(Angkor in the monk)
(Angkor, monks)
(Than grain Temple in Korea girl glow)
(Angkor mirror (mirror more than blue sky deep))
(The seven wonders of the world of Angkor-Angkor VAT Golden sunset)
Cambodia Phnom Penh Angkor line
December 5, 2007
Go to Cambodia to almost be coerced, ctrip limited time offer ticket scramble for votes in action, his wife just phone notification, last two tickets, be sure to win, after half a day to finalize the journey, at first temptation is she treat my bodyguard, but later or AA-card, my little cheap didn't touch.
Flying is still something I feel fear, in addition to once again ravaged strange country, out of a list to be home at the forefront of all savings stock investment and our insurance matters were all sent to kanny mail and let his daughter looked up, he kept a grave and asked my father what you mean?
Shanghai Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft, Pudong airport 20 sharp takeoff, after all, is a small aircraft, en air some wiggle, wife almost wink, see very worried, that is, I go to school before the morning kanny purposely to MOM bedroom to kiss the mother, that her mother again.
This extremely rare coffee, but let her disturbed. It has always been opposed to fly me in another long seat on a leisurely sleep sleep.
4 and a half hours flight after flight arrival FM833 Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia local time than Beijing time late an hour into the customs, we did not encounter the so-called customs officials openly soliciting bribes, but before and after the guests have to be difficult and a $ 1 straight after the wife, probably because as read our passports in those in Africa and Europe Visa records.
But these officers, the only bully not scooping "Rookie".
Phnom Penh airport is very small, it just saw two taxi stopped at the stand area and drivers of bargaining, (study of Raiders before going out or reference point) end 8 dollars a deal.
From the airport, see a group like domestic fit, a roadside helplessly, blocking the taxi.
Phnom Penh is the impression to a few years ago, little County town of domestic a roadside stand in Japan car lights will reveal some modern advertising means.
Check-in hotel very mini, perhaps years of French colonial history, the hotel building style and mode and I was in Paris Opera in the vicinity of the hotel are very similar, mini lobby and restaurant, and even mini elevators is a mini, but the room is very big difference, the area is very exaggerated, bed before nearly from small ball ground, or terrazzo floor.
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2007 December 6
The next morning in the hotel have a very good breakfast, tropical fruits is my most willing to enjoy, to wear to the body of Shanghai winter clothes even shoes boots all packed into a travel a bin for foreground hosting, changed short-sleeved shirt and the gate called Department Danku, TUKTUK car we went to GST long-distance station, bargaining 1.5 USD fares, afterwards we went to only 5 minutes, to chop up a knife.
Phnom Penh to Siem Reap, Angkor Wat is located six hours by car, GST condition is also good, there are many high nose and American tourists, rest, rest area with a lot of fruits and Foods sells, to see a site selling fried big spider, curiosity but did not dare to try.
The car has been placed with the Cambodian language MTV songs, watching TV on female star feels their aesthetics and India were almost, big face big eyes is super rich is enough beauty standards, also broadcast Division Jet Li appeared domestic martial arts film, is translated into the language of Cambodia.
2 o'clock in the afternoon, coach arrived old Siem Reap bus station, the car hasn't stopped, there is already a help with access TUKTUK drivers hold the brand to the window while a forward we finally believe that have eyes edge, the first and our eyes boy, I remember many years ago to our renovated House of Anhui small Carpenter, familiar and cordial.
So get off the baggage on the wife said, him. His wife also some hesitation, said the boy like English speaking generally, next to fluently drivers. I objected that those guys look a bit slippery, or find this point well.
The TUKTUK driver told us HAO, asked us where to introduce themselves, and is a native of local people, and then open a canopy of TUKTUK car we went to the hotel, and so we done in then out to find him on the subsequent days of buggy tours.
