, our people, each person can also be cheap 1D, though cheap, but very good, Cambodia-massage and oil massage and Thai massage, Jack-two finished the whole body is relaxed, really a bit sorry didn't come a few days.

I do massage girl hear I'm going back to Phnom Penh, immediately tell us they have branches in Phnom Penh.

Sept. 20th, 2008

We booked back to Phnom Penh by bus or Mekong Express, 8 a.m., but then our bus 7 points 45 to come meet us, so we went out to very early breakfast, originally intended to go to the temple, which is our favorite place, but they could not open the door, we can do just the opposite Le Tragie de Papier, their breakfast also very good.

Mekong Express bus goes smoothly, 2 pm, arrived in Phnom Penh, we drag luggage, go to the FCC for lunch, find FCC lunch prices really expensive Ah, maybe we have become accustomed to Siem Reap, looked at the menu was a little afraid to start, then only point 2 PIZZA.

27D

After lunch, leave our night of aircraft also very early, we start looking for direction to pass the time, in the local visitor guide to find a massage shop, next to the FCC, called the ISLAND, has been open for more than 10 years, we went there.

ISLAND foot bath and body are 7D, but here the MASSAGE is more professional, the room was very dark quiet, only a few Dim light bloom, the room is a great sleep, with low soft gentle music, enjoying the relaxing from the inside.

Finished the MASSAGE, we went to the first night in the pub when Phnom Penh, in RIVERSIDE, 144 St, eat, play cards (here's bar also does not prohibit the playing cards, it is estimated that the foreigner nor too cards) mixed into the 8 point, and then go to the airport, the airport, the aircraft was delayed, we continue to play cards at the airport, the aircraft was delayed for more than half an hour, finally arrived.

More than 1 point on the plane, 5 point half back to Pudong airport.

Restaurant:

My overall feeling, Phnom Penh restaurant prices are generally higher than in Siem Reap, bar street price/performance than the stall.

Phnom Penh restaurant environment when pushing the FCC's best, geographical location is also excellent, price comparison, we are opposite the DRAGON things GH is also good, but not to point their steak, bites are bite, their Cambodia-food, especially the AMOK did well, the price is affordable.

Siem Reap's restaurant, be sure not to go to those big and small restaurant, which is not cheap, nor is it good to eat, people generally eat fried noodles, fried rice, no characteristics also taste bad, most annoying is that they all have 2 menu, to foreigners see English menu prices higher, full of discrimination of foreigners.

Bar street is a very good selection, good, tastes good and the price is more expensive than many, Siem Reap restaurant better are:

Soup Dragon: Cambodia-hot pot has a lot of character.

Temple: Western food, cheap, delicious, many Westerners to eat here.

Evening wine also sells cheap, there are performances of Cambodia.

Traditional Khmer Food Resteraunt: price very cheap, buy one get one cocktails, close down before 1D1 Cup, we point 7 dishes, drink 2 glasses per person, drink only 23D.

Taste is also good.

Red Piano: environment, fame, things are not too difficult to eat, very suitable for night bubble.

Ded good Fish: environment

The famous big, Thailand opened, however it is recommended that you go to noon, you can see the crocodile activities, they were all asleep at night.

Le Tigre de Papier: Western food, pizza taste very good, very early in the morning, if you catch the car door open, you can go there to eat.

Traffic:

Cambodia is very difficult to get a taxi, we went to Phnom Penh airport market, and a TUTU driver asked, he spent 15 minutes to get to a friend, open car drive us to the airport.

Local TUTU is everywhere, a TUTU can hold 4 personal prices generally is 1-2D, look away, look at the owner doesn't allow level.

Tour Guide:

We are in contact with a tour guide on the Internet, called Borey (borey007@hotmail.com), by email and he arranged prices: car, plus one day tour guide services, see 40D sunrise without money, go to the women of the Royal Palace and 10D.

Later we went to the collapse of the density column added 30D.

Borey opened a Toyota Camry, coupled with our line of four persons is filled with a car, car condition is fairly good, but the road is not very good, especially to collapse mealea, holes in the road, all the way open to almost play cross-country to collapse the dense column 30D or worth.

At Angkor in the previous two days, always heard the car air conditioning has sound, third day to bike, Borey found it actually ran into a mouse, crazy Khan.

We live in Siem Reap, are also of GH and friends once ran's Borey, facilities very new, but the location is very good, just opposite the central market, go to the bar street is also very close, no more than 10 minutes, GH name is I Lodge, a total of 8 rooms, daily as long as 13D.

As a tour guide and driver, Borey is still very dedicated and responsible, and the time of his appointment, never late for school, to each of the attractions are also finished with our step by step, all the way to explain it.

Watch a scene, often he walked back to parking the car and drove over to meet us. He is also very willing to give us life, Siem Reap to local restaurants, where to buy something expensive. There is a Chinese tour guide, we look at the sights is still beneficial, or homework done carefully, many attractions is also very difficult to find, for example at Angkor Temple, teeth of apsara Angkor Temple of Central electrodeless soil, whispering, circular corner of murals, if not his explanation, is easily missed. However, after all, he is still very young, probably only 25, 6-year-old, some history and mythology know very little depth.

Traffic:

We in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap is done between the Mekong Express by bus, standard price is 11D, but we buying to 12D through the proxy.

Capital of very cheap as long as 5D, if living in the Capital to do their coach, is also very convenient.

However their car compare old and sit up not too comfortable.

Cambodia's TUTU are relatively large, and there is absolutely nothing to do 4 personal, general price is 1-2D, if you go to the airport in Phnom Penh is 5D.

Taxis are hard to find, we just sat 2nd, one at a time from the airport, 9D, once from the River to the airport 10D.

Shopping:

We don't have shopping in Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh consumption because they feel than Siem Reap higher, so prices should also not be cheap.

In Siem Reap, we visited the old market and the central market.

The old market is next to the bar street, in addition to rely on the river bank is selling souvenirs, the middle is a vegetable, the other side is the best selling local supplies.

Borey told me something old market than central market to expensive, but not easy to drive a hard bargain, after investigation, we found it to be true, so we were in the central market and buy souvenirs.

We bought silk scarves, T Xue, bags, books, and other small jewelry, etc.

Scarves: 1.75D is better, and cheaper, but looks very bad, we didn't buy, 3D is better.

Scarves are local characteristics, you can buy to give as gifts.

T Xue: then we buy more, something only 1.25D, some good quality, but the pattern is also very local characteristics, we have sold more than 20.

Standard price is 1.5D a everywhere can get.

Package: 4D bought one, girls, didn't have the impression

Buy this Book: devoted to Angkor attractions book 5D, bought the Viet Nam's LP, 3.5D

Other: bought 2 silver bracelet, 4D one, bought a golden elephant necklace, 18D, also bought several copper color of placing small spoon small fork of container, it is a statue of apsara, a 5D.