A study on the Raiders wife to route a brain said to the little guy, the boy looks confused, my wife said I didn't think he English so bad, complain about my bar at her not selected the English fluent, simply put today's car money to him, and a driver. I advised her not to worry, let the child according to his experience recommended after several days of courses, took a map written with pen and paper, realized HAO recommended route, is the wife of the prior plan. The wife said she was too eager breath say too much, the child must be because they didn't understand the tension, followed a few days off, and then simply dialogue has not had any communication problems. Say a good three days half private tour costs $ 40, that for good behavior will then add a tip to him.
We went to the hotel placed in the luggage, the hotel find home India restaurant solves the lunch, like the rice with beef curry, taste and India restaurant in the country are totally different, want to come closer to the Cambodian nation should be authentic and original.
4 p.m.-HAO hotel we went to the Angkor area to buy tickets, tickets for the three-day 40 USD per person, take a digital photo printed on the ticket, then find a rope hung on his neck.
Same-day drive to see the sunset mountain nesbakken, passing one of the seven wonders of the world, Angkor Wat, also known as Angkor, the readability of theIt is very spectacular.
Buchan, not high, but also to walk 20 minutes of the mountain, Hill has a rundown of the palace ruins, in the sunset afterglow shot somewhat sad.
Bakheng stage is very steep, almost 80 ° angle, climb climbing under some funky smell. The ointment is that some thick clouds, and look forward to in the sunset never saw, but step back to watch the sunset, the visitors group has become another road and beautiful scenery.
Watching the Sunrise, HAO sent us back to Siem Reap town bar street, a bit of Shanghai Xintiandi, more in line with European and American tourists taste.
Because the afternoon India meal eaten too full, our dinner freshly squeezed juice from simple: and fried noodles, back to the hotel early break, the following day to get up early to get ready to see the Sunrise, Angkor Wat.
2007 December 7
At 4: 30 Hotel morning call service, 5 o'clock came downstairs, KAO has been waiting outside the hotel journey towards our beckoned.
Very honest and dedicated child, whether sooner or later, all that good for more than 20 minutes ahead of time.
Siem Reap is a big difference in temperature of the sun before the minimum temperature is 20 degrees from top to bottom, until noon time temperature and straight channeling 30 degrees above.
We wore two dress dark road, into the Angkor area with service personnel arrived at the side of the ticket received. Approximately 5: 20 into the front gate of Angkor, came to the front of the main Palace of pond area to find a suitable place to sit and wait for the Sun, meditation.
On this day in Angkor resort to harvest the biggest day, is the most shocking one day to go before they see the Raiders mentions a backpackers buddies, Siem Reap stay 7 days, there are 5 evening chose to Angkor at sunset, there is also Internet pop's "beauty of Angkor, cut" sentences.
I want to say continuous to Angkor 5 day guy really understand life, sitting on the grass at sunset, Angkor Palace lies in the golden rays of the beautiful, the only Word to describe the excitement. Was in the seven wonders of the world, Angkor's magnificent and beautiful is the Palace can match. See 1000 years ago that the height of the glorious Kingdom of residues, almost the only moaning and mind-blowing such words to stand out.
In fact, the day's Angkor Sunrise is not expected to be perfect, but the camera out of it than the beauty of the eyes.
But in the afternoon and left Siem Reap one afternoon last saw Angkor glow, but it is up to the most beautiful and wonderful. If there are exactly where the lens wearing bright cassock monks, that would be more shocked the United States.
At the highest levels of the Angkor Palace Road heaven ladder, but unfortunately being repaired is rope pull up unable to climb up, it is said that more than 30 years ago there was a female tourists in France the steep steps fell died, her husband of funded in sorrowful stair handrail on one side, then took the famous ladder is named "love ladder", sounds, stories of very beautiful.
The day went to Angkor, BA Rong Temple (Bayon), the South Gate of Angkor is very spectacular, over the door to the West of the smile of Buddha, and the entire BA Rong Temple is surrounded by a Buddhist-Tower building complex consisting of vertical.
Momentum is rather ambitious, each side of the Buddha are smiling faces, and kind of Angkor locals, is truly a landmark of the Khmer Nation.
Basically, to Angkor is wide open eyes, in the hands of the camera shutter didn't rest, we have 2 g memory sticks and removable hard drive, not a repeat delete those photos, after the end of a tour of the back country, still have 11 more photos, or even better than our last day in South Africa 20 photographs.
Day in the bar street ate Cambodia's national meal Amok, heavy Curry flavour, rice is more like Thailand jasmine rice, accompanied by the Cambodian cuisine delicious eat rice, not enough is added free of charge.
Dinner is over dinner at the national song and dance performances, actors clothes fashion, really didn't see the Cambodia national songs and dances and our traditional impression of the Thailand national song and dance number. Think of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap has to Bangkok's coach, folk is the very close to it.
Dec. 8th, 2007
Remains 4: 20 hotels in morning call service, and not enough time before sunrise 1, failed to persuade his wife, had to rely on her Royal baths to watch the Sun, the night was dark, the side of the forest, a wide variety of sounds, some mystery and fear,
Royal Bath in addition to some remnants of the palace ruins, have left a large lake, come here to watch the Sunrise, less than Angkor, just the day very thick clouds still, see real sunlight is very bright week-zone, and 20 years old in the Hill to see suddenly jumped out of the Sun gives people a sense of AWE and joy is not in the same breath.
Prevent the wife from the third day early to see the Sunrise, stressed that we are leisure tour, guarantee every day for places to watch the sunset glow is enough, two morning up early to see the Sunrise end up disappointed with the results of the half was a waste of a four star hotel breakfast coupon, there is some sense of worth.
Previous day size Angkor warfare Tower is the Angkor area of small circle tour, that we are the largest Circle line, leaving the Royal Bath we went better than grain Temple, Holy Temple, tea, rubber, coil snake Temple and other attractions, pond, one of the temples is the Chinese Government to build fixes, white cement and original ancient tiles become distinct Brown and contrasting colors, there is to see people on the Internet to this feeling of shame.
Morning last tourist attractions is the Tabb cage Temple, in the mood for love ", Tony tell something of the cavities, the Tomb Raider" Castle set here, a huge tree root coiled on top of the temples, deep complex style and size of Angkor is completely different, more changeable.
At noon on the same day or back to the hotel, afternoon at 4: 30 set off to see the sunset temple than grain than Angkor small lots of buildings, but the taste of the sunset, or remain mellow.
But unfortunately not always, 30 minutes, everything was attributed to silence.
Noon and evening meals in the bar street, noon is Cambodian restaurant Am
Ok, at the same hotel downstairs to eat on the street side of the seat-Cambodia-hot pot, water plus N sauce, suspected to imitate Chinese hot pot of exotic practices, but it tastes better than poor Cambodian meal.
Back to hotel road shopping market shopping, experiencing a little girl, very sweet, because her mother say bad English, so we pulled her out of the reception, the result is that she cannot be said to be fluent in Chinese, asked to know Chinese is a required course for local elementary school.
We left Siem Reap also especially around to the market to find her family's booth, kid's day don't know why I didn't go to school, and her pictures and sent some ballpoint candy to her, encouraging her to study Chinese, Chinese play in the future.
In Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, make me feel are Cambodian girl is very beautiful, basically met 10 girls, at least five is beautiful, especially the Siem Reap the yearend, the girls see strangers are shy smile, but has a different flavor.
2007 December 9
On this day no early, before one night and HAO farewell told him the news, the young man had a smile of relief, two consecutive points out, in the morning of 4 is enough to get him hard.
8 am very confidently wash up to hotel restaurant for breakfast, complete and many, both Chinese and Western breakfast, especially the various tropical fresh fruit is the most attractive.
My wife said she is evaluating the world ran many hotels, breakfast is one of the best, I said I was in the best hotel breakfast buffet is Germany Hamburg that one, that's my first time to eat into the United States for over ten years, as a man after this ocean of blooming in domestic grapes, it is way down the line.
On the morning of journey to work hard, to 37 km away from the palace women, HAO driving his scorching TUKTUK motorcycle roof opened one and a half hours to reach there.
Two days before sunrise are finished reading began tourism, many temples are still scarce, well suited to visitors to the photo once more, but the day of the Royal Palace can be like domestic tourist sights of the golden week, abortion, the hot sunlight, want to watch is absolutely calmly.
But women should be subject to the Royal Angkor, another save complete palace ruins, carving a beautiful, especially the red envelopes can show many beautiful charming artistic conception.
Back to Siem Reap city at noon at the hotel opposite a coffee fix lunch, eat in Cambodia during the most expensive meal, even the tip 24 dollars, in addition to the Amo-Cambodia-packages, there are two Chinese spring rolls, fruit plate, two fruit juice.
The shop business is popular, mostly European and American tourists or a single white man with a status of suspicious in the local girls at dinner.
After the lunch break, then go to o'clock Angkor to watch the sunset, the most beautiful places, always requires repeated to confirm.
Even so, before dark, still too late to look after those wonderful Angkor in the relief and magnificent. In Angkor have road scene is the variety of colour and playgrounds, or walk, or sitting, are very quiet. Encountered a proactive and we had a little monk, after also left a photo of his email address address, let us put the photos sent to him.
In the evening back to the hotel door and our goodbyes and HAO, a little bit sad, thank him for this three-day and a half of hard work, 40 dollars packages of fares, gave him a 10 dollar tip.
Was worried about the condition of hard or not in the habit of Cambodian meal to eat from the few packet of instant noodles, sent to local children remaining ball-point pen, lollipops, Bayberry, packaged along with preserved also gave him.
Evening dinner is Thailand meal, and domestic Thai meal of soup and thus water cooked completely different, my wife says this approach and her early eats in Phuket, should be considered authentic.
December 10, 2007
One of the best leisure, 8-point lead in the morning before breakfast, and presence of mind to drink two cups of coffee.
After a meal to go around the market turns, wife in a brand store bought doubles folded sell 12.5 USD Lady high shoes, then go to arts and crafts store bought a Buddha head smile Khmer wood like, several printed Angkor pattern of t-shirts and vest.
In the markets see a separate alms to monks, stand motionless in the shop front, a shopkeeper ran off shoes hands-in-one bow in prayer, and then plug some fragrant money monk sleeve.
At 11: 30 check-out, call a taxi to our Ministry TUKTUK to GST long distance bus station, the day before the ticket is HAO took us to buy, get realized condition and Phnom Penh to the new car is simply no comparison, Super shabby, and the amount of space between the seats also super narrow, in addition to our two aliens, the vehicle will be towed infants and women at the beginning of the local people, the bus for one moment, almost abandoned cars for their lives.
Up to 6 hours by car, true robberies, encountered may call days should not be.
The car along the way, all across the villages are stops, constantly soliciting and drop off, it is clear that the driver and the conductor was in the middle of la chat with each other, simply rest eat once in the evening see desert far red and great spectacular sunset in the Angkor is daily longing and daily bring some regrets the Red Sun, in the absence hours compensation to us.
Car DVD car TV has been placed Cambodia songstress of MTV, many have turned to the Chinese pop songs such as "Goodbye", such as "I care about you, such as the yilianyoumeng, also play a Cambodian Chinese film" hands up! ", Pan Changjiang, such as comedy stars appeared guoda of Japanese film, this is my first full finished the film, the good news is that there are Chinese subtitles, and the car people laughed in Cambodia.
Car near Phnom Penh city, start serious traffic, roads too narrow, are basically cycling road, confusion and stale, so some memory from Siem Reap's luxurious and warm, it seems that tourist area than the capital building better.
Finally arrived at the terminus, himself took luggage went back on the first day at the hotel, only to be told the hotel was fully booked, we arrange to another hotel.
As a result ofAs in the domestic prepaid accommodation, they are so bad faith was angry, and repeatedly said sorry duty manager, and finally find a car we went to 100 meters away another new opened hotel, obvious star down a level. My wife is very light the fire, in the car accompanied by good hygiene to admonish the waiter, that guy is just a way of saying SORRY, no other words.
Night trying to find a decent Hotel Nice delicious family dinner, at noon in the car just eat package biscuits bite but basically around the hotel does not see a bit of a facade of Cambodia Cafe, this far and Siem Reap convenient.
Look at the Raiders on and order than Siem Reap Phnom Penh, so did not dare to go too far, and finally with into the home Taiwan restaurant, which is the boss and the LU will miss speaks-side food girl is a language or local people. Taiwan restaurant Braised beef cooked curry is delicious, and a large meal also send fruit plate, reasonably priced.
11 December 2007
In the last day of Cambodia, 8 a.m. to the last night at the hotel lobby, we originally booked the hotel sent a car to pick us past breakfast, hosting all luggage, gate called TUKTUK to the Grand Palace, it is the capital, the price is better than a TUKTUK Siem Reap many expensive.
Grand Palace to the magnificent, the area is not too small, the visitors, the ticket is 6.1 USD/person, the legendary camera and camcorder also bought the ticket does not occur.
The Emperor's Palace a push from the Buddha, incense and tribute facilities are many men and women in the bow down to the letter. See local student groups to visit, several of the girls are very fine and delicate.
Some of the Palace of the Royal life customs arrangements and introduce a full picture, just the Palace long mural was rough.
Grand Palace next to the National Museum, several outdoor sculpture is very chic, such as multiple snake God, like the head body seated, and so on.
Palace square has many sell snacks of the beach, those selling fried moth, fried rice, fried grasshopper food looks a bit sick.
But boiled sweet corn and roasted banana is cheap and good things.
Visited Cambodia independence monument, we then change trains to the Russia market, much like in the old city God Temple in Shanghai, carefully wash washing is a little something to buy.
At noon at the market of snack and drink juice, a Netherlands under single visitors, conversation, he likes to play with the destitute places, in addition to the airfare cost to your point, other are very affordable. He was in Thailand Phuket for a month, Asia's favorite Laos, people are very friendly, but many people speak English. And then we get angry words that are not afraid to tell the truth he went to the Asian countries and regions, he does not like China. He had difficulty in Lijiang and no one willing to help him, the Chinese just stood at his jokes.
In the evening we are going to Tonle gourmet Street dinner by the River.
Palace Square, commonly known as the Phnom Penh Bund of Tonle River, erected hundreds of surface States flag, we passed by a guy called home backpackers accommodation: Hello Chinese people to do what he knows, he points to the sky, he is sitting in the five following feeling the warmth of the motherland. The wife said that man is afraid of a person feel lonely and want to find people to chat, but unfortunately we have to get somewhere, or sit down together, a prospective kandashan great taste.
However, before provisional returning dinner or Phnom Penh in Cambodia and spending the least amount of time that a multi-channel, only to find to find the House facade in Phnom Penh tolerable-Cambodia-restaurant was almost impossible to find home street side shops, two Cambodian set dishes 9 thousand red, to wife complained that such a farewell meal too hurt yourself, go to the side of the small stalls and two freshly squeezed SHAKE, a fried noodle is dinner meal.
In the meantime have open Japan produce Jeep to eat fruit ice cream of two modern girls, compared with those of a motorcycle can squeeze 3-5 people to say, our compatriots that is Cambodian national money or influence people's children.
Day night 10 points to Phnom Penh airport, simply stopped the taxi or hotel to phone to a black, offer 10 dollars to fix.
Put on winter clothing and immediately, my wife said she was there with the Chinese customs officials told her that "two dollars!", his wife in the English told him he had no money, money is the husband picked, unexpectedly when there are types of queues.
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Red eye flights take off 12: 00 local time, Beijing time at 4: 45 arrival at Pudong airport, the aircraft is think cold wind chill.
We finally left the warmth of summer, back to the winter.